Frontier Fighters #4 is an issue of the series Frontier Fighters (Volume 1) with a cover date of April, 1956.
Synopsis for Davy Crockett: "War Stick of Chief Fighting Elk "
Davy Crockett is given a mission by Andrew Jackson to get the Choctaw Indians to join with the Americans in their struggle against the British. Crockett travels by river raft to meet with the Indians but he is soon attacked by Choctaw warriors. Crockett is puzzled because he has normally had friendly relations with the Choctaw. He soon learns from his friend Bright Fox that a nearby Indian village was recently attacked and burned down by three American soldiers in uniform. That is why the Choctaw swore revenge and now side with the British. Crocket witnesses the Choctaw Chief Fighting Elk giving a British commander his war stick that will rally all Indians behind him. Crockett is determined to retrieve the stick from the British commander. He follows the commander into the woods and sees him meet up with two other British soldiers. Crockett surmises that these are the three soldiers that impersonated the Americans and burned down the Indian village. Crockett steals the war stick and apprehends the British soldiers with the help of his friend Bright Fox. They explain the situation to Chief Fighting Elk and he awards the War stick to Davy Crockett. Crockett states that he will deliver the stick to General Jackson. He travels on a raft back upriver as he uses his three British prisoners to pull his raft with ropes.
Appearing in Davy Crockett: "War Stick of Chief Fighting Elk "
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- General Jackson
Antagonists:
- British Army
Other Characters:
- Choctaw
- Bright Fox (Single appearance)
- Fighting Elk (Single appearance)
Locations:
Synopsis for Kit Carson: "Raiders of the Oregon Trail"
John Fremont and Kit Carson discuss the possibility of exploring the Oregon Trail. Fremont and Carson plan to establish advance supply stations along the route to lesson the load on future wagon expeditions. Carson immediately puts together a team of men to deliver supplies along the trail. Unbeknownst to Carson his expedition also includes a couple of men that wish to spy on the mission and cause it harm. Carson starts out from Santa Fe and encounters Indians along the route. He captures an Indian leader named Silent Deer and proceeds to establish supply stations along the Oregon route mapping each location. He reiterates the importance of establishing the supply stations in anticipation of Fremont's expedition passing through the Oregon Trail. As Carson establishes his final station he discovers the traitors in his camp and puts them out of commission. The four captured men confess that they were hired to tip off the Klamath Indian tribe about the location of the supply stations to prevent western exploration by Fremont and his party. Carson organizes his men and conducts an attack on the Klamath Indians. Once the Klamath are defeated, Kit Carson finishes his supply mission much to the delight of Fremont himself.
Appearing in Kit Carson: "Raiders of the Oregon Trail"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Klamath tribes
- Knowles (Single appearance)
- Wallace (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
Locations:
- American Old West
- New Mexico
- Fort Santa Fe
- Oregon
- New Mexico
Synopsis for Buffalo Bill: "Ambush of the Overland Stage"
Appearing in Buffalo Bill: "Ambush of the Overland Stage"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Apaches
- Chief Crazy Wolf (Single appearance)
- Sly Fox (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Happy Harry Hanson (Single appearance)
- McNelly (Single appearance)
- Mrs. Denton (Single appearance)
- Rawhide (Single appearance)
Locations:
Notes
- This issue is reprinted in Big Boy #4.
- "War Stick of Chief Fighting Elk" is reprinted in DC Special #6.
- "Raiders of the Oregon Trail" is reprinted in DC Special #6.
- "Ambush of the Overland Stage" is reprinted in All-Star Western (Volume 2) #9.
See Also
Recommended Reading
- Western Recommended Reading
- Action Comics (Volume 1): featuring Vigilante
- All-American Western (Volume 1)
- All-Star Western (Volume 1)
- All-Star Western (Volume 2)
- All-Star Western (Volume 3)
- Bat Lash (Volume 1)
- Bat Lash (Volume 2)
- Crack Western (Volume 1)
- Frontier Fighters (Volume 1)
- Jonah Hex (Volume 1)
- Jonah Hex (Volume 2)
- Weird Western Tales (Volume 1)
- Weird Western Tales (Volume 2)
- Western Comics (Volume 1)
Links and References
- Bufallo Bill article at Wikipedia
- Davy Crockett article at Wikipedia
- Kit Karson article at Wikipedia