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The Ghost Stage

Illustration on Cover, Front

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Subject Matter

Genres: western

Feature(s): Tales of Wells Fargo

Character(s): Jim Hardie (photo of Dale Robertson)

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Pages: 1

The Ghost Stage / The Telegram from War Paint

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)

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Penciller(s): ?; ? (photo)

Inker(s): ? (photo)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: western

Feature(s): Tales of Wells Fargo

Character(s): Jim Hardie (photo of Dale Robertson)

Synopsis: Previews of the two stories.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside front cover; black and white. Photo and four illustrations.

Script submitted on August 3, 1959 under the title "The Ghost Stage & Wire from War Paint". Script credit from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).

The Ghost Stage

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: western

Feature(s): Tales of Wells Fargo

Character(s): Jim Hardie

Synopsis: When Jim Hardie and his stage are delayed by a boulder on the road, he and the driver find their intended gold shipment has been picked up by another Wells Fargo stage and signed for by a driver that Hardie knows to be dead. Hardie tracks down the "ghost stage" but eventually realizes that this robbery was just meant to distract him from an even larger gold robbery using another fake driver.

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Pages: 16

Notes: Script submitted on July 22, 1959 under the title "Jim Hardie Trails the Ghost Stage". Script credit from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).

The Telegram from War Paint

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: western

Feature(s): Tales of Wells Fargo

Character(s): Jim Hardie

Synopsis: Left for dead in a stage robbery, the guard manages to crawl inside the stage and send it to the next stop. As the guard recovers he sends for Jim Hardie. He tells Hardie who the gunmen are and Hardie rides off to question one of them. Meanwhile a hard-of-hearing old busybody is listening in and after getting a couple of drinks tells the story at a nearby saloon. One of the robbers is at the saloon and hears the gossip. He rides to the same ranch as Hardie, but he plans on leaving no witnesses.

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Pages: 16

Notes: Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents".

Script submitted on July 25, 1959, under the title "Jim Hardie Answers a Wire from War Paint". Script credit from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).

Pencils appear to be mostly by Mike Sekowsky while some panels look like Gil Kane.

The "Jehu"

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: informational, non-fiction, western

Character(s): Charlie Parkhurst

Synopsis: Facts about the fast drivers of Wells Fargo stages, called "Jehu"s. One particular jehu, Charlie Parkhurst, was discovered, years after he retired, to have been a woman.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside back cover; black and white.

Script submitted on August 1, 1959. Script credit from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).

Wells Fargo Express Box

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: informational, non-fiction, western

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Pages: 1

Notes: Back cover.

Script submitted on August 1, 1959. Script credit from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).

This sequence replaced by an ad in some copies. See sequence 6.

This Is a Beaverbear

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Notes: This sequence replaced by a comic sequence in some copies; see sequence 5.

This is a Beaverbear

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Kraft Caramels

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Pages: 1

Notes: Back cover; color. Illustrated ad for Kraft Caramels candy. Part of a "hybrid animals" series. This sequence replaces Sequence 5 in some copies.