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| This is curious. Johnny Cash had recorded two albums by 1958, when this came out. The character looks pretty much like Cash looked then. Hard to believe that the artist wasn't deliberately referencing him but without copyright.
('His Lasso and the Law') |
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| Publication | February 1958 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Cover | The Big Reward! |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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| Comic Story | His Lasso and the Law! (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Johnny Cash finds himself holding the bag when he is embroiled in a bank robbery while trying to cash a check. Johnny is knocked out by the robbers, Sag Sawyer and Rupe Hedge. They leave a bag of money to frame him, and Cash is arrested. He's placed in the jail with Jake Toomey, whom Cash captured earlier when in disguise. Cash gets the keys and escapes, leaving Jake behind to serve his time. Cash finds the hideout of Sag and Rupe and busts them using his trick lariat. |
| Featuring | [The Whip] |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Johnny Cash; Jake Toomey; Sag Sawyer; Rupe Hedge; Prince (Cash's horse) |
| Notes | Original title: "Hangnoose Sunrise!"
Aside of changing the surname of Johnny Lash to Cash, Johnny Cash is not called The Whip anywhere in the story. When in costume, he is known as Johnny Cash. He uses a rope lariat in lieu of a whip. The name of the horse is changed from Diablo to Prince. |
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| Comic Story | The Big Reward (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Apache Kid |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Apache Kid; Bright Feather; Jesse Hunter; Lufe Ransom |
| Notes | Original title: "Outlawed!" Apache Kid is a renamed Lone Rider. |
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| Text Story | Desperado Horse! (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
| Notes | First page appears after the first page of the previous story sequence; the second page appears after the first page of the following story sequence. |
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| Comic Story | Sound the Drums (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Apache Kid |
| Content | Characters: Apache Kid; Mister Pips; Voice of a Crow; Snow Blossom |
| Notes | Original title: "One Man Army." Another revised Lone Rider story. |
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| Comic Story | The Time of the Hunt! (7 pages) |
| Featuring | [Frontier Marshal Bob Allen] |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Marshal Bob Allen; Pete Dorger; Kanawis |
| Notes | Originally untitled. |
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