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Issue Details

Issue #789
Published April 1957
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "Max Brand's SILVERTIP, No. 789; VALLEY THIEVES." Code number is SILVERTIP O.S. #789-574. Copyright 1957 by Dodd, Mead & Company, Inc. Eighth of ten Silvertip Four Colors.

Cover Details - "Valley Thieves"

Characters Silvertip; Frosty (wolf)
Genre western
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)
Letters typeset

1 page Silvertip foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Cast of Characters"

Characters Silvertip; Taxi; Harry Clonmel; Sam Fisk (villain)
Synopsis Preview of the story.
Genre western
Pencils Everett Raymond Kinstler
Inks Everett Raymond Kinstler
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Four illustrations with typeset text.

32 page Silvertip story "Silvertip and the Valley Thieves"

Characters Silvertip; Taxi; Harry Clonmel; Sam Fisk (villain); Parade (horse); Frosty (wolf)
Synopsis A young giant, Harry Clonmel, all six-feet, five inches of him, comes to the west seeking Silvertip. Meanwhile Silvertip's deadly enemy Sam Fisk has escaped from jail and is seeking revenge. Silvertip's horse, Parade, and his wolf, Frosty, are taken hostage by the Cary clan in a remote valley and Silvertip, Clonmel, and Taxi must free them.
Genre western
Script Max Brand (original story); ? (comic adaptation)
Pencils Everett Raymond Kinstler
Inks Everett Raymond Kinstler
Notes Adapted from the 1933 novel "Valley Thieves" by Max Brand.

1 page filler "Wolves"

Synopsis Facts about wolves.
Genre fact; animal
Pencils Everett Raymond Kinstler
Inks Everett Raymond Kinstler
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath.

1 page filler "Horse Training"

Synopsis Directions on teaching a horse two simple tricks.
Genre fact; animal
Pencils Everett Raymond Kinstler
Inks Everett Raymond Kinstler
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover. Panels with typeset text underneath. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."