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| This is my introduction to Tex Granger. Not bad. Stories are better than many Westerns and the art is solid with a nice period feel. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | July 1949 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Cover | Tex Granger vs. Billy the Kid |
| Featuring | Tex Granger |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Tex Granger; Billy the Kid |
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| Comic Story | Buffalo Bill (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Brief outline of the life of Buffalo Bill Cody. |
| Featuring | Famous Fighters of the Frontier |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Western-frontier | Characters: Buffalo Bill Cody |
| Notes | Inside front cover. |
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| Comic Story | Tex Granger Meets Billy the Kid! (12 pages) |
| Synopsis | After Tex runs Billy the Kid's sidekick out of town, The Kid decides to rob the town's bank. Tex tracks the Kid down, but he escapes when Tex has to rescue a drowning man. |
| Featuring | Tex Granger |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Tex Granger; Flapjack; Billy the Kid; Cactus Joe |
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| Illustration | Animals of the West (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Nature |
| Notes | Illustrations of puma, bighorn mountain sheep, mule deer, bison, coyote, pronghorn antelope, and grizzly bear. |
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| Text Story | Buffalo Bill (2.4 pages) |
| Featuring | Famous Fighters of the Frontier |
| Credits | Script: Ferris Weddle (credited) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Western-frontier | Characters: Buffalo Bill Cody |
| Notes | Text article with one large illustration. Concludes on last interior page. |
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| Text Story | Tim Holt (1 page) |
| Synopsis | RKO western star Tim Holt recounts an experience as a bombardier during the last bombing run to Japan of World War II. |
| Featuring | My Most Interesting True Experience |
| Credits | Script: Tim Holt | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Tim Holt |
| Notes | Text article with illustration. |
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| Synopsis | A Mexican, Ehto Morales, and his mule come to Jacknife and make an enemy of an abusive cowboy. The cowboy and a friend rob a bank and try to frame Morales. |
| Featuring | Tex Granger |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Tex Granger; Ehto Morales; Conchita (mule); Slim Yancey (villain); Red Anderson (villain) |
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| Featuring | Betty Crocker; General Mills |
| Notes | Ad in cartoon format for Betty Crocker "soup ingredient" packages (Vegetable Noodle and Split-Pea). |
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| Comic Story | The Truth About the Golden West (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Facts about incidents in the Old West involving gold. |
| Featuring | Did You Know? |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Western-frontier |
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| Comic Story | Hector Goes West! (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Hector finds that the only "wild" part of the wild West is when they shoot movies. |
| Featuring | Hector |
| Credits | Pencils: Vic Herman (signed) | Inks: Vic Herman (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Hector Hipple; Smoky (dog) |
| Notes | Signed in last panel. Movie poster in next-to-last panel has "Tex Herman" as its star. |
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| Advertisement | Classified Ads |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | One vertical column of classified ads, mainly for postage stamps. |
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| Synopsis | A cowboy sings while a fellow cowboy is bucked off a horse. |
| Credits | Script:? [as Schmittice]? | Pencils:? [as Schmittice]? | Inks:? [as Schmittice]? | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier |
| Notes | Signature is hard to read, so credit may not be accurate. Part of a page with ads and the conclusion of a text article from earlier in the issue. |
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| Comic Story | Remember the Alamo! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Brief summary of the events leading up to the battle at the Alamo in Texas in 1836. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Davy Crockett |
| Notes | Inside back cover. |
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| Publisher advertisement | Take Your Pick of These Wonderful Magazines (1 page) |
| Featuring | Parents' Magazine Press |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. List of comics and magazines available by subscription from Parent's Magazine Press: True Comics; Polly Pigtails; Calling All Kids; Tex Granger; Calling All Girls; and Varsity, with mail-in coupon. |
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