Complete book - minus Gollub covers - by Arthur E Jameson. (His only Western strip?)
Additional Information
Name
0222 - Zane Grey's West of the Pecos | Published
Publication
Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 36
Notes
Indicia title is "Zane Grey's WEST OF THE PECOS, No. 222." Code number is Z.G.O.S. #222-493. Copyright 1937, 1949, by Zane Grey, Inc. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1949 Pamphlets, page 127. Published by arrangement with The Hawley Publications, Inc.; authorized edition.
Cover
Zane Grey's West of the Pecos / 1 page
Letters
typeset
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
"Pecos" Smith
Pencils
Morris Gollub (painting)
Inks
Morris Gollub (painting)
Colors
Morris Gollub (painting)
Notes
Art identification by Hames Ware (November 9, 2010).
Foreword/Afterword
Texas (1 page)
Synopsis
Introduction to the setting of the story.
Letters
typeset
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Text and illustrations.
Comic Story
West of the Pecos (32 pages)
Synopsis
"Pecos" Smith comes to Eagle Nest, Texas, to find that an old friend has been killed and his son has been jailed on the orders of Breen Sawtell, the town's boss. Smith gets the boy out of jail and becomes a partner on the ranch. What Smith doesn't know is that his partner is actually a girl, disguised as a boy.
Adapted from the 1937 novel "West of the Pecos" by Zane Grey. Art identification by Hames Ware (November 9, 2010).
Text Story
Guitar Croonin' Blues (1 page)
Synopsis
Lyrics to the song "Guitar Croonin' Blues."
Script
C. Wiles Hallock (credited)
Letters
typeset
Genre
Western-frontier
Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Text and illustrations. Song is listed in indicia as copyright 1948 by C. Wiles Hallock.
Illustration
Cowboy and Cattle (1 page)
Synopsis
Mounted cowboy on ridge overlooking herd of cows.
Pencils
Morris Gollub (painting)
Inks
Morris Gollub (painting)
Colors
Morris Gollub (painting)
Notes
Back cover. Artist is the same as front cover. "Morris Gollub ?" credit for this sequence was from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Hames Ware also says it's Gollub, so removed the question mark. (November 9, 2010).
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