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| Western fare in the top draw of this genre. The cover is excellent and doesn't belie the contents. Stories and especially the artwork is absolutely first class. I'm very pleased that I came across this one whilst browsing the site. |
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| Publication | Winter 1951 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
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| Cover | The Law of the Colt |
| Featuring | The Hawk |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: The Hawk [Marshal Bob Hardie] |
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| Comic Story | Death Valley Scotty (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Biography of Walter Scott, "Death Valley Scotty" |
| Content | Genre: Biography | Characters: Walter Scott ["Death Valley Scotty"] |
| Notes | On inside front cover.
Writer credit from Ed Silverman interview in Alter Ego magazine #120 (TwoMorrows, September 2013). |
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| Comic Story | The Law of the Colt! (11 pages) |
| Featuring | The Hawk |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: The Hawk [Marshal Bob Hardie]; Lobo Moreno; Luellen Beadle; Gopher Beadle; Slash Caldwell; Bud Beadle |
| Notes | Pencils originally credited to John Buscema. Barry and Anderson are credited by JVJon at Digital Comics Museum.
The horse's head of Buscema is much shorter and broader than here, as can be seen in Roy Rogers #80. Buscema had stiffer people and very close fitting costumes this early, which can also be seen in Roy Rogers. Notice the head of the girl on page 3, especially the inking of her hair with many short penlines, and you have Murphy Anderson. Dan Barry and Murphy Anderson are both credited to this series in Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
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| Comic Story | Billy Venero (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Features the words to the song "Billy Venero." |
| Featuring | Cowboy Songs of the Old West |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Billy Venero |
| Notes | Credited by JVJon at Digital Comics Museum. |
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| Text Story | A Fair Exchange (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Sheriff John Nutley; Mrs. Emma Russel (alias Jane Higarty; alias Tessie Burrows); Lou Callaghan (stage driver); Bart Barrows |
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| Comic Story | Six-Gun Showdown (9 pages) |
| Featuring | The Hawk |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: The Hawk [Marshal Bob Hardie]; Reb Sutton (outlaw); Judge Parnell; Phoebe Parnell; Preston Chadwick |
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| Comic Story | Blood Brothers (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Pajaro; Sangre (death); Buero; Baila |
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| Comic Story | The Great American Desert (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Facts about the western desert. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | On inside back cover. |
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| Synopsis | Back cover pinup of a western sunset on a desert. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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