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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published September 1955
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 100
Editing ?
Notes Copyright 1955 by Walt Disney Productions.

Cover Details - "King of the Wild Frontier"

Characters Davy Crockett (as played by Fess Parker) (photo)
Genre period
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Letters typeset

1 page filler "Old Betsy"

Synopsis Facts about flintlock rifles.
Genre fact
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Text and illustrations.

14 page Davy Crockett story "Young Davy Crockett"

Characters Davy Crockett; John Crockett; Tom Crockett; Jacob Siler; Jeb Dunn; Hi Kitchner; Job Higgins; Jesse Cheek; Adam Myers; John Kennedy
Synopsis Anecdotes from Davy Crockett's youth.
Genre period; bio
Pencils Tony Sgroi
Inks Tony Sgroi
Notes Art identification by Steinar Ådland and Lambiek website (September 22, 2010). Panels with text at the bottom.

1 page Davy Crockett filler "Davy Crockett Dictionery"

Characters Davy Crockett
Synopsis A list of words that Davy Crockett is said to have coined.
Genre fact
Letters typeset
Notes Text and illustration.

1 page filler "Frontier Fashions"

Synopsis Description of the clothing worn by men and women on the frontier.
Genre fact
Letters typeset
Notes Text and illustration.

20 page Davy Crockett story "Cherokee Justice"

Characters Davy Crockett; George Russel; Red Eagle; Quick Fox; Chief Watami; Long Knife
Synopsis After saving two young Cherokee boys from a bear, Davy Crocket and George Russel take them home to their village. The men become the enemies of Long Knife, who is banished from the tribe and later returns to seek revenge on the white men and the Cherokee villagers.
Genre period
Pencils John Ushler
Inks John Ushler
Notes Art identification by Steinar Ådland. (Error Report 5037, September 22, 2010)

3 page Davy Crockett story "How Davy Talked to the Indians"

Characters Davy Crockett
Synopsis Phrase by phrase explanation of a sign language conversation between Davy and a Cheyenne Indian.
Genre fact; period
Notes Panels with text at bottom.

3 page text article "Survival in the Wilds"

Synopsis Tips for survival if lost in the wilderness.
Genre fact
Letters typeset
Notes Text and illustrations.

1 page filler "Pioneer Homes"

Synopsis Facts about the construction of pioneer homes.
Genre fact
Letters typeset
Notes Text and illustration.

1 page filler "Frontier Forts"

Synopsis Facts about forts on the frontier.
Genre fact
Letters typeset
Notes Text and illustration.

10 page Davy Crockett story "Davy Crockett Goes to Washington"

Characters Davy Crockett; George Russel; Major Norton; Andrew Jackson
Synopsis Andrew Jackson talks Davy into running for Congress. Davy wins the election and goes to Washington.
Genre period
Pencils Jesse Marsh
Inks Jesse Marsh
Notes Lyrics to "Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier" song are used in the story. Art identification by Steinar Ådland. (Error Report 5037, September 22, 2010)

3 page text article "Pioneer Transportation"

Synopsis Methods of transportation on the frontier.
Genre fact
Letters typeset
Notes Text and illustrations.

1 page text article "Davy Crockett's Dinner"

Synopsis Types of food eaten on the frontier.
Genre fact
Letters typeset
Notes Text and illustration.

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Other Frontier Heroes"

Characters John Colter; Daniel Boone; Kit Carson; James Bowie
Synopsis Brief text biographies of four famous frontiersmen as an introduction to a series of more extensive biographies in comic form.
Letters typeset
Notes Text and illustations.

4 page story "James Bowie"

Characters James Bowie; Jeff Lattimore; Black Jack Sturdivant
Synopsis The story of how James Bowie invented the knife that bears his name.
Genre fact; bio
Pencils Nicholas Firfires
Inks Nicholas Firfires
Notes Art identification by Steinar Ådland (Error Report 5138, attachment 179, October 8, 2010)

4 page story "John Colter"

Characters John Colter; Potts
Synopsis John Colter's runs for his life after being captured by Blackfeet Indians in 1823.
Genre fact
Pencils Nicholas Firfires
Inks Nicholas Firfires
Notes Art identification from Lambiek website. Also from from Steinar Ådland (GCD Error Report 5139, attachment 180, October 10, 2010)

4 page story "Kit Carson"

Characters Kit Carson
Genre fact
Pencils Nicholas Firfires
Inks Nicholas Firfires
Notes Art identification from Steinar Ådland (GCD Error Report 5141, attachment 182, October 10, 2010)

4 page story "Daniel Boone"

Characters Daniel Boone
Genre fact
Pencils Nicholas Firfires
Inks Nicholas Firfires
Notes Art identification from Steinar Ådland (GCD Error Report 5140, attachment 181, October 10, 2010)

3 page text article "The Fall of the Alamo"

Characters William Barrett Travis; General Santa Anna; Col. Albert Martin; Davy Crockett (cameo mention); James Bowie (cameo mention)
Synopsis Account of the siege of the Alamo during the Mexican-American War in 1836.
Genre fact
Letters typeset
Notes Text and illustrations. Davy Crockett and James Bowie are only mentioned in passing.

2 page activity "Name the States"

Synopsis Facts about nine states with their border outlines, which the reader is supposed to name.
Genre fact
Letters typeset
Notes Illustrations and text.

2 page text article "Pioneer Pastimes"

Synopsis Social activities on the frontier.
Genre fact
Letters typeset
Notes Text and illustrations.

14 page Davy Crockett story "Davy Crockett and Ol' Three Claws"

Characters Davy Crockett; Georgie Russel; Jed Wills; Hank Binns; Rafe Dodd
Synopsis Davy makes an enemy in Hank Binns by besting him in a knife-throwing contest in a tavern. When Davy and Georgie Russel track a bear named Ol' Three Claws, Binns seeks revenge.
Genre period
Pencils Jesse Marsh
Inks Jesse Marsh
Notes Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Art identification by Steinar Ådland. (Error Report 5037, September 22, 2010)

1 page filler "Loading and Firing the Flintlock"

Synopsis How to load and fire a flintlock rifle.
Genre fact
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Text and illustration.

1 page Davy Crockett illustration "Be Sure You're Right...Then Go Ahead"

Characters Davy Crockett (as played by Fess Parker) (photo)
Synopsis Fess Parker as Davy Crockett, standing on an outcrop with rifle at his side and mountains in the background.
Genre period
Script Davy Crockett (quote)
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover.