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Issue Details

Issue #344
Published August 1951
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "SERGEANT PRESTON from CHALLENGE OF THE YUKON, No. 344." Code number is S.P.O.S. #344-518. Copyright 1951 by Challenge of the Yukon, Inc. Based on the "Challenge of the Yukon" radio series. First of four Sergeant Preston Four Colors.

Cover Details

Characters Sergeant Preston; Yukon King (dog)
Genre adventure
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)

1 page filler "Build a Dog Sled"

Synopsis Directions for building a dog sled.
Genre fact
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Illustrations with typeset text.

12 page Sergeant Preston story "Death Waits on the River"

Characters Sergeant Preston; Constable Alex Wade; Yukon King (dog)
Synopsis Sergeant Preston and Inspector Wade are taking an old sternwheel riverboat from Forty Mile to Dawson. While en route, Elton Gaines, a newcomer who was sent to compete with an established business to provide supplies to trading posts, is shot by a sniper on a cliff overlooking the river. Preston and Wade investigate to find who shot Gaines and why.
Genre adventure
Script Gaylord DuBois
Pencils Alberto Giolitti
Inks Alberto Giolitti
Letters typeset
Notes Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 9, 2008)

8 page Sergeant Preston story "The Telltale Knife"

Characters Sergeant Preston; Constable Alex Wade; Yukon King (dog)
Synopsis Ellis Hyatt frames his brother Dave for the murder of Milo Perth in order to take over his brother's gold claim and also take his brother's girlfriend.
Genre adventure
Script Gaylord DuBois
Pencils Alberto Giolitti
Inks Alberto Giolitti
Letters typeset
Notes Script, pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 9, 2008)

12 page Sergeant Preston story "Fugitives from Bald Rock"

Characters Sergeant Preston; Yukon King (dog)
Synopsis Martin and Larson are getting residents of Bald Rock to invest in their plan to build a refinery to extract gold from an almost played-out mountain. The pair plan to take the money and run, but Sergeant Preston shows up to disrupt their scheme.
Genre adventure
Script Gaylord DuBois
Pencils Alberto Giolitti
Inks Alberto Giolitti
Letters typeset
Notes Script, pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 9, 2008)

1 page filler "Carve Your Own Paddle"

Synopsis Directions for carving and decorating a canoe paddle.
Genre fact
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black and white.

1 page illustration "Alaskan Moose"

Synopsis Photo of display of Alaskan moose from the American Museum of Natural History, N.Y.
Genre fact
Pencils American Museum of Natural History, N.Y (photo)
Inks American Museum of Natural History, N.Y (photo)
Colors American Museum of Natural History, N.Y (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover. Large color photo with brief typeset text underneath.