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Issue Details

Issue #33
Published November 1958-January 1959
Frequency quarterly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing George T. Delacorte (Publisher); Helen Meyer (President); Paul R. Lilly (Executive Vice President); Harold Clark (Vice President-Advertising Director); Albert P. Delacorte (Treasurer)
Notes last Dell issue

Cover Details

Characters Tonto; Puma
Synopsis Full-page color illustration depicts Tonto confronting a snarling puma.
Genre western
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)
Notes front cover

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Subscription Offer"

Synopsis Full-page subscription offer for various Dell comic books ($1.20) from Dell Publishing Co., Inc. of New York, N. Y.. A toy space satellite and launching platform are offered as a premium.
Script ? (ad copy)
Pencils ? (spot illustrations)
Inks ? (spot illustrations)
Colors ? (spot illustrations)
Letters typeset
Notes inside front cover

10 page Tonto story "Suspicion"

Characters Tonto; Scout; Stone Bear; Elk Horn (Crow); Crow Braves; Stone Bear's Braves; Indian Children
Synopsis A Crow exile is given refuge in Stone Bear's camp but is suspected of being a thief when several items are found missing.
Genre western
Letters typeset

10 page Tonto story "The Peace Pipe Warpath"

Characters Tonto; Scout; Stone Bear; Standing Tree (Blackfoot brave); Standing Tree's Companion; Deer Horn; Running Horse (Deer Horn's brother); Blackfoot Chief
Synopsis After Deer Horn is attacked by Standing Tree and his companion, Stone Bear sends Tonto and Running Horse to a sacred quarry to make a peace pipe.
Genre western
Letters typeset

1 page text story "Battleground"

Characters White Wolf (chief); Indian Braves; Palefaces
Synopsis Indian braves and palefaces are prepared to do battle until a prairie fire forces them to reconsider.
Genre western
Pencils ? (header illustration)
Inks ? (header illustration)
Colors ? (header illustration)
Letters typeset

4 page The Painted Pony text story "The Challenger Comes"

Characters Painted Pony; Red Stallion; Painted Pony's Herd of Mares, Colts, and Bachelor Stallions
Synopsis The Red Stallion challenges The Painted Pony's leadership of the herd.
Genre animal; western
Letters typeset

6 page Tonto story "Fear of the Puma"

Characters Tonto; Stone Bear; Old Fox; Pumas
Synopsis The youthful Tonto conquers his fear of pumas by standing his ground when one attacks and slaying the animal with his knife.
Genre western
Letters typeset

1 page advertisement "Toy Offer"

Synopsis Full-page color ad offering 150 molded plastic Civil War soldiers ($1.49) from Josely Company of Long Islamd, N. Y..
Script ? (ad copy)
Letters typeset

1 page text article "Indian Bowl Game"

Synopsis Article with five black and white illustrations about an Indian game played with a bowl, painted fruit pits, and pebbles.
Genre fact
Letters typeset
Notes inside back cover

1 page advertisement "Toy Offer"

Synopsis Full-page color ad offering a variety of toy guns from Mattel, Inc. of Los Angeles, California.
Script ? (ad copy)
Pencils ? (photos)
Inks ? (photos)
Colors ? (photos)
Letters typeset
Notes back cover