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Publication | June 1937 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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Cover | Caveman Cowboy |
Featuring | Buck Bush |
Credits | Pencils: Joseph E. Buresch | Inks: Joseph E. Buresch |
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Contents | Table Of Contents (1 page) |
Credits | Pencils: Joseph E. Buresch | Inks: Joseph E. Buresch |
Notes | features a re-colored copy of the cover illustration, and a 1/3-page ad for Hohner Harmonicas. |
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Comic Story | The Caveman Cowboy (7 pages) |
Synopsis | A city girl comes to town looking for a tough guy to romance, and sets her sights on Buck Bush. |
Featuring | Buck Bush |
Credits | Script: Joseph E. Buresch (signed) | Pencils: Joseph E. Buresch (signed) | Inks: Joseph E. Buresch (signed) |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Buck Bush (Sheriff) |
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Comic Story | Chinese Cowboy (7 pages) |
Synopsis | Chinese cook Sung Li visits a bar with some money to spend, and is preyed upon by bad men. He is saved by a local rancher, who gives him a job. The bad guys return for some robbery, but Sung Li returns the favor and saves the rancher. |
Credits | Script: Ray Burley [as R. A. Burly] (signed) | Pencils: Ray Burley [as R. A. Burly] (signed) | Inks: Ray Burley [as R. A. Burly] (signed) |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
Notes | black and white. |
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Text Article | Weapons Of The West (2 pages) |
Synopsis | Text with spot illustrations discussing the pistols and knives of the Old West, and questioning the lore of the marksmanship of the heroes of legend. |
Credits | Script: William M. Allison [as W. M. Allison] (signed) | Pencils: William M. Allison [as W. M. Allison] (signed) | Inks: William M. Allison [as W. M. Allison] (signed) | Letters: Typeset |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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Comic Story | Tumbleweeds (7 pages) |
Synopsis | Dan Ryder and his horse Rex come to town just in time to help a cattleman who was bushwhacked by rustlers, and stays on help the Cattleman and thwart the bad guys. |
Featuring | Tumbleweeds |
Credits | Script: Ross Martin (signed) | Pencils: William M. Allison [as W. M. Allison] (signed) | Inks: William M. Allison [as W. M. Allison] (signed) |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Dan Ryder |
Notes | black and white |
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Comic Story | Lobo-Dog (7 pages) |
Synopsis | Cattleman Tom Morgan is bushwhacked by local Sheepmen for driving their sheep off of Tom's land. Tom's dog, Pard, brings help to Tom, then goes on a mission of revenge while Tom convalesces. |
Featuring | Lobo-Dog |
Credits | Script: Howard L. Hastings [as H. L. Hastings] (signed) | Pencils: Howard L. Hastings [as H. L. Hastings] (signed) | Inks: Howard L. Hastings [as H. L. Hastings] (signed) |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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Illustration | Dry Gulched (2 pages) |
Credits | Pencils: Rodney Thomson | Inks: Rodney Thomson |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
Notes | Color centerfold illustration drawn especially for Western Picture Stories. |
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Comic Story | The Outlaw's In-Law or 10,000 Bucks Ain't To Be Sneezed At (7 pages) |
Synopsis | The story of how notorious cattle-rustler Pedro the Scorpion is brought down by those he brutalized. |
Credits | Script: Tom McNamara [as G. G. Lewis] (signed) | Pencils: Tom McNamara [as G. G. Lewis] (signed) | Inks: Tom McNamara [as G. G. Lewis] (signed) |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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Synopsis | Sourkrout Bill, Spareribs, and Charleyhoss encounter the hostile Poopoo Indians while prospecting for gold. |
Featuring | Sourkrout Bill and Spareribs |
Credits | Script: George A. Beaty (signed) | Pencils: George A. Beaty (signed) | Inks: George A. Beaty (signed) |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Sourkrout Bill; Spareribs (Bill's horse); Chief Charleyhoss |
Notes | black & white. |
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Comic Story | Wyatt Earp (2 pages) |
Synopsis | The life story of the famous law man. |
Featuring | Famous Frontiersmen |
Credits | Script: Ray Burley | Pencils: Ray Burley | Inks: Ray Burley |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography; Western-frontier | Characters: Wyatt Earp |
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Comic Story | Windy Parks Meets Billy The Kid (7 pages) |
Synopsis | Windy tells the tale of when he crossed paths with the infamous bad man, and taught him a thing or two about shooting. |
Featuring | Windy Parks |
Credits | Script: Victor J. Dowling | Pencils: Victor J. Dowling | Inks: Victor J. Dowling |
Content | Characters: Windy Parks |
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Comic Story | Red's Newfangled Bronc (7 pages) |
Synopsis | Red has a date with the school teacher, but is broke. He finds out he won a raffle for an automobile, but hasn't the foggiest idea what to do with it until the sheriff informs him that some notorious robbers are making a get-away, and that there is a reward on their heads. |
Credits | Script: Martin Filchock; George Filchock (signed) | Pencils: Martin Filchock; George Filchock (signed) | Inks: Martin Filchock; George Filchock (signed) |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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Publisher advertisement | Famous Comics in Colors (1 page) |
Synopsis | House Ad that reprints panels from Funny Picture Stories, Funny Pages, Western Picture Stories, and Detective Picture Stories. |
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