Does anybody know who the artist, 'Cary' was?
The work is excellent but I don't recognize it.
Additional Information
Name
0278 - Wild Bill Elliott | Published
Publication
Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 52
Notes
Indicia title is "BILL ELLIOTT COMICS, No. 278." Code number is BILL ELLIOTT O.S. #278-505. Copyright 1950 by Stephen Slesinger. Published by arrangement with Stephen Slesinger, authorized edition. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1950 Pamphlets, page 42. First Wild Bill Elliott Four Color. Continues as Wild Bill Elliott (Dell, 1950 series) with #2 (November 1950).
Cover
1 page
Pencils
? (photography)
Inks
? (photography)
Colors
? (photography)
Letters
typeset
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Bill Elliott (photograph)
Illustration
Bill on Fence with Lariat (1 page)
Synopsis
Full-page photo of Bill Elliott sitting on a fence holding a lariat noose in one hand and the rest of the rope in the other.
Feature
Bill Elliott
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Bill Elliott (photo)
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Full-page pin-up photo.
Comic Story
The War on Spider Creek / Wild Bill Elliott (24 pages)
Synopsis
Bill is summoned by Clay Fielding to Marin County. There he finds that Fielding is in a conflict with Martin West and the Drag-W over the water rights to Spider Creek. Fielding needs the water for his paper mill.
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Bill Elliott; Stormy Night (horse); Clay Fielding
Pencils
Cary
Inks
Cary
Notes
Art is the same as the second story, which is signed "Cary."
Comic Story
The Ghost of Poco Loco Ridge / Wild Bill Elliott (8 pages)
Synopsis
Bill saves a man from quicksand in a river. He finds that the man and his partner had struck gold earlier and that his partner threw him into the quicksand so that he could register the claim in his name only.
Letters
? (Leroy lettering)
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Bill Elliott; Stormy Night (horse); Jim Huffner; Ollie Denton
Pencils
Cary (signed)
Inks
Cary (signed)
Comic Story
Drive to Thunder Butte / Wild Bill Elliott (16 pages)
Synopsis
Bill is camped on a rise above Rainbow Valley when he's awakened by the sound of riders. He follows them and interrupts their raid on a cattle herd in the valley. Bill finds that "Devil" Devlin is trying to buy out all the small ranchers in the valley, and if they refuse to sell he threatens to drive them out. Bill organizes a merged cattle drive of the small ranchers and brings in some gunfighters to offset the gunmen he expects Devlin to use to attack the herd.
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Bill Elliott; Stormy Night (horse); Kit Roberts; "Devil" Devlin
Pencils
Cary
Inks
Cary
Notes
Art is the same as the second story, which is signed "Cary."
Illustration
Bill with Six-Guns (1 page)
Synopsis
Full figure shot of Bill Elliott with six-guns in each hand.
Feature
Bill Elliott
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Bill Elliott (photo)
Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Full-page pin-up photo "autographed" Bill Elliott.
Illustration
Bill with Stormy Night (1 page)
Synopsis
Bill Elliot, dismounted with one foot on a chair, standing beside his horse Stormy Night.
Feature
Bill Elliott
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Bill Elliott (photo); Stormy Night (horse, photo)
Notes
Back cover. Full-page horizontal color photo pin-up.
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