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The Virginian
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cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Doug Rosa (signed) (painting)
Inks:
Doug Rosa (signed) (painting)
Colors:
Doug Rosa (signed) (painting)
Letters:
typeset
    Genre:western-frontier
Reprints (6)

Indexer Notes

signature frequently misread as "Doug Roea". Martin O'Hearn and Jake Oster have found examples where a credited artist, Doug Rosa, used that signature and art style. http://martinohearn.blogspot.com

This issue has 1 variant

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

HRN 150. Reprinted in Fall 1961 [HRN 164]; October 1963 [HRN 167]; December 1965 [HRN 167].
Above information from Classics Illustrated: A Cultural History by William B. Jones, Jr., 2nd edition.

Coming Next
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Dupin
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Who Am I? / in-house column / 0.5 page

The Virginian
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comic story / 45 pages

Script:
Owen Wister (original novel)
? (adaptation)
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Characters:
Unnamed narrator; The Virginian; Steve; Trampas; Taylor; Molly Wood; Lin; Judge Henry; Balaam; Mrs. Taylor; the Bishop of Wyoming
Synopsis:
At Judge Henry's request an unnamed Easterner comes to Henry's ranch in Sunk Creek, Wyoming. There he meets the Virginian, an honorable and capable man, and he tells the story of the Virginian's run-ins with his antagonist Trampas, his falling in love with newly-arrived school teacher Molly Wood, the painful hanging of his friend Steve for cattle rustling, and his final accounting with a belligerent Trampas.
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Owen Wister
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?
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Letters:
typeset
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Teddy Roosevelt & the Thieves
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?
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?
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?
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typeset

The Capture of Geronimo
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?
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?
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?
Letters:
typeset

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  1. The Virginian
  2. Coming Next
  3. Dupin
    Who Am I?
  4. The Virginian
  5. Owen Wister
  6. Teddy Roosevelt & the Thieves
  7. The Capture of Geronimo
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