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Issue Details

Issue #5
Published May-July 1960
Frequency quarterly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing George T. Delacorte (Publisher); Helen Meyer (President); Paul R. Lilly (Executive Vice President); Harold Clark (Vice President-Advertising Director); Albert P. Delacorte (Treasurer)

Cover Details

Characters Chris Colt [portrayed by Wayde Preston]
Genre western
Pencils ? (color photo)
Inks ? (color photo)
Colors ? (color photo)
Notes front cover

1 page Colt .45 foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Table of Contents"

Characters Chris Colt [as portrayed by Wayde Preston]
Synopsis Table of contents with synposes for the issue's two Colt .45 stories. Two black and white photos depicting Chris Colt.
Genre western
Pencils ? (black and white photos)
Inks ? (black and white photos)
Letters typeset
Notes inside front cover

14 page Colt. 45 story "Cannon Town"

Characters Chris Colt; Colonel Butler; Soldiers; Miners; Sheriff; Rolf Johnson; Maude (Townswoman); Storekeeper; Telegraph Clerk; Friendly Miner
Synopsis A dishonorably discharged soldier stirs up trouble between miners and the Army.
Genre western

1 page text story "Lighthouse in the Desert"

Characters Hank Sims (stage line manager); Jonathon Hoyt (station manager)
Synopsis A lantern raised on a pole guides lost travelers to a remote stagecoach station.
Genre western
Pencils ? (header illustration)
Inks ? (header illustration)
Colors ? (header illustration)
Letters typeset

4 page story "Iron Horse Cowpuncher"

Characters Jack (engineer); Earle (Jack's brother, trail boss); Fireman; Bobo (cowboy)
Synopsis Jack uses his locomotive to stop a stampeding herd of cattle.
Genre western

12 page Colt .45 story "Stallion Trail"

Characters Chris Colt; Two Cavalry Officers; Three Outlaws; Army Captain; Old-Timer; Two Boys; Danny Simms (storekeeper); Ed (storekeeper); Townsman
Synopsis Colt searches for a runaway Army stallion carrying important information in a specially designed horseshoe.
Genre western

1 page text article The "Peacemaker" of the Old West

Synopsis Illustrated article about .45 Colt.
Genre fact
Letters typeset

1 page text article "Bad Luck Below Ground"

Synopsis Illustrated article about the dangers of mining in the Old West.
Genre fact
Letters typeset
Notes inside back cover

1 page Kraft Caramels advertisement "Candy Ad"

Synopsis Illustrated ad for Kraft Caramels.
Script ? (ad copy)
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)
Letters typeset