| Additional Information |
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| Publication | August 1950 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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| Advertisement | Find Out Free! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Have you got what it takes to become a criminal investigator finger print expert? Get the facts free by mail order. |
| Featuring | Institute of Applied Science |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | A Good Man to Have Around (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Benson and the captain are not getting along very well when riding with a troop of cavalry through Indian territory. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Buckskin Benson [Rusty Benson]; Captain Trumbull; Lieutenant Carter |
| Notes | This is Prentice's work by the look of faces, hands and horses. |
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| Comic Story | Nine Eyes and Colonel Plug (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Not all highwaymen worked on the roads; some of the busiest were river pirates whose hangouts were caves along streams like the Ohio River. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Nine Eyes Wilson; Colonel Plug; Jake; Matt |
| Notes | This artwork matches Dressler's Classics Illustrated story Master of Ballantrae. Penlines, ears and faces, and lack of action are marks of Dressler. |
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| Comic Story | .44 Calibre Typewriter (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | After killing a defenseless mail clerk, the Younger Brothers go after the reporter who wrote about it. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Roy Stewart; Cole Younger |
| Notes | The artwork has similarities to some work by Torbert in The Perfect Crime (Cross, 1949 series) #20. |
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| PSA | Better schools make better communities (1 page) |
| Featuring | The Public Schools |
| Credits | Pencils: Jerry Fasano (signed) | Inks: Jerry Fasano (signed) |
| Notes | One page comic strip about schools and education. |
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| Text Story | Funny Frankie's Revenge (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | How a Funny Man brings Terrible Tex to justice by ventriloquism. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Sheriff Ben Cates; Frankie Lee (Funny Man); Terrible Tex Tyler |
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| Comic Story | The Battle of the Woolies (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | War between hired cattle gunmen and sheepherders. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Brink Crawford (gunman); Jeremiah Booth (sheepherder) |
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| Publisher advertisement | Comics That Lead all the Rest... (1 page) |
| Featuring | Hillman Comics |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Notes | Hillman Comics ad and some other small ads for baseball caps and car wash, and a Hopalong Cassidy mask. |
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| Comic Story | Son of the Shotgun (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | The shotgun rider had a son who liked to fool around with outlaws, a thing which worried the old stage guard. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Morgan Ames (stage guard); Tom Ames; Sheriff |
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| Advertisement | Fun for All! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Shoot the outlaw target and watch his hat fly off, and an accordion and sewingmachine by mail order. |
| Featuring | Novelty Mart |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Advertisement | Blackheads Pet Hate (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ugly blackheads out in seconds with Vacutex. |
| Featuring | Vacutex |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Advertisement | Bunk! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Bunk! Nobody is just "naturally" skinny, says Charles Atlas. |
| Featuring | Charles Atlas |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Charles Atlas |
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