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| Publication | February 1949 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | Elkan is best spotted by heavy brush inking, his faces and an abundance of wavy hair on the head. |
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| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Cross-Draw Kid [Bud Steele] |
| Notes | Elkan is best spotted by heavy brush inking, his faces and an abundance of wavy hair on the head. |
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| Comic Story | The Hoax of the Jester (12 pages) |
| Synopsis | A ventriloquist uses his talent against the law, robbing and killing prospectors. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Cross-Draw Kid [Bud Steele]; Thunder (horse); Sheriff Shickins; Lip Hawkins [Jake Bellum] (killer) |
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| Comic Story | The Snake of Socorro (8 pages) |
| Featuring | True Western Story |
| Credits | Pencils: Louis Zansky |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Joe Fowler |
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| Comic Story | Trouble Comes in Threes! (6.67 pages) |
| Featuring | Sheriff Sal |
| Credits | Pencils: King Ward | Inks: King Ward |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Sally Starr (Sheriff); Red (horse); Blackie Evans |
| Notes | Artwork similar to Ward's signed "Sheriff Sal" in the first issue. |
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| Activity | Sur-Prize Contest |
| Synopsis | Win a cash prize for writing 50 words or less on which character you like the best and why. |
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| Text Story | Death's Trail to Deer Lodge (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | The fate of some of the Plummer gang of outlaws in Montana, 1863. |
| Featuring | A True Western Action Story |
| Credits | Letters: Typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Colonel Charles A. Broadwater; W. Y. Pemberton (Chief of Justice); John Cooper (outlaw); George Ives (outlaw) |
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| Comic Story | The Clanton Boys' Last Stand (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wyatt Earp brings justice to Tombstone. The gunfight at OK Corral. |
| Featuring | True Western Story |
| Credits | Pencils: Louis Zansky |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Western-frontier | Characters: Marshall Wyatt Earp; Ike Clanton; Doc Halliday |
| Notes | Doc Holliday is mis-spelled Halliday in the story. |
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