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| Much better scan. Thanks. |
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| Very nice work from Dick Rockwell here. You can see why it landed him a job with Milt Caniff on Steve Canyon.
https://www.thefullwiki.org/Dick_Rockwell
Also a very funny Basil Wolverton western!
But I'm confused. The info on the card with this copy contradicts the 'Additional Information' box below. Which has mysteriously disappeared while I write! |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | November 1951 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Black Diamond; Bumper; Reliapon |
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| Synopsis | The Bulge-Master takes inches off your bulge-line. |
| Featuring | Transform, Inc. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | The Tale of the Fantastic Death Claims (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | Black Diamond and Bumper help a mother and daughter who were cheated out of their silver mine by a supposedly dead outlaw. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Black Diamond; Bumper; King Logus; Emily Foley |
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| Synopsis | A list of available trading cards and the comics in which they appear. There are five sets of three cards. |
| Featuring | Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Synopsis | Ad for a booklet to help people learn to play the guitar. |
| Featuring | Lonnie and Wayne |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Lonnie Glosson; Wayne Raney |
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| Comic Story | Black Diamond Meets "the Monster of Muwaka" (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Black Diamond and Bumper track a monster cat that's terrorizing miners. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Black Diamond; Bumper; Bert Hiller; Tom Ryan; Doctor Fuller |
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| Synopsis | Body-building ad. |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
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| Text Story | A 'Brand' New Cow (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | A cowboy and rancher discover that someone is changing the brands on their cattle. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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| Featuring | Tri-Son-Ol |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
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| Synopsis | Ad for a small mechanical calculator. Adds to a million. |
| Featuring | Mini-Add Co. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Black Diamond and "the Lost Mine of San Saba" (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | A ruthless outlaw leaves a path of destruction as he and his gang search for a legendary gold mine. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Black Diamond; Bumper; Sioux Sam Dancer; Hollowleg |
| Notes | Most probably Correa art. He is not credited on Black Diamond by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, but this art is very similar to his story in # 27. Best spotted by the eyes, and his very accurate copying of work by John Prentice. The character Sioux Sam Dancer on page 6 has the long face and tilted hat with very narrow brim of Buckskin Benson in Hillman's Western Fighters by Prentice. |
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| Synopsis | Ad for a special hacksaw that comes with four extra blades. |
| Featuring | Guaranteed Distributors Co. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Synopsis | A book that teaches dance steps is mailed in a plain wrapper. |
| Featuring | Pioneer Publictions Inc. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Advertisement | Billy the Kid "Lucky" Saddle Ring |
| Synopsis | Ad for a ring that is shaped as a saddle. |
| Featuring | Circle Jewelry Products |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Advertisement | Walkie Talkies |
| Synopsis | Ad for short range communication devices. Foolproof operation. |
| Featuring | Robin Hood |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Advertisement | Ugly Blackheads Out in Seconds |
| Synopsis | The amazing effective Vacutex extracts blackheads automaticallt - WITHOUT squeezing the skin or injuring tissues. |
| Featuring | Ballco Products Co. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Synopsis | Buster is hired to deliver the mail. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Bingbang Buster |
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| Text Article | Floating Safes |
| Synopsis | The story of marine insurance stamps. |
| Featuring | Stamp Page |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Middle column of a three-column page. |
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| Advertisement | Various Classified Ads |
| Synopsis | Ads for stamps, card tricks, and Christmas cards. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Synopsis | Ad for model ship kits and scale model furniture kits. |
| Featuring | Marine Model Co. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Synopsis | Ad for dress patterns. |
| Featuring | Skylark Originals |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
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| Synopsis | Body-building ad. |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: George Jowett; Larry Campbell; Rex Ferris |
| Notes | Inside back cover. |
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| Advertisement | Uncle Bernie's Fun Shop (1 page) |
| Featuring | Novelty Mart |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Ad for a novelty coin bank, a doll, a movie projector and a baby doll.
Back cover. |
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| The data in the additional content section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a
Creative Commons Attribution License.
More details about this comic may be available in their page here |
