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Issue Details

Issue #963
Published February 1959
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "JOHNNY MACK BROWN, No. 963." Code number is J.M.B. #963-592. (No "O.S." in the code number.) Copyright 1959 by Johnny Mack Brown.

Cover Details

Characters Johnny Mack Brown (photo)
Genre western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Letters typeset

1 page filler "Solid Footing"

Synopsis The history of protecting horses' feet with horseshoes and other methods.
Genre fact; western
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white.

16 page Johnny Mack Brown story "The Great Bruno"

Characters Johnny Mack Brown; Rebel (horse)
Synopsis When the wrestler in a medicine show injures the town blacksmith, a match is set up between Johnny and the wrestler to raise money for the blacksmith's medical bills. The match doesn't come off because the conman and the wrestler take the money and run. The crowd thinks Johnny is in on the deal and he has to escape them and chase the crooks.
Genre western
Notes The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."

16 page Johnny Mack Brown story "The Texas Trail"

Characters Johnny Mack Brown; Rebel (horse)
Synopsis When the sheriff of a town in southern Kansas is killed, his friend Johnny takes the job and has to keep the peace between settlers and cattle herders. Each side thinks Brown is favoring the other.
Genre western

1 page filler "Blind Post Office"

Synopsis Use of secret places to exchange messages in the old West.
Genre fact; western
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath.

1 page filler "Colorful Cayuses"

Synopsis Names for different colored horses.
Genre fact; western
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover. Panels with typeset text underneath.