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Issue: Colt .45 #8
Publication Date: February 1961
 
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/22/1960
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): George T. Delacorte (Publisher); Helen Meyer (President); William F. Callahan, Jr. (Executive Vice President); Paul R. Lilly (Executive Vice President); Harold Clark (Vice President-Advertising Director); Bryce L. Holland (Vice President); Albert P. Delacorte (Treasurer)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1961 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
? (color photo)
? (color photo)
? (color photo)
Subject Matter
western
Colt .45
Chris Colt [as portrayed by Wayde Preston]
Reprinting
FlagAventura #237 published ?
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
front cover
Table of Contents

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Nat Edson
Nat Edson
typeset
Subject Matter
western
Colt. 45
Chris Colt [as portrayed by Wayde Preston]
Synopses of the two Colt .45 stories in the issue. Photo portrait of Chris Colt and four black and white panels.
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Miscellaneous
1
inside front cover
Notice horse in last panel, with long ears, pointed hoove and lifing of leg and you have Nat Edson.
Showdown at Indian Rock Mesa

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Nat Edson
Nat Edson
?
?
Subject Matter
western
Colt. 45
Chris Colt; Steve Wade; Two Outlaws; Crandall; Colonel
Colt and Wade are robbed of valuable Army information.
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Miscellaneous
15
COLT .45 #8-612
Squinting faces and ears with few lines are Edson faces, and also the long pointed ears of horses, and large sharp hooves.
The New Commander

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Dan Spiegle
Dan Spiegle
?
?
Subject Matter
western
Colonel Bradley; Lieutenant; Orderly; Blackie (crow)
Colonel Bradley's pet crow steals his ring and watch.
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Miscellaneous
4
Dan Spiegle is credited to Colt .45 by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and this is one of his stories. Just look at the relaxed way the two men sit on their horses on the last page. His horses have rather large bodies and small heads.
Night Race

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (header illustration)
? (header illustration)
? (header illustration)
typeset
Subject Matter
nature, western
Weasel; Snowshoe Rabbit; Snowy Owl
A weasel chases a rabbit through the snow.
Reprinting
FlagGolden Comics Digest #14 published October 1970
as Night Race [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Renegade Rebels

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Nat Edson
Nat Edson
?
?
Subject Matter
western
Colt .45
Chris Colt; Jeff Hoyt; Commanding Officer; Denton; Dwayne Porter Jackson; Townsmen; Cafe Counterman; Two Thugs
Chris and Jeff capture a renegade Confederate General planning a revolution.
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Miscellaneous
11
Faces on page 3, with narrow eyes and quite simple drawn ears are certain Edson work, as are the long pointed ears of horses. Also to notice is the leg movement of horses on page 10.
Retarded Gold Rush

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Nat Edson
Nat Edson
?
typeset
Subject Matter
informational
Colt .45
Illustrated article about the gold rush in the Dakotas.
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Miscellaneous
1
The horses gives Edson away in this one, sharp hooves and the lifting of leg.
Madstones

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Nat Edson
Nat Edson
typeset
Subject Matter
informational
Colt .45
Illustrated article about old-time methods for treating snake bites.
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Miscellaneous
1
inside back cover
Daisy Rifle Ad

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (spot illustrations)
? (spot illustrations)
? (spot illustrations)
typeset
Subject Matter
Full-page illustrated ad for Daisy Air Rifles.
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Miscellaneous
1
back cover

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