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Issue Details

Issue #541
Published March 1954
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "JOHNNY MACK BROWN, No. 541." Code number is J.M.B.O.S. #541-543. Copyright 1954 by Johnny Mack Brown. Fourth of 13 Johnny Mack Brown Four Colors. This would be #13 if the numbering had continued from the Johnny Mack Brown (Dell, 1950 series).

Cover Details - "Johnny Mack Brown"

Characters Johnny Mack Brown (photo)
Genre western
Pencils ?; ? (photo)
Inks ?; ? (photo)
Colors ?; ? (photo)
Notes Cover is cropped photo with drawn background.

1 page filler "Western Songs"

Synopsis Facts about the history of western songs.
Genre fact
Pencils August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)
Inks August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Three illustrations with typeset text.

18 page Johnny Mack Brown story "Johnny Mack Brown and the Disappearing Cattle"

Characters Johnny Mack Brown; Rebel (horse); Green Tree; Luke Henderson; Larry Henderson
Synopsis Johnny saves an Indian, Green Tree, and his wife from a pair of cowboys. Later the Indians help Johnny as he investigates the rustling of cattle from the Henderson ranch.
Genre western
Script Phil Evans
Pencils Sparky Moore
Inks Sparky Moore
Notes Script, pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

16 page Johnny Mack Brown story "The Rimrock Robbery"

Characters Johnny Mack Brown; Rebel (horse)
Synopsis Johnny rides the stage to Cottonbluff with Paul Jonathon's daughter Peggy as she goes to make a payment on the mortgage. On the way two fellow passengers pull guns, rob them, and shoot the driver. Johnny and Peggy trail the robbers to a cabin and are able to overcome them and get the mortgage money to the bank at the last minute.
Genre western
Script Phil Evans
Pencils Sparky Moore
Inks Sparky Moore
Notes Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on back cover in color. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)