Welcome to our Western Hero category, where truth has been sacrificed
for a good story. Fittingly, we start with Wild Bill Hickok, who features in many
pulp and comic book stories. When he was alive Hickok much preferred
self-promotion to the real truth.
But he was no match for the biggest Wild-West showman of all, Buffalo Bill.
His worldwide fame means that we have a couple of Spanish titles.
Western outlaws also make an appearance.
Billy the Kid, features in issues from Charlton and Toby. His life and death are
still hotly debated. From some accounts
he was not a bad man, that he was fun loving and loyal, but fell in with a bad crowd.
Jesse James who enjoyed a 24 issue run with Avon, was a celebrity whilst alive and
his murder made national headlines. Since which time he has become a mainstay of western
folklore.
As all the major pioneers make an appearance in this section
we will leave the last words to one of them Daniel Boone:
"Many heroic actions and chivalrous adventures are related of me which exist only in the
regions of fancy. With me the world has taken great liberties, and yet I have been but a common man."
We have 43 titles and 816 issues in our 'Western Heroes Category' for you to enjoy.
Western Heroes Comics, Books and Radio Shows
| Badmen of the West |
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| Available: | 2 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 2 |
| From: | 1953 |
| To: | 1954 |
| Seq: | 1 - 2 |
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| Publisher: | Magazine Enterprises |
| Categories: | Western | Western Heroes |
| Description: | Issues #1 and #2 are also listed as A-1 #100 and #120. Series was originally added with an "!" at the end of the title (like on the cover), but the "!" doesn't appear in the indicia of issue #1. |
| Bill Cody |
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| Non-English: | Spanish Language Books |
| Categories: | Western | Western Heroes |
| Description: | Editorial Grafidea, Barcelona. 1951. Landscape format western. The hero is described as the famous explorer, Bill Cody. |
| Billy the Kid (UK Sun) Archives |
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| Section: | Western Compilations |
| Categories: | Adventure | Western | Western Heroes |
| Description: | Billy the Kid, born Henry McCarty, also known as William H. Bonney (September 17, 1859 - July 14, 1881) was an American Old West gunfighter. He is known to have killed eight men. He died from a gunshot wound inflicted by Sheriff Pat Garrett. He was just 21 years ... |
| Dan'l Boone |
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| Available: | 7 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 8 |
| From: | Sep 1955 |
| To: | Sep 1957 |
| Seq: | 1 - 8 |
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| Publisher: | Magazine Enterprises |
| Categories: | Western | Western Heroes |
| Description: | (1955 series)
September 1955 - September 1957
Issues: #1-8
Notes: Imprint: Sussex Publishing Co.
Artists on this title include Dick Ayers & Joe Certa |
| Daniel Boone |
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| Available: | 2 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 35 |
| From: | 1957 |
| To: | 1959 |
| Seq: | 1 - 35 |
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| Publisher: | L. Miller & Son |
| Categories: | Western Heroes | Western |
| Description: | Series ran for 35 issues from Feb '57 to 1959. Art in some by Fernando Castells and in others by Don Lawrence, Norman Light. Some covers also feature the words"Exploits of" and these issues have some Charlton reprints. |
| Davy Crockett |
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| Available: | 4 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 52 |
| From: | 1956 |
| To: | 1960 |
| Seq: | 1 - 52 |
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| Publisher: | L. Miller & Son |
| Categories: | Western | Western Heroes |
| Description: | Series ran to 50 issues from Oct. '56 - Jan. '60. Don Lawrence art in a number of issues. Also contain Charlton reprints. |
| Davy Crockett's Almanack |
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| Section: | Newspapers and Magazines |
| Categories: | Western | Western Heroes |
| Description: | Davy Crockett maybe known as the "King of the Wild Frontier", but after reading these Almanacks, "Star of the Wildest Stories Ever" would certainly be a better description.
Davy Crockett Almanacks and other literature purporting to have ... |
| Jesse James |
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| Available: | 27 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 24 |
| From: | Aug 1950 |
| To: | Aug 1956 |
| Seq: | 1 - 29 |
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| Publisher: | Avon Periodicals |
| Categories: | Western | Western Heroes |
| Description: | JESSE JAMES, 1950 Series.
No. 1, Aug 1950 - no. 29, Aug-Sep 1956.
Note: no issue no's 10 - 14 were published.
Also:
JESSE JAMES, 1952
no number; likely a reprint of an issue from the earlier series. |
| Wild Bill Hickok |
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| Available: | 32 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 28 |
| From: | Sep 1949 |
| To: | May 1956 |
| Seq: | 1 - 28 |
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| Publisher: | Avon Periodicals |
| Categories: | Western | Western Heroes |
| Description: | WILD BILL HICKOK, 1949 Series.
No. 1, Sep-Oct 1949 - no. 28, May-Jun 1956 |
| Wild Bill Hickok |
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| Categories: | Western | Western Heroes |
| Description: | The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok is an American Western television series which ran for eight seasons from 1951 through 1958. The Screen Gems series began in syndication, but ran on CBS from 1955 through 1958, and, at the same time, on ABC from 1957 through ... |
| Wild Bill Hickok and Jingles |
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| Available: | 9 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 8 |
| From: | Aug 1958 |
| To: | Dec 1959 |
| Seq: | 68 - 75 |
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| Publisher: | Charlton |
| Categories: | Western | Western Heroes |
| Description: | 1958-1959. Numbering continued from Cowboy Western #67. Some stories reprinted in a 1959 Wild Bill Hickok title that was a promotional series for Blue Bird shoes. |
