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Issue: Classics Illustrated Special Issue #147A
Publication Date: December 1958
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Issues: #147A of 16 Issues (18 Printings)
Title: Crossing the Rockies
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagGilberton
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Gilberton Company Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 100
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.35 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Roberta Strauss
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: 7" w x 10 1/4" h
Paper Stock: glossy cover, newsprint interior
Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: Was ongoing
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Crossing the Rockies

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Mountain man; pioneers
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In Issue: FlagIllustrerte Klassikere Spesialnummer #1 published January 1959
In Content Item: FlagIllustrated Classics Extra Editie #1 published January 1959
as Land, goud en Indianen [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Painting: McCann's signature (in the lower right part) read by Stephen Gong
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Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): Typeset
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Crossing the Rockies

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): Norman Nodel
Inker(s): Norman Nodel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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The Oregon Trail

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Don Perlin
Inker(s): Don Perlin
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, non-fiction, western
Character(s): Marcus Whitman; Narcissa Whitman [Narcissa Prentiss]; Henry Spalding; Eliza Spalding; Joe Meek; Squire Ebberts; Tom Fitzpatrick; Jim Bridger; Reverend Samuel Parker; Cayuse Indians
Synopsis: Dr. Marcus Whitman has a passion to go to the Oregon country as a missionary. With another couple he and his wife make the journey; the wives are reputedly the first white women to cross the Great Divide. Their route becomes the Oregon Trail, and Whitman helps other parties make the trek. Cayuse Indians kill the Whitmans and others, after which the federal government takes steps to police and organize the territory.
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Pages: 19
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Death and the Donners

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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: historical, non-fiction, western
Character(s): George Donner; Tamsen Donner; immigrants; mountain man; Charles Stanton; James Reed
Synopsis: Putting unfounded trust in their guidebooks, the Donner party takes a treacherous route west and squanders a chance to cross the mountains before snow falls. Starvation takes its toll as they are trapped in snow, and only 47 survive out of 89 souls.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Although cannibalism is a famed aspect of the Donner history, it is not mentioned in this story.
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This Is the Place

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Norman Nodel
Inker(s): Norman Nodel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, non-fiction, western
Character(s): Joseph Smith; Brigham Young; Jim Bridger; Sam Brannan; Mormon pioneers
Synopsis: When Joseph Smith is killed, Brigham Young leads refugee Mormons to the west. He has no destination, but promises he will know the place when he sees it. He approves a site in the Great Salt Lake Valley, and the settlement grows to a rich new community.
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The Gold Rush

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Evans
Inker(s): Reed Crandall
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): John Sutter; James Marshall; Juliet Brier; Dan Hill; Lucky Bill Thornton; Rattlesnake Dick Brier; George Skinner; Sam Brannan; John Jenkins; Charles Cora; James P. Casey; James King of William; con men; prospectors; 49ers [Forty-Niners]
Synopsis: Discovery of gold in California leads to a rush of immigrants, many of whom die from poor preparation, and few of whom actually strike it rich. Sam Brannan and James King of William are among the citizens who fight against the rampant lawlessness. Some of them are killed, but eventually law, order, and democracy prevail. Mining moves to Nevada, and California becomes a peaceful farming state.
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Pages: 29
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The Apache Wars

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Orlando
Inker(s): Joe Orlando
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, non-fiction, war, western
Character(s): Cochise; Lieutenant Bascom; cavalry troopers; Apaches
Synopsis: An arrogant cavalry officer falsely accuses Cochise of kidnapping and tries to arrest him, touching off 25 years of war.
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Pages: 2
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The Overland Mail

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Orlando
Inker(s): Joe Orlando
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, non-fiction, western
Character(s): Samuel H. Woodson; George Chorpenning; John Butterfield; Waterman Lily Ormsby; Indians; travelers; stagecoach drivers
Synopsis: After several fitful starts, a true transcontinental mail route is established by John Butterfield. He sets up way stations all along the route, while his drivers fight off Indians and contend with the elements.
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Pages: 11
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The Pony Express

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Genres: historical, non-fiction, western
Character(s): William Russell; Billy Richardson; Major Howard Egan; Warren Upson; Bill Hamilton; Pony Bob Haslam; Jack Keetley; Billy Fisher; Johnnie Frey; Jules Reni; Captain Jack Slade; McCanless; James Butler Hickok [Wild Bill Hickok]; Ben Holliday; Paiute Indians
Synopsis: For eighteen months, through punishing conditions and sometimes under Indian attack, Pony Express riders carry rapid mail across the west. They help keep the nation together as the Civil War approaches, but are soon superseded by the transcontinental telegraph.
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Pages: 16
Disclose Notes: Pencils/inks:
1) Crandall/Evans stated by Stephen Gong and original art dealer.
2) Orlando previously stated by original indexer.
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Bound by Rails

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Orlando
Inker(s): Joe Orlando
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, non-fiction, western
Character(s): Railroad construction workers; Sioux Indians; General Grenville Dodge; Leland Stanford; Thomas C. Durant
Synopsis: Crews working from both sides of the country complete a transcontinental rail line in 1869.
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Pages: 5
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Meanwhile, Back in the East…

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, non-fiction
Synopsis: Even as white population is expanding in the west, New York State and New York City are growing and maturing.
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Pages: 1
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The Magic Wire

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alex Blum ?
Inker(s): Alex Blum ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Linemen; Samuel F. B. Morse
Synopsis: Samuel F. B. Morse travels widely. He develops the Morse Code and a system for sending it via telegraph.
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Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): Typeset
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Character(s): Moses; the Wise Men; launching pad crew; Theodore Roosevelt
First Line: Special Introductory Offer
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo, with order coupon, for Classics Illustrated Special Issues. Several cover thumbnails.
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Character(s): Julius Caesar
First Line: Read the best in the world's finest juvenile publication
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Disclose Notes: Promo, with order coupon, for back issues of Classics illustrated. Cover thumbnail of issue 130.

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