LAWMAN DELL COMICS
Lawman starring John Russell as Sheriff Dan Troop and
Peter Brown as his deputy was another of the classic Warner Westerns that aired
on ABC in beginning in the late ’50. Dell Comics published their first four color TV tie-in comic
for Lawman, an adaptation of the first TV episode The Deputy, shortly
after the show premiered. It wasn’t until Lawman proved popular enough to be
renewed for a second that Dell published a second tie-in issue.
A total of nine Lawman tie-in comics were eventually published, however, only the first
issue was adapted from a series episode. The remainder of the stories were
written by regular Dell scripters Robert Ryder, Paul S. Newman, Eric Freiwald,
and Robert Schaefer.
Issued quarterly until the show was cancelled, each issue
featured two Lawman tales all illustrated by Dan Spiegle, whose work
provided satisfactory likenesses of Russell and Brown. Most issues also
contained had short four page generic filler stories by various artists. It was
noted on the Western Clipping website that the likeness of actress Peggie
Castle, who appeared as the character of saloon madame Lilly Merrill on the TV
series, never appeared in the comics—perhaps Dell’s clean-cut reputation being
the reason she was kept of screen.
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