| Additional Information |
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| Publication | October-November 1953 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Cover | 3 Featurelength Thrillerstories Starring Black Diamond |
| Featuring | Black Diamond |
| Credits | Pencils: Bob Fujitani [as Fuje] | Inks: Bob Fujitani [as Fuje] |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Black Diamond [Bob Vale]; Reliapon (horse) |
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| Publisher advertisement | Free Valuable Gift Coupons... (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Enclose Lev Gleason Coupons and get Walkie-Talkie, Cronografh Watch or baseball caps cheaper. |
| Featuring | Lev Gleason Publications |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Forced to Kill (9.6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Black Diamond and Bumper saves a man from a crooked sheriff who wants to kill him. |
| Featuring | Black Diamond |
| Credits | Pencils: Bernard Case [as B. Case] (signed) | Inks: Bernard Case [as B. Case] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Black Diamond [Bob Vale]; Bumper; Benjamin Gunner; Sheriff Dunstan (crook) |
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| Advertisement | Earn $100... |
| Synopsis | Various small advertisements. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| PSA | Schools Need You (1 page) |
| Synopsis | The schools in your town need your help. |
| Featuring | Better Schools |
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| Featuring | Western Lore |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Western-frontier | Characters: Buffalo Bill; Billy Comstock; Annie Oakley Mosee; Samuel Colt; Dexter Horton |
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| Advertisement | How to Fix Any Part of Any Car (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Mail coupon for Motor's new Auto Repair Manual. |
| Featuring | Motor Book Dept. |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Colors:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
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| Synopsis | Small facts from Lafayette to the leaning tower in Pisa. |
| Featuring | The Old Hermit Knows All |
| Credits | Script: Claude Moore? | Pencils: Claude Moore? | Inks: Claude Moore? |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Old Hermit; Marquis Lafayette |
| Notes | The artwork is very similar to Claude Moore's other fillers in Black Diamond. He is credited to both writing and drawing fillers for Lev Gleason by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
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| Comic Story | Inferno Justice (7 pages) |
| Featuring | Buck Roper |
| Credits | Pencils: Clem Weisbecker | Inks: Clem Weisbecker |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Buck Roper; Monty Sleeth; Frank Connors; Jim Connors |
| Notes | Art ID from JVJ. Weisbecker is not credited on Lev Gleason by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
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| Advertisement | I Gained 60 lbs. Muscles (1 page) |
| Synopsis | From skinny weakling to hard-hitting muscles. |
| Featuring | Jowett Institute |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) |
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| Comic Story | Good-Corn (1 page) |
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| Comic Story | The Killer Hound (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Red Fire |
| Credits | Pencils: Bernard Case [as B. Case] (signed) | Inks: Bernard Case [as B. Case] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Red Fire |
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| Publisher advertisement | Free Valuable Gift Coupons... (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Free coupons will get you cultured pearl earrings or necklace cheaper. |
| Featuring | Lev Gleason Publications |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Advertisement | The Proved Way to Build Muscles of Steel! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Body-builder set by mail order. |
| Featuring | Body-Build Barbell Co. |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
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| Advertisement | Chew Improved Formula Chewing Gum! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Reduce weight by chewing gum. |
| Featuring | American Helthaids Co. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Advertisement | Look at These 4 Wonder Bargains (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Electric movie projector, sewing machine, cowboy or Sandy Doll bargains by mail order. |
| Featuring | Novelty Mart |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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