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Publication | February 1949 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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Credits | Pencils: Charles Biro (signed) | Inks: Charles Biro (signed) |
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Comic Story | Cesar Leporello and the Phony Diamond of the Rio Grande! (11 pages) |
Synopsis | Leporello would keep the eighteen karat diamond if it costs the life of every human in the Southwest. |
Featuring | A True Wild West Story |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Cesar Leporello (outlaw); Mrs. Moylan; Manuel (outlaw); Sheriff Nicholas |
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Publisher advertisement | The Black Diamond Is Coming (1 page) |
Notes | Announces new feature and title change |
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Synopsis | Some small facts from the old west. |
Featuring | Sure as Shootin' |
Credits | Script: Claude Moore (signed) | Pencils: Claude Moore (signed) | Inks: Claude Moore (signed) |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Western-frontier | Characters: S.C. Bagg (editor); Buckskin Frank |
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Comic Story | Fools' Gold (9 pages) |
Synopsis | The tragic tale of three cowardly fools whose greedy emotions led them to misery and death. |
Featuring | A True Wild West Story |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Hank (prospector); Joe (prospector); Slim (prospector) |
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Synopsis | Facts from the old west. |
Featuring | Sure as Shootin' |
Credits | Script: Claude Moore (signed) | Pencils: Claude Moore (signed) | Inks: Claude Moore (signed) |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Western-frontier | Characters: Chief Sitting Bull; George Aker (killer); Jim Couts (banker); Gabby Babcock (liar) |
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Comic Story | How One Man's Bravery Helped Change the History of the Old West (8 pages) |
Synopsis | Texas Rangers. The very name of that organization spelled doom to the criminal. |
Featuring | A True Wild West Story |
Credits | Pencils: Al Luster? | Inks: Al Luster? |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
Notes | Originally credited to Al Luster, but there is none of Lusters very special and extremely broadbrimmed hats, neither his long narrow faces. Looks more like the unknown artist on the last story in Crime & Punishment #9 and first story in #12, with short figures. A mixture of Lee Ames and George Evans. |
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Text Story | Sheriff Jim Waters (3 pages) |
Synopsis | He preferred brains to six shooters and got results. |
Featuring | A True Wild West Story |
Credits | Pencils: Fred Guardineer (illos) | Inks: Fred Guardineer (illos) | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Sheriff Jim Waters; John Gurdy (deputy); Black Jim Wilson (trainrobber) |
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Comic Story | Blind Man's Bluff (9 pages) |
Synopsis | Who or what was it that jinxed blind Idaho Marsh and his ranch.. and why? |
Featuring | A True Wild West Story |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Idaho Marsh; Kevan; Boxcar |
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