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Issue: Walt Disney's Davy Crockett King of the Wild Frontier #1
Publication Date: September 1955
 
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: DellView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 100
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 24 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Copyright 1955 by Walt Disney Productions.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: one-shot
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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King of the Wild Frontier

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Subject Matter
historical
Davy Crockett
Davy Crockett (photo of Fess Parker)
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Miscellaneous
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Old Betsy

Filler  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
informational
Facts about flintlock rifles.
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover; black and white. Text and illustrations.
Young Davy Crockett

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Tony Sgroi
Tony Sgroi
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?
Subject Matter
biography, historical
Davy Crockett
Davy Crockett; John Crockett; Tom Crockett; Jacob Siler; Jeb Dunn; Hi Kitchner; Job Higgins; Jesse Cheek; Adam Myers; John Kennedy
Anecdotes from Davy Crockett's youth.
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FlagWalt Disney Comics Digest #28 published April 1971
as Young Davy Crockett [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
14
Davy Crockett Dictionery

Filler  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
informational
Davy Crockett
Davy Crockett
A list of words that Davy Crockett is said to have coined.
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FlagWalt Disney Presents Davy Crockett King of the Wild Frontier #[nn] published November 1969
as Davy Crockett Dictionary [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Text and illustration.
Frontier Fashions

Filler  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
informational
Description of the clothing worn by men and women on the frontier.
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Miscellaneous
1
Text and illustration.
Cherokee Justice

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Paul S. Newman
John Ushler
John Ushler
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Subject Matter
historical
Davy Crockett
Davy Crockett; George Russel; Red Eagle; Quick Fox; Chief Watami; Long Knife
After saving two young Cherokee boys from a bear, Davy Crocket and George Russel take them home to their village. The men become the enemies of Long Knife, who is banished from the tribe and later returns to seek revenge on the white men and the Cherokee villagers.
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FlagWalt Disney Presents Davy Crockett King of the Wild Frontier #[nn] published November 1969
as Cherokee Justice [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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How Davy Talked to the Indians

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Tony DiPaola ?
Tony DiPaola ?
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Tony DiPaola ?
Subject Matter
historical, informational
Davy Crockett
Davy Crockett
Phrase by phrase explanation of a sign language conversation between Davy and a Cheyenne Indian.
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FlagWalt Disney Presents Davy Crockett King of the Wild Frontier #[nn] published November 1969
as How Davy Talked to the Indians [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Panels with text at bottom.
Survival in the Wilds

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
informational
Tips for survival if lost in the wilderness.
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Miscellaneous
3
Text and illustrations.
Pioneer Homes

Filler  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
informational
Facts about the construction of pioneer homes.
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Miscellaneous
1
Text and illustration.
Frontier Forts

Filler  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
informational
Facts about forts on the frontier.
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Miscellaneous
1
Text and illustration.
Davy Crockett Goes to Washington

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Jesse Marsh
Jesse Marsh
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?
Subject Matter
historical
Davy Crockett
Davy Crockett; George Russel; Major Norton; Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson talks Davy into running for Congress. Davy wins the election and goes to Washington.
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Miscellaneous
10
Lyrics to "Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier" song are used in the story.
Pioneer Transportation

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
informational
Methods of transportation on the frontier.
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Miscellaneous
3
Text and illustrations.
Davy Crockett's Dinner

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
informational
Types of food eaten on the frontier.
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1
Text and illustration.
Other Frontier Heroes

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
John Colter; Daniel Boone; Kit Carson; James Bowie
Brief text biographies of four famous frontiersmen as an introduction to a series of more extensive biographies in comic form.
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Miscellaneous
1
Text and illustrations.
James Bowie

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Nicholas Firfires
Nicholas Firfires
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Subject Matter
biography, informational
James Bowie; Jeff Lattimore; Black Jack Sturdivant
The story of how James Bowie invented the knife that bears his name.
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Miscellaneous
4
John Colter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Nicholas Firfires
Nicholas Firfires
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Subject Matter
informational
John Colter; Potts
John Colter's runs for his life after being captured by Blackfeet Indians in 1823.
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Miscellaneous
4
Kit Carson

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Nicholas Firfires
Nicholas Firfires
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?
Subject Matter
informational
Kit Carson
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FlagWalt Disney Comics Digest #25 published October 1970
as Kit Carson [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
Daniel Boone

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Nicholas Firfires
Nicholas Firfires
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?
Subject Matter
informational
Daniel Boone
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FlagWalt Disney Comics Digest #20 published February 1970
as Daniel Boone [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
The Fall of the Alamo

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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typeset
Subject Matter
informational
William Barrett Travis; General Santa Anna; Col. Albert Martin; Davy Crockett (cameo mention); James Bowie (cameo mention)
Account of the siege of the Alamo during the Mexican-American War in 1836.
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Miscellaneous
3
Text and illustrations. Davy Crockett and James Bowie are only mentioned in passing.
Name the States

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
informational
Facts about nine states with their border outlines, which the reader is supposed to name.
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FlagWalt Disney Presents Davy Crockett King of the Wild Frontier #[nn] published November 1969
as Name the States [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
Illustrations and text.
Pioneer Pastimes

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
informational
Social activities on the frontier.
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Miscellaneous
2
Text and illustrations.
Davy Crockett and Ol' Three Claws

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Jesse Marsh
Jesse Marsh
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?
Subject Matter
historical
Davy Crockett
Davy Crockett; Georgie Russel; Jed Wills; Hank Binns; Rafe Dodd
Davy makes an enemy in Hank Binns by besting him in a knife-throwing contest in a tavern. When Davy and Georgie Russel track a bear named Ol' Three Claws, Binns seeks revenge.
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Miscellaneous
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Loading and Firing the Flintlock

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Subject Matter
informational
How to load and fire a flintlock rifle.
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover; black and white. Text and illustration.
Be Sure You're Right...Then Go Ahead

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Davy Crockett (quote)
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? (photo)
? (photo)
typeset
Subject Matter
historical
Davy Crockett
Davy Crockett (photo of Fess Parker)
Fess Parker as Davy Crockett, standing on an outcrop with rifle at his side and mountains in the background.
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Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

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