| Issue | #1023 |
| Published | August-October 1959 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | ? |
| Notes | Indicia title is "TALES OF WELLS FARGO, No. 1023". Code number is WELLS FARGO O.S. #1023-598. Copyright 1959 by Overland Productions, Inc. Third of seven Tales of Wells Fargo Four Colors. Based on the 1957-62 NBC TV series "Tales of Wells Fargo". Cover is photo with background cropped out. |
| Characters | Dale Robertson (as Jim Hardie, photo) |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | ? (photo) |
| Inks | ? (photo) |
| Colors | ? (photo) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Indicia title is "TALES OF WELLS FARGO, No. 1023". Code number is WELLS FARGO O.S. #1023-598. Copyright 1959 by Overland Productions, Inc. Third of seven Tales of Wells Fargo Four Colors. Based on the 1957-62 NBC TV series "Tales of Wells Fargo". Cover is photo with background cropped out. |
| Characters | Dale Robertson (as Jim Hardie, photo) |
| Synopsis | Previews of the two stories in the issue. |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | ? (photo); Alberto Giolitti |
| Inks | ? (photo); Alberto Giolitti |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Photo and four illustrations with typeset text. |
| Characters | Jim Hardie |
| Synopsis | Jim Hardie is caught off guard by outlaws while swimming is a beaver pond. He escapes the ambush by surfacing in the beaver's lodge and then goes on to foil the robber's attempt to rob the Bitter Creek Stage of $100,000. |
| Genre | western |
| Script | Gaylord Du Bois |
| Pencils | Alberto Giolitti |
| Inks | Alberto Giolitti |
| Notes | Script submitted on February 20, 1959. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985). |
| Characters | Jim Hardie |
| Synopsis | A stage carrying a strongbox, a case of dynamite, and an Army officer's wife is ambushed by Apaches. Hardie uses the dynamite to hold off the Apaches while the driver and woman go to the Army fort for help. |
| Genre | western |
| Script | Gaylord Du Bois |
| Pencils | Alberto Giolitti |
| Inks | Alberto Giolitti |
| Notes | Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents". Script submitted on February 18, 1959. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985). |
| Synopsis | Facts about the Wells Fargo express service in the old West. |
| Genre | fact; western |
| Script | Gaylord Du Bois |
| Pencils | Alberto Giolitti |
| Inks | Alberto Giolitti |
| Notes | Inside back cover; black and white. Script submitted on February 14, 1959. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985). |
| Synopsis | Facts about the design of the Concord stage coaches used by Wells Fargo. |
| Genre | fact; western |
| Script | Gaylord Du Bois |
| Pencils | Alberto Giolitti |
| Inks | Alberto Giolitti |
| Notes | Back cover. Script submitted on February 14, 1959. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985). |