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Issue Details

Issue #961
Published December 1958
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "JACE PEARSON'S TALES OF THE TEXAS RANGERS, No. 961." Code number is J.P.O.S. #961-5812. Copyright 1958 by General Mills, Inc. Based on the "Tales of the Texas Rangers" TV series. This issue follows "Jace Pearson's Tales of the Texas Rangers" (Dell, 1955 series) #20 (June-August 1958).

Cover Details - "Trail to Sierra Verde"

Characters Jace Pearson (as played by Willard Parker, photo)
Genre western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Letters typeset

1 page illustration "Willard Parker pinup"

Characters Jace Pearson (as played by Willard Parker, photo)
Synopsis Medium shot of Willard Parker, as Jace Pearson, handling his six-gun.
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Full-page photo.

16 page Jace Pearson's Tales of the Texas Rangers story "Trail to Sierra Verde"

Characters Jace Pearson; Clay Morgan
Synopsis Bandits rob a train of $100,000 in gold pieces. The pieces are marked, so they leave a trail as they spend them. Jace Pearson and Clay Morgan go to Starkton to try to intercept the gang.
Genre western
Pencils Dan Spiegle [as DS]
Inks Dan Spiegle [as DS]
Notes Initials "DS" are in the first panel.

1 page text story "The Barren Land"

Characters Herman Bumble; Rosie Bumble
Synopsis A husband and wife from Maryland are sold some worthless land in the west by a land agent. They are able to turn the tables on the swindler.
Genre western
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with 1/6 page illustration.

4 page Famous Texans story "Captain Richard King, Founder of an Empire"

Characters Capt. Richard King
Synopsis How Capt. Richard King was able to acquire enough land and cattle in Texas to build an empire so large that no one could afford to buy it.
Genre western; fact
Pencils Dan Spiegle
Inks Dan Spiegle

10 page Jace Pearson's Tales of the Texas Rangers story "Terror at Canyon Crossing"

Characters Jace Pearson; Clay Morgan
Synopsis Zeke Bragan tries to sabotage the railroad after it puts his freight line out of business.
Genre western
Pencils Dan Spiegle [as DS]
Inks Dan Spiegle [as DS]
Notes Initials "DS" are in the first panel.

1 page filler "A Treaty on Horseback"

Synopsis How a treaty between the Mexicans and the Texas Rangers was signed on horseback in the middle of the Rio Grande river.
Genre fact; western
Pencils Dan Spiegle
Inks Dan Spiegle
Letters typeset
Notes Panels with typeset text underneath. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.27)

1 page filler "The Texas Rangers Today and Yesterday"

Synopsis The differences between the Texas Rangers of the old West and their modern-day counterparts.
Genre fact; western
Pencils Dan Spiegle
Inks Dan Spiegle
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath. Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.27)

1 page filler "The Seagoing Rangers"

Synopsis How the Texas Rangers won a battle at sea in 1836.
Genre fact; western
Pencils Dan Spiegle
Inks Dan Spiegle
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover. Panels with typeset text underneath. Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.27)