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Four Color 1076 |
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Four Color #1076 Universal |
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CGC 9.6 |
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0910357006
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Owner Comments
The Rebel (#1) 2-4/60 File Copy First of four The Rebel Four Colors. Based on "The Rebel" TV series.
Photo Cover: Johnny Yuma [The Rebel] (photo of Nick Adams)
Script: Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils: Mike Sekowsky
Inks: Mike Peppe
This copy is tied with three others as the best copies graded of eleven graded to date. 02/13. I originally bought this copy graded, as is, from Heritage Auctions.
Table of Contents
1. 1. [Previews]
The Rebel
2. 2. Bad Medicine
The Rebel
3. 3. Buzzard Bait
The Rebel
4. 4. Hoodlums Went West
The Rebel
5. 5. Five Seconds to Play!
Frisky Fudgie; Kraft Fudgies This is the back cover of this copy
6. 6. Medicine Show This was a single page feature that was on the back cover of some copies.
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http://www.comics.org/issue/201744/
The comic was based on the TV show starring Nick Adams. Wiki provides additiona insight below on the show itself:
The Rebel is an American Western television series that ran originally on the ABC network from 1959 to 1961. The program was produced by Goodson-Todman Productions, marking one of their few non-game show ventures. Starting in early December 2011, reruns of The Rebel began airing on Me-TV.
Synopsis
The series is about the adventures of young Confederate Army veteran Johnny Yuma (played by Nick Adams). Haunted by his memories of the war, Yuma, in search of inner peace, roams the American West, specifically the Texas Hill Country and the South Texas Plains. Yuma keeps a journal of his adventures and fights injustice where he finds it with the help of a double-barreled shotgun having a sawed-off stock and barrel.
[edit] Cast
Nick Adams was the star and sole regular actor of this series. He was also involved in the show's design, inception, and writing, along with producer Andrew J. Fenady. The only other recurring character was Elmer Dodson (played by John Carradine), the newspaper editor in Johnny Yuma's hometown.
Guest stars included John M. Pickard, formerly of Boots and Saddles, who appeared three times, including the role of Sheriff Pruett in "Run, Killer, Run", and Hal Stalmaster in the role of Skinny in the 1959 episode "Misfits." George Macready appeared twice: in the 1959 episode "Vicious Circle" and as General Robert E. Lee in the 1960 segment "Johnny Yuma at Appomattox." Leonard Nimoy appeared in a 1960 episode "The Hunted" as Jim Colburn.
[edit] Series highlights
The first episode, "Johnny Yuma", is set in early 1867. It shows Johnny Yuma returning to his hometown, the fictional Mason City, Texas, two years after the war ended. His father Ned Yuma was the town sheriff. The town editor, Elmer Dodson, encourages Johnny to keep up his journal as he travels.
The episode "Yellowhair" has Yuma captured by the historical Kiowa chief Satanta, whose fictional adopted white daughter is played by Carol Nugent, the wife of actor Nick Adams.
Several place names mentioned throughout the series clearly place the action in post-Civil War Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. Forts frequently noted in episodes, such as Fort Griffin and Fort Concho, were real frontier Texas outposts of the late 1860s and are now state historic sites; they act as markers for viewers as they follow the ill-defined travels of Johnny Yuma. In one first-season episode, Yuma encounters rag-tag rebel CSA soldiers in the corrupt mining town of La Paz, Arizona. The real town of La Paz was the county seat of Yuma County between 1862 and 1870; it stood in the Confederate Arizona Territory which existed briefly during the Civil War. Nothing remains of La Paz except crumbling foundations and a historical marker.
In "Vicious Circle", Yuma identifies the Confederate unit he served with as the 3rd Texas, but does not indicate the branch of service. Other episodes show him with saddlebags stenciled with CSA and an old uniform jacket with yellow collar and cuffs, indicating his regiment was likely the 3rd Texas Cavalry.
After the show's original broadcast run on ABC finished in June 1961, it was picked up by NBC and rerun as a summer replacement series from June to September 1962.
[edit] Theme song
The show’s theme song, "The Ballad of Johnny Yuma", was composed by Richard Markowitz, with lyrics by Andrew J. Fenady. It was recorded for the original broadcasts by Johnny Cash, but it was not released as a single until April 1961, shortly before the show went off the air in June. Nick Adams had recorded the theme himself, which was released on Mercury Records (#71607) by March 1960. Sometime during the show's run in syndication, the theme song was replaced by instrumental music, also by Richard Markowitz.
[edit] Popular culture
Two episodes of the sitcom Seinfeld referenced the first line of The Rebel theme song. In the episode "The Heart Attack", Jerry retorts to Kramer that Johnny Yuma is a Rebel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rebel_(TV_series)
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Four Color 1138 |
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Four Color #1138 Universal |
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CGC 9.4 |
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0198382027
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Owner Comments
The Rebel 10-12/60 File Copy Second of four The Rebel Four Colors. Based on "The Rebel" TV series.
Photo Cover: Johnny Yuma (photo of Nick Adams)
Script: Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils & Inks: Mike Peppe
This copy is tied with two others as second best of seven issues graded to date. A single 9.6 tops the census. 04/13. I originally bought this ungraded fro Heritage Comics as a VF+.
Table of Contents
1. 0. [Black Eagle]
The Rebel
2. 1. Black Eagle / Johnny Yuma's Orphan
The Rebel
3. 2. Black Eagle
The Rebel
4. 3. Johnny Yuma's Orphan
The Rebel
5. 4. Quantrill's Raiders
The Rebel
6. 5. Meat Hunters
The Rebel Also the back cover of this issue.
There does not appear to be an AD back variant for this issue.
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http://www.comics.org/issue/201825/
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Four Color 1207 |
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Four Color #1207 Universal |
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CGC 9.6 |
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0203389010
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Owner Comments
The Rebel 9-11/61 File Copy Cover is subtitled "Johnny Yuma's Journal." Third of four "The Rebel" Four Colors. Based on "The Rebel" TV series.
Cover Art: Johnny Yuma (photo of Nick Adams)
Script: Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils: Mike Sekowsky
Inks: Mike Peppe
This is the single best of seven copies submitted for grading to date. 12/12. I originally bought this as a VF/NM from Metropolis Comics.
Table of Contents
1. 1. The Martinet / The Exiles
The Rebel
2. 2. The Martinet
The Rebel
3. 3. Spanish California
The Rebel
4. 4. The Exiles
The Rebel
5. 5. Emigrants to California
The Rebel
6. 6. The Alien Flood
The Rebel
7. 7. 204 Revolutionary War Soldiers Only $1.98
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http://www.comics.org/issue/201860/
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