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Issue Details

Issue #850
Published October 1957
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "BUCK JONES, No. 850." Code number is B.J.O.S. #850-5710. Copyright 1957 by Mrs. Odille D. Jones.

Cover Details - "Dynamite or Disguise"

Characters Buck Jones
Genre western
Pencils Don Spaulding (painting)
Inks Don Spaulding (painting)
Colors Don Spaulding (painting)
Letters typeset
Notes Cover art credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page filler "The Disbeliever"

Synopsis Possibly factual story of an incident involving Sioux Indians, telegraph lines, and lightning.
Genre western
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Zip-a-tone or Crafttint shading is used, not common in Dell comics. Panels with typeset text underneath.

18 page Buck Jones story "Dynamite and Disguise"

Characters Buck Jones; Silver-B (horse)
Synopsis Two men ambush Buck and take his horse, Silver-B, to an outlaw gang's hideout called "Devil's Island", a fortress surrounded by a deep gorge and accessible only by a rock bridge. The outlaws track Buck to a sheriff's office, where they try to kill him but fail and one of the outlaws is captured. Buck disguises himself as the captured outlaw and plans to take a wagon-load of dynamite to blow up the doors to the fortress.
Genre western
Pencils Jesse Marsh
Inks Jesse Marsh
Notes Story title is not identical to that on the cover. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

15 page Buck Jones story "Fast Draw"

Characters Buck Jones; Silver-B (horse)
Synopsis Buck helps Ed Norris, the new sheriff of Pleasant Valley, improve the speed of his draw and gain self-confidence.
Genre western
Pencils Jesse Marsh
Inks Jesse Marsh
Notes Story concludes on inside back cover in black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page filler "Banner of the Cow Country"

Synopsis Facts about the uses of the cowboy's bandana.
Genre western; fact
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover. Panels with typeset text underneath.