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Issue Details

Issue #1269
Published March-May 1962
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "RAWHIDE, No. 1269." Code number is RAWHIDE O.S. #1269-622. Copyright 1961 by Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. Based on the "Rawhide" TV series.

Cover Details

Characters Clint Eastwood [as Rowdy Yates (photo)]; Eric Fleming [as Gil Favor (photo)]
Genre western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes Indicia title is "RAWHIDE, No. 1269." Code number is RAWHIDE O.S. #1269-622. Copyright 1961 by Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. Based on the "Rawhide" TV series.

1 page Rawhide foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Prisoner at Devil's Gap / The Giant's Challenge"

Characters Clint Eastwood [as Rowdy Yates (photo)]; Eric Fleming [as Gil Favor (photo)]
Synopsis Previews of two stories in the issue
Genre western
Pencils Dan Spiegle; ? (photo)
Inks Dan Spiegle; ? (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Photos of Fleming and Eastwood plus two-panel previews of two stories.

16 page Rawhide story "Prisoner at Devil's Gap"

Characters Gil Favor; Rowdy Yates; Wishbone (cameo)
Synopsis Sam Galt dams a river and charges a high price for trail herds to have access to the water. Favor grudgingly pays the price, but not before having a fight with Galt's foreman. Later, the Sheriff of Devil's Gap comes to arrest Favor for the murder of Galt, on the accusation of Galt's foreman.
Genre western
Script Eric Friewald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils Dan Spiegle
Inks Dan Spiegle
Notes Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

15 page Rawhide story "The Giant's Challenge"

Characters Gil Favor; Rowdy Yates (cameo); Wishbone (cameo)
Synopsis Favor accompanies Vin Cooke, a tall former prize fighter, to make a challenge of strength to a band of Indians in order to prevent an attack on a fort. The challenge is accepted, but Cooke is shot in the arm by a warrior. Favor steps in and has to battle two of the chief's warriors.
Genre western
Script Eric Friewald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils Dan Spiegle
Inks Dan Spiegle
Notes Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

Half page filler "Rawhide or Hemp?"

Synopsis Facts about cowboys' ropes.
Genre fact; western
Pencils Dan Spiegle ?
Inks Dan Spiegle ?
Letters typeset
Notes Article with two illustrations.

Half page filler "Earmarks"

Synopsis Description of using ear notches to mark cattle instead of branding them.
Genre fact; western
Pencils Dan Spiegle ?
Inks Dan Spiegle ?
Letters typeset
Notes Article with two illustrations.

1 page Rawhide filler "Cowboy's Chef"

Synopsis Duties of the cook on a trail drive.
Genre western; fact
Pencils Dan Spiegle
Inks Dan Spiegle
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath. Rawhide logo is on the sequence, but no characters appear.

1 page Rawhide filler "Limited Gear"

Synopsis Limits on the gear allowed to be taken on trail drives.
Genre fact; western
Pencils Dan Spiegle
Inks Dan Spiegle
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover. Panels with typeset text underneath. Rawhide logo is on the sequence, but no characters appear.