WELLS ARCHIVES
RECORD GROUP 23

 

WRG 23 - Comic Books

Collection Dates, Series #1 of 1 1945 - 1957

 

Historical Data

 

 

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of 66 comic books, categorized into the various publishers:  Dell Comics, Classics Illistrated, Superman National Comics and Miscellaneous Comics.

 

Series 1:

In this Series

1. = Dell Comics

2. = Classics Illustrated

3. = Superman National Comics

4. = Miscellaneous Comics

 

1. dell comics

              

               1.1          (1)          Zane Grey’s - The Lost Wagon Train                                           No. 584 1954

               1.2          (1)          Walt Disney’s - Davey Crockett at the Alamo             No. 639 1955

               1.3          (1)          Walt Disney’s - Davey Crockett River Pirates             No. 671 1955

               1.4          (1)          Zane Grey’s Stories of the West                                   No. 40                  1956

               1.5          (1)          Alexander the Great                          No. 688 1956

               1.6          (1)          Santiago                               No. 723 1956

               1.7          (1)          The Challenge of Zorro     No. 732 1956

               1.8          (1)          The Fastest Gun Alive                       No. 741 1956

               1.9          (1)          Around the World in 80 Days          No. 784 1956

               1.10       (1)          Zane Grey’s Stories of the West                                   No. 35                  1957

               1.11       (1)          Luke Shorts Savage Range No. 807 1957

               1.12       (1)          The Big Land                                      No. 812 1957

               1.13       (1)          Broken Arrow                                    No. 855 1957

               1.14       (1)          Luke Short’s Trumpet West             No. 875 1957

               1.15       (1)          Walt Disney’s Spin & Marty (The Hermit of                              No. 2                     1957

                                             Thunder Lake)     

               1.16       (1)          Walt Disney’s Spin & Marty (Baffled)                         No. 2                     1958

               1.17       (1)          Tarzan Burning in the Jungle            No. 105 1958

               1.18       (1)          Ben Bowie & His Mountain Men                                  No. 15                  1958

               1.19       (1)          High Adventure                   No. 949 1958

               1.20       (1)          Ricky Nelson                                     No. 956 1958

               1.21       (1)          Restless Gun                                      No. 934 1958

               1.22       (1)          Walt Disney’s Clint & Mac              No. 889 1958

               1.23       (1)          The Gray Ghost                  No. 911 1958

               1.24       (1)          Luke Short’s Top Gun        No. 927 1958

               1.25       (1)          Tales of the Pony Express No. 911 1958

               1.26       (1)          The Flying A’s Range Rider             No. 23                  1958

               1.27       (1)          Broken Arrow                                    No. 947 1958

               1.28       (1)          Walt Disney’s Annette       No. 905 1958

               1.29       (1)          The Lone Ranger’s Companion Tonto                           No. 32                  1958

               1.30       (1)          Annie Oakly & Tag                            No. 15                  1958

               1.31       (1)          The Lennon Sister’s Life Story                                      No. 951 1958

 

2. Classics illustrated     

 

               2.1          (1)          The Corsican Brothers       No. 20                  1945

               2.2          (1)          The Connecticut Yankee    No. 24                  1945

               2.3          (1)          The Black Arrow                No. 3                     1946

               2.4          (1)          Spy         No. 51                  1948

               2.5          (1)          Black Beauty                                      No. 60                  1949

               2.6          (1)          The Scottish Chiefs (name inside: Clifford A. Clark) No. 67                  1949

               2.7          (1)          Around the World in 80 Days          No. 69                  1950

               2.8          (1)          The Pilot                                            No. 70                  1950

               2.9          (1)          The Courtship of Miles Standish and Evangeline         No. 92                  1952

               2.10       (1)          Hamlet   No. 99                  1952

               2.11       (1)          The Forty Five Guardsmen               No. 113 1955

               2.12       (1)          The Red Rover                    No. 114 1953

               2.13       (1)          Captain Corageous                            No. 117 1954

               2.14       (1)          Wild Bill Hickok                No. 121 1954

               2.15       (1)          Fang and Claw                                    No. 123 1954

               2.16       (1)          The King of the Mountains               No. 127 1955

               2.17       (1)          Caesar’s Conquests                           No. 130 1957

               2.18       (1)          Castle Dangerous                              No. 141 1957

               2.19       (1)          The Crisis                                           No. 145 1958

               2.20       (1)          The Nightingale                  No. 522 1956

              

3. superman national comics

 

               3.1          (1)          The Planet of the Pendulum             No. 17                  1958

               3.2          (1)          The Brave and the Bold      No. 21                  1958/9

               3.3          (1)          The Adventures of Jerry Lewis                                      No. 47                  1958

               3.4          (1)          All American Men of War No. 50                  1957

              

4. miscellaneous

              

               4.1          (1)          Robin Hood                                       No. 8                     1957

               4.2          (1)          Straight Arrow                    No. 55                  1956

               4.3          (1)          Robin Hood Tales                             No. 1                     1956

               4.4          (1)          G.I. Combat - Airlift to Eternity                                    No. 35                  1956

               4.5          (1)          Knights of the Round Table              No. 10                  1957

               4.6          (1)          The Outlaw Kid                   No. 19                  1957

               4.7          (1)          Wild Bill Hickok & Jingles             No. 70                  1958

               4.8          (1)          Hot Rods & Racing Cars   No. 38                  1959

               4.9          (1)          Fightin’ Air Force                             No. 14                  1959

               4.10       (1)          Wild Bill Hickok and Jingles           No. 71                  1959

               4.11       (1)          Combat Picture Library - “And Grandpa                       No. 473

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