Mike Jackson’s Hartland Photos:
Johnny Yuma—The Rebel

Text & Photographs Copyright Mike Jackson 1998-2008
Johnny Yuma—The Rebel: #832
A good likeness of Nick Adams. He had a shotgun, pistol, and his gray and black confederate cap. The set shipped with a standard black saddle with a rifle hole but some collectors use a Lee style confederate saddle. Since I don’t believe they were ever shipped that way, I have not included it here. The only brochure showing the Rebel does indicate a McClellan saddle if viewed closely. His only known horse is a head down gray Appaloosa even though he rode a brown horse in the shows. The horse has black stockings and spots on the flanks. The figure probably shipped with a brown pistol most of the time but he may have shipped with a military style pistol at times. The Rebel was Hartland’s last 800 series western set and also one of the hardest sets to find.

This is from a 1961 Alden’s Christmas Catalog, showing The Rebel the way he would have normally shipped. An additional black and white photo of the Rebel in this same pose showed up again in the 1962 Alden’s Christmas Catalog.

The sticker on the rump of this set says: The Official Rebel --1961 The Rebel Company

I don’t know how many of the sets had the sticker but I have seen two of them with the sticker in place.

(Thanks Netta!)

Number Show
Name		 Star’s
Name		 Figure’s
Name		 Studio Show
Years		 Brochure
Years
832 The Rebel Nick
Adams		 Johnny
Yuma		 Goodson-
Todman Prod.		 1959-
1961		 1962-1963

Some information in this chart from “Total Television” by Alex McNeil 1996, 4th Edition
Mold Mark
Rebel: “The Rebel Co., ©1961” on the back of the left thigh.

The Rebel’s Box is a standard Crystal Palace box, however they didn’t print a special one for him. Instead, they just placed a label over the top of an old one.
The Rebel Hat is a fairly hard piece to find, being small and it has a tendency to fall easily. It has no number or letter in the crown.
The saddle, as shown in the Alden’s Christmas Catalog photo, is a standard rifle holed black saddle, typical of many of the later sets. Many collectors have taken a Confederate saddle off a Lee set to combine with this horse and rider, but I am fairly certain that he never shipped that way.
The Rebel carries a sawed off shotgun in his left hand. More than likely, Yuma was shipped with a brown pistol, possibly black, but many collectors like to put a military style pistol with this set. That pistol more closely resembles the gun he used in the shows and also toy cap guns sold to the youngsters of this time.

This is the only brochure photo that I have ever found for the Rebel. He is on the wrong horse and has a McClellen style saddle. Incorrect brochure photos were commonplace over the years. I believe he was shipped with the head down prancing Appaloosa and a black rifle holed saddle as shown in the Aldens catalog photo above.

No Tag is known to exist for this set.