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Issue: Four Color #820

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Publication Date: June 1957

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Issues: #820 of 1331 Issues (1412 Printings)

Title: The Oklahoman

Variant: 15¢ Cover Price

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Publisher: Flag

Dell

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Volume: none

Pages: 36

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Price: none entered

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Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
5 (3 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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2 Four Color #820 [10¢ Cover Price]

Four Color #820 [15¢ Cover Price]

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Content Items (5 total)

The Oklahoman

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Penciller(s): ? (photos)

Inker(s): ? (photos)

Colorist(s): ? (photos)

Subject Matter

Genres: western

Character(s): Dr. John Brighton (photo of Joel McCrea); Cass Dobie (photo of Brad Dexter)

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Pages: 1

The Oklahoman

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ? (photos)

Inker(s): ? (photos)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: western

Character(s): Dr. John Brighton (photo of Joel McCrea); Cass Dobie (photo of Brad Dexter); Charlie Smith (photo of Michale Pate)

Synopsis: Preview of the story.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside front cover; black and white. Seven photos from the movie plus partial cast list.

The Oklahoman

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Daniel B. Ullman (movie writer); Paul S. Newman (comic adaptation)

Penciller(s): Bob Jenney

Inker(s): Bob Jenney

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Ben Oda

Subject Matter

Genres: western

Character(s): Dr. John Brighton; Cass Dobie; Jim Hawk; Maria Smith; Charlie Smith; Mel Dobie

Synopsis: Dr. John Brighton settles in Cherokee Wells after his wife dies giving birth to his daughter. Five years later, big cattleman Cass Dobie is trying to run off the smaller ranchers and makes an enemy of the Doctor. Cass Dobie suspects there is oil on Indian Charlie Smith's property. He sends his brother Mel to take a sample for analysis, but Smith sees him and Mel tries to shoot him. Smith kills him with a knife and Cass Dobie vows revenge. Dr. Brighton has to keep Smith safe from Cass until the inquest.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 32

Notes: Based on the 1957 movie "The Oklahoman." Script credit from "Who's Who in American Comic Books 1928-1999" website. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). "R. Jenney" appears on a store sign in panel two of page two of the story.

The First Oil Well

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Bob Jenney

Inker(s): Bob Jenney

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: informational

Character(s): Edwin Drake

Synopsis: The drilling of the first oil well by Edwin Drake in Pennsylvania in 18959.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

The Land Rush

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Bob Jenney

Inker(s): Bob Jenney

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: informational, western

Synopsis: A description of the land rush in Oklahoma in 1889.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Back cover. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Panels with typeset text underneath. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).