Tales of Wells Fargo Annual [1960]

[1959] Annual. Original price 7/6.
96 pages. Full colour contents.
World Distributors (Manchester) Limited.

Based on the US television series starring Dale Robertson.

Cover painting by Walt Howarth (signed).

Contents:

 2 UNTITLED endpaper; illustrated by UNKNOWN (uncredited).

 4 Indicia

 5 Temple Houston Annual title page; illustrated by UNKNOWN (uncredited).

 6 Contents illustrated by UNKNOWN (uncredited).

 7 Pay-Off in Ghost Town text story by Douglas Enefer; illustrated by UNKNOWN (uncredited).

21 The Man They Couldn't Drown w: Gaylord Du Bois (uncredited); a: Alerto Giolitti (uncredited).

r: Four Color (Dell) #1023 [Tales of Wells Fargo] (Aug 1959 - Oct 1959).

37 The Kentucky Kid text story by Douglas Enefer; illustrated by UNKNOWN (uncredited).

47 The Last Stage from Gunsight text story by Douglas Enefer; illustrated by UNKNOWN (uncredited).

53 Faro Billy's Surprise Packet text story by Douglas Enefer; illustrated by UNKNOWN (uncredited).

61 The Skeleton Cave w: Gaylord Du Bois (uncredited); a: Alerto Giolitti (uncredited).

r: Four Color (Dell) #1023 [Tales of Wells Fargo] (Aug 1959 - Oct 1959).

77 Black Gold text story by Douglas Enefer; illustrated by UNKNOWN (uncredited).

87 Sundown text story by Douglas Enefer; illustrated by UNKNOWN (uncredited).

94 UNTITLED endpaper; illustrated by UNKNOWN (uncredited).

There are few cover artists able to so perfectly capture an actor's personality, and Howarth's depiction of Dale Robertson is among the best images of its kind. A stark and dramatic cover, perhaps, but with such a powerful image tying the design together it doesn't call out for further elaboration - a detailed background would have diminished the sense of immediacy we get, and (gun in hand) the character of Jim Hardie welcomes us in to the world of the series with a facial expression which cries out for explanation. What, we have to ask, is he looking at?

Tales of Wells
Fargo Annual

[1961]