4GEMWORKS COMPLETE FOUR COLOR EMPORIUM
Four Color 631

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Four Color #631 Universal
Grade: 9.0
Page Quality: CREAM TO OFF-WHITE
Certification #: 0203389004
Owner: 4GEMWORKS

SET DETAILS

Winning Set: 4GEMWORKS COMPLETE FOUR COLOR EMPORIUM
Date Added: 12/28/2012
Research: See CGC's Census Report for this Comic

Owner's Description

Walt Disney’s Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter 5/55 (#1)

Photo/Painted Cover: Davy Crockett [as played by Fess Parker]
Pencils & Inks: John Ushler

This is a really tough issue to find in high grade as evidenced by the fact that this is the best of 19 copies graded to date 12/12. I originally bought ths “raw” as a VF from Metropolis.

Table of Contents
1. 1. Davy Crockett
Davy Crockett
2. 2. Davy Crockett Indian Fighter
Davy Crockett
3. 3. The Creek Warrior
4. 4. The Creek Indian Territory

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Some interesting information from Wikipedia about the original TV series:

Davy Crockett is a five part serial which aired on ABC in one-hour episodes on the Disneyland series. The series stars Fess Parker as real-life frontiersman Davy Crockett and Buddy Ebsen as his friend, George Russel.
The first three episodes of the serial were edited together as the 1955 theatrical film Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier, and rebroadcast in color in the 1960s when the Disney program went to NBC. [1] This series and film are known for the catchy theme song, "The Ballad of Davy Crockett".[2] It was filmed in color at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park at the Mountain Farm Museum adjacent to the visitor center at Oconaluftee near Qualla Reservation's entrance and Janss Conejo Ranch, California. [3]
The final two episodes were edited together as the 1956 theatrical film Davy Crockett and the River Pirates. It was filmed in Cave-In-Rock, Illinois. [3]
Walt Disney Home Video released a two-film set of this miniseries on DVD September 7, 2004.
Episodes
The series began with "Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter" (December 15, 1954): Crockett seeks a truce with Indians who assaulted a military outpost. He and Russell fight in skirmishes under the command of Major General Andrew Jackson, portrayed by Basil Ruysdael. Along the way, Crockett kills a bear armed only with his knife.
The second episode is "Davy Crockett Goes to Congress" (January 26, 1955): Crockett, with his companion Russel, travels to Tennessee, where he learns of the death of his wife, Polly Crockett, played by Helene Stanley. He wins a seat in the Tennessee House of Representatives and later the United States House of Representatives.
The third episode is "Davy Crockett at the Alamo" (February 23, 1955): Crockett and Russel join a gambler named Thimblerig (Hans Conreid) on their trek to Texas, where they arrive to battle Mexico's General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna at the fortress, the Alamo. They see a bison stampede and watch a Comanche tribesman fall off his horse. Davy and Georgie nickname him "Busted Luck". Although Crockett and all the defenders perished at the Battle of the Alamo, two other segments followed. (Crockett's death is not actually shown; all we see is Crockett, the last survivor in the battle, on the parapet swinging his rifle at the oncoming hordes of Mexican soldiers. The picture fades and the flag of Texas is shown flying in the breeze as the male chorus reprises the last lines of "The Ballad of Davy Crockett".)
In "Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race" (November 16, 1955), Crockett and Russel are fur trapping in Kentucky when they meet Mike Fink, known as the best boatman around and portrayed by Jeff York. Fink challenged Crockett to a keelboat race to New Orleans.
In "Davy Crockett and the River Pirates" (December 14, 1955), The men pick up a traveling minstrel (Walter Catlett) who unknown to them is in league with local river bandits. On their way to get horses from friendly Chickasaw tribesmen, Davy and Georgie are kidnapped by a group of Chickasaws because white men have been murdering members of their tribe. Crockett and Fink discover that the river pirates led by Samuel Mason (Mort Mills) are posing themselves as Native Americans.
 
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