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| I just noticed that Jerry Robinson cast movie actors in some of these Bat Masterson stories. That's Burl Ives as the mayor in the last story; another issue had William Conrad and an old Western character actor whose name I couldn't recall.
I can't get over how well this guy drew! I certainly can't blame him for going into daily panels--surely they were a lot more money for the effort--but comics lost a heckuva draughtsman when Robinson left the field. |
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| Publication | February-April 1961 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
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| Cover | Gold Fever |
| Featuring | Bat Masterson |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Colors:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Bat Masterson (photo of Gene Barry) |
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| Foreword/Afterword | Gold Fever; Showdown in Dodge City (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Bat Masterson (photo of Gene Barry); Bat Masterson [William Barclay Masterson]; Wyatt Earp |
| Notes | Brief introduction to the two main stories. On inside front cover in black and white. Art credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who. Art identification by Steinar Ådland (December 2010). Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott states: "["Summary"]. Cover #2 for Bat Masterson, April/June issue. Sent July 1, 1960." ~Dave Porta |
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| Comic Story | Gold Fever (14 pages) |
| Credits | Job #: Bat Masterson#6-612 |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Bat Masterson [William Barclay Masterson]; Will Owens; Ruby Owens; Mr. Hammond (death); Cy Swilling; Stud Harker (villain); Peeler Ward (villain) |
| Notes | Art credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who. Art identification by Steinar Ådland (December 2010). Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott states: "Gold is Where You Spend it. 14p. For Bat Masterson, February/April issue. Sent May 18, 1960." ~Dave Porta |
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| Comic Story | The Deputy (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Smith the blacksmith is made Deputy to keep the peace between the cowboys and sheep-men. When violence breaks out between a cowboy and a sheep-man in his smithy, Smith whups the unwounded one with his hammer and arrests them both. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Softspoken Smith [Sam Smith]; Sheriff Bob Jennings; Floyd Jennings; Pike Moray; Turk Bowen |
| Notes | Copyright, 1960, by Western Printing & Litho Co. Art identification by Steinar Ådland (December 2010). Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott states: "Softspoken Smith Strikes Back. 4p. For Bat Masterson, February/April issue. Sent June 8, 1960." ~Dave Porta |
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| Text Story | Posse Puzzle (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Sheriff Osgood; Red Scanlon (villain) |
| Notes | © 1960, Western Printing & Lithographing Co. |
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| Comic Story | Showdown in Dodge City (13 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Bat Masterson [William Barclay Masterson]; Wyatt Earp; Dave Small; Sally Blaine; Mrs. Blye; Texas Jack Vermillion; Johnny Millsap; Johnny Green; Dan Tripton; Chalk Beeson; Colonel Thomas Moonlight; Mr. Hoover; Pokey Harris; Mayor Jason Weaver; Marshal Jack Parrott; Deputy Marshal Ed Gunther |
| Notes | Script and art credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who. Art identification by Steinar Ådland (December 2010). Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott states: "Showdown at Dodge City. 13p. For Bat Masterson, April/June issue. Sent June 27, 1960." ~Dave Porta |
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| Text Article | The Hole-in-the-Wall (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Western-frontier |
| Notes | On inside back cover in black and white. Art identification by Steinar Ådland (December 2010). Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott states: "Hole in the Wall (Landmarks of the Old West). Cover #3 for Bat Masterson, April/June issue. Sent July 1, 1960." ~Dave Porta |
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| Text Article | Austin, Texas (1 page) |
| Featuring | Roaring Towns of the Old West |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: President Sam Houston; Col. Morton; Deaf Smith |
| Notes | Back cover. Art identification by Steinar Ådland (December 2010). Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott states: "Austin, Texas (Roaring Towns of the Old West). Cover #4 for Bat Masterson, April/June issue. Sent July 1, 1960." ~Dave Porta |
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