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Issue Details

Issue #626
Published May 1955
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "BEN BOWIE AND HIS MOUNTAIN MEN, No. 626." Code number is BEN B. O.S. #626-555. Copyright 1955 by Western Printing & Lithographing Company. Fifth of six Ben Bowie Four Colors.

Cover Details

Characters Ben Bowie; Jim
Genre period
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)
Letters typeset

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Dell is proud to present one of its many awards..."

Synopsis Facsimile of Distinguished Achievement Award given Dell publisher George T. Delacorte, Jr. by Newsdealers Post Number 1169, American Legion, on November 14, 1954.
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Also includes typeset version of Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." (not in usual form.)

17 page Ben Bowie and his Mountain Men story "Fight for the Fort"

Characters Ben Bowie; Jim; Zeke; Nakah
Synopsis The British plan to push the Wilderness Road a hundred miles further west and built two forts. The commander hires Ben and his men to help protect them from Iroquois warriors under the command of the new chief, Black Crow.
Genre period

17 page Ben Bowie and his Mountain Men story "The Escape"

Characters Ben Bowie; Jim
Synopsis Ben and Jim are captured by Shawnee Indians and are "adopted" into the tribe, clothed in Indian garb, and have their heads partially shaved. The pair escape from the Shawnee but have to convince the nearby settlers they are not Indians.
Genre period
Notes Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on back cover in color. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."