Four Color #1167

Dale Robertson leans against a wagon wheel with the cool self-assurance of Jim Hardie, Wells Fargo's famous frontier troubleshooter, in this 1961 Dell tie-in to the hit TV series. The cover tagline promises a near-fatal chase after a stage robber and killer across the Great Salt Lake — high-stakes Western territory for "Salt Water Man Hunt," written by Gaylord Du Bois with interior art by Gil Kane inked by Russ Heath. It's a sharp little package of frontier adventure that captures exactly what made the show appointment viewing in its day.