Four Color 1942 #835 - back issue - $4.00

Preview of story in comic form.

Duff Gregor camps with Silvertip and both men notice how much they look alike. Gregor later meets up with Barry Christian, Silvertip's greatest enemy, and the pair come up with a plan where Gregor will disguise himself as Silvertip and fool the people of Crow's Nest before robbing their bank. Silvertip then rides into town, not knowing what has happened, and gets a hostile reception.

Facts about trail-driving cattle to market.

Various ways miners stored their gold in the early West.

Indicia title is "Max Brand's SILVERTIP, No. 835: The False Rider." Code number is SILVERTIP O.S. #835-579. Copyright 1957 by Dodd, Mead, & Company, Inc. "Picturized edition based upon "The False Rider" by Max Brand, copyright 1933 by Dorothy Faust." Eighth of nine Silvertip Four Color issues.

• The False Rider - Cover art credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
• Preview - Inside front cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Pencil credit from Martin O'Hearn. Formerly credited to Jerry Robinson.
• The False Rider - Based on the 1933 story "The False Rider" by Max Brand. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). A sort of sequel to this story is in Silvertip Four Color #898, when the ending scenes of this story become the beginning scenes of that one. Duff Gregor returns, but Silvertip's arch-enemy is called Sam Fisk, not Barry Christian. Pencil credit by Martin O'Hearn. Formerly credited to Jerry Robinson.
• Trail Driving - Inside back cover; black and white. Sequence is "narrated" by Silvertip with a headshot. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
• Banking in the Early West - Back cover. Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents". Sequence is "narrated" by Silvertip with a head shot. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).