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Issue Details

Issue #1028
Published September-November 1959
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "RAWHIDE, No. 1028." Code number is RAWHIDE.O.S. #1028-599. Copyright 1959 by Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. First of six Rawhide Four Colors. Based on the 1959-66 CBS TV series "Rawhide."

Cover Details - "Trail to Freedom"

Characters Rowdy Yates (as played by Clint Eastwood, photo); Gil Favor (as played by Eric Fleming, photo)
Genre western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Letters typeset

1 page Rawhide foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Preview"

Characters Rowdy Yates (as played by Clint Eastwood, photo); Gil Favor (as played by Eric Fleming, photo)
Synopsis Preview of first story.
Genre western
Pencils ?; ? (photo)
Inks ?; ? (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. One illustration and one photo, with typeset text.

21 page Rawhide story "Trail to Freedom"

Characters Rowdy Yates; Gil Favor; Wishbone
Synopsis A 50-year-old man and his son are having a hard time keeping up with the rest of the herd on a trail drive. When a marshal comes asking the questions, the pair quietly leave. Trail boss Gil Favor follows them and finds that the older man is an escaped convict, who was wrongly convicted of murder by a crooked judge. The marshal follows Favor and takes all of them back to camp. The next day the herd is attacked by Indians and all men are needed to hold off the attack. In the battle, the convict saves the marshal's life, causing the lawman to change his mind about the convict's guilt.
Genre western
Script Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils Warren Tufts
Inks Warren Tufts
Letters Warren Tufts
Notes Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

11 page Rawhide story "A Town Full of Trouble"

Characters Rowdy Yates; Gil Favor; Wishbone; "Mushy" Mushgrove
Synopsis Running low on supplies in a winter drive, trail boss Gil Favor tells Wishbone and Mushy to go to the nearest town and stock up. At the Clanton General Store, the two are beaten without provocation and sent away without supplies. Gil and Rowdy go to town and find that a previous trail herd had trashed the town and killed three men, so the town refuses to do business with any trail herd. Rowdy and Gil leave, but the townsmen decide to hurry them on their way by stampeding the herd. The stampede backfires when it heads toward the town and Gil and Rowdy have to turn the cattle away.
Genre western
Script Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils Warren Tufts
Inks Warren Tuft
Letters Warren Tufts
Notes Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents". Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page filler "The Trail Outfit"

Synopsis Facts about the responsibilities of various jobs on a trail drive.
Genre fact; western
Script Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils Warren Tufts
Inks Warren Tufts
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page filler "The Chuck Wagon"

Synopsis Facts about the evolution of the trail drive's chuck wagon over the years.
Genre fact; western
Script Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils Warren Tufts
Inks Warren Tufts
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover; color. Panels with typeset text underneath. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)