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Issue Details

Issue #915
Published July 1958
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "CASEY JONES, No. 915." Code number is C.J.O.S. #915-587. Copyright 1958, by Screen Gems, Inc. Adapted from the 1957-58 "Casey Jones" TV series.

Cover Details - "Outlaw Ambush!"

Characters Casey Jones (as played by Alan Hale, Jr., photo); Casey Jones, Junior (as played by Bobby Clark, photo); Cinder (dog, photo)
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1 page Casey Jones foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "The Cannonball Express"

Characters Casey Jones (as played by Alan Hale, Jr., photo)
Synopsis Introduction with two photos, one of the Cannonball Express engine, boxcar, and caboose, and one of Casey Jones at the controls of the engine.
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Notes Inside front cover; black and white.

16 page Casey Jones story "Prison Train"

Characters Casey Jones; Casey Jones, Junior; Cinder (dog); Wallie Simms; Red Rock (conductor)
Synopsis Casey has to take a train of Army prisoners to Leavenworth and also is carrying a secret shipment of gold bullion.
Genre period
Script Robert Schaefer
Pencils Bill Ziegler
Inks Bill Ziegler
Notes Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

16 page Casey Jones story "The Great Mail Race"

Characters Casey Jones; Casey Jones, Junior; Cinder (dog); Alice Jones (Casey's wife); Wallie Sims; Sam
Synopsis With the Midwest and Central Railroad in financial trouble, Casey and the Cannonball Express have to race a train from the Southern and Panhandle Railroad to Ft. Worth to win a contract to carry mail.
Genre Period
Script Robert Schaefer
Pencils Bill Ziegler
Inks Bill Ziegler
Notes Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents". Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page filler "Teakettles That Moved the World"

Synopsis Facts about steam locomotives.
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Notes Inside back cover; black and white.

1 page filler "True Train Tales"

Genre period
Pencils Bill Ziegler ?
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Notes Back cover. Pencils credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). This sequence was replaced by an ad for Juicy Fruit Gum on some copies.