CATALOG RECORD

Four Color #1125

Dell · Series began 1942 · August-October 1960

Dates

Copies of #1125 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Original edition10¢ cover
Source ↗
UK pence edition9d [0-0-9 GBP] cover

British

Printed cover price 9d [0-0-9 GBP].
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pencils: Gil Kaneinks: Gil Kane, Russ Heathscript: Paul S. Newmanletters: John Duffy

The Stage Frame-Up · 16 pages
A runaway stage shows up at the swing station with no trace of the driver and its strongbox missing. The next morning the Sheriff and Mr. Dyke, who had $10,000 in the missing strongbox, come to the station and find the body of the missing driver and an empty strongbox in the station's barn. Slim and Jess are charged with murder and robbery and have to prove their innocence.
The Passenger · 16 pages
Carlos, a witness in a murder trial, disappears during a stop at the swing station. Slim and Jess have to rescue Carlos from three gunmen who have him trapped in a cave.
The Stage Comes of Age · 1 pages
Comparison of the Conestoga Wagon and the Concord stagecoach.
The Swing Station · 1 pages
Description of "swing stations," stagecoach stops where passengers could buy food, rest and stretch their legs.