Comic Title: Danger Trail #4
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Jan/Feb 1951
Approx. On Sale Date: November 22, 1950 Copyright Date November 20, 1950
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1950
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 48
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "The Reign of the Scarlet Umbrella"
Pages: 12

Feature(s):
King Faraday (of Earth-1)

Writer: Robert Kanigher
Penciller: Carmine Infantino
Inker: Joe Giella

Feature Character(s)

• King Faraday (last appearance in Danger Trail #3; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #64)

Villain(s)

• Ranavilo and his followers (die in this story; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Raoul Dore (a police inspector; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Mignon Dore (Raoul's daughter; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
When King's friend, police inspector Raoul Dore, is poisoned King puts himself on the trail of a cult of killers. The killers are the fanatical followers of deposed tribal chief Ranavilo. Authorities believe Ranavilo has died in an extinct volcano. King follows the trail of the assassins to the volcano and finds the chief is still alive. King proves to Ranavilo's followers that their chief is not the god he claims to be. Ranavilo dies in a grenade explosion in the crater of the volcano. His followers then jump into the crater to their deaths.