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Issue Details

Issue #893
Published March 1958
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "JIM BOWIE, No. 893." Code number is JIM B. O.S. #893-583. Copyright 1958 by Jim Bowie Enterprises, Inc. Based on 1956-58 ABC TV series "The Adventures of Jim Bowie." First of two Jim Bowie Four Color issues.

Cover Details

Characters Jim Bowie (as played by Scott Forbes, photo)
Genre western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Letters typeset

1 page The Adventures of Jim Bowie foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Jim Bowie...Woodsman, Patriot, and Gentleman..."

Characters Jim Bowie (as played by Scott Forbes, photo)
Synopsis Introduction to series.
Genre western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Three photos from the TV series and typeset text.

16 page The Adventures of Jim Bowie story "Jim Bowie's Secret"

Characters Jim Bowie; Ed Bowie
Synopsis Jim Bowie comes to Swamp City, Louisiana, to visit his brother Ed and finds that the town is in control of a crooked sheriff. The problem is the sheriff once saved Jim Bowie's life.
Genre western
Script Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils Bill Ziegler
Inks Bill Ziegler
Notes Script credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

16 page The Adventures of Jim Bowie story "Thieves Paradise"

Characters Jim Bowie; Jean Lafitte
Synopsis Bowie happens across waterfront thieves stealing a piece of cargo. He takes the box to his room, where he finds the pirate Jean Lafitte waiting for him. The two discover that the box contains jewels belonging to the Margate estate.
Genre western
Script Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils Bill Ziegler
Inks Bill Ziegler
Notes The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Script credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page filler "The Bowie Brothers"

Characters Jim Bowie; Rezin Bowie
Synopsis How the Bowie brothers invented the "Bowie Knife."
Genre fact; western
Pencils Bill Ziegler
Inks Bill Ziegler
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath.

1 page filler The Famous "Bowie Knife"

Characters Jim Bowie; James Black
Synopsis How Jim Bowie perfected his knife and had a prototype forged by blacksmith James Black.
Genre fact; western
Pencils Bill Ziegler
Inks Bill Ziegler
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover. Panels with typeset text underneath.