Additional Information |
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Publication | November 1949 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
Notes | Line-art depicting Billy West rescuing damsel in distress from outlaws; realistic/romantic art style. |
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Featuring | Billy West |
Credits | Pencils: John Celardo | Inks: John Celardo |
Notes | Line-art depicting Billy West rescuing damsel in distress from outlaws; realistic/romantic art style. |
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Publisher advertisement | Get the New Billy West Comic Book! (1 page) |
Synopsis | Full page of original art promoting the comic; with small cover reproduction.
Comic comes with a Billy West cowboy ring, a four color picture of Billy & horse Eagle, membership card & secret cowboy code. |
Featuring | Billy West |
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Comic Story | Six-Gun Warning! (12 pages) |
Synopsis | An honest man steps into a rogue's shoes and finds himself on the receiving end of a six-gun warning, but hero Billy rides to his aid. |
Credits | Job #: B-632 |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Billy West; Susan Dinning; Doc Purdy; Uncle Dan; Molly Sage; Stubby Sage; Julie Sage |
Notes | All comics stories, etc. carry interesting realistic/romantic style artwork, and book is educational. Such books did much to promote cowboys as positive role-model heroes. |
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Text Article | Western Twisters |
Notes | Multiple single-panels illustrating Western slang terms.
"Coyote" - a cowardly sneak.
"Desert Rat" - a prospector.
"Chow Hound" - one who loves his food. |
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Text Article | The Pony Express (2 pages) |
Credits | Letters: typeset | Job #: B-484 |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Western-frontier | Characters: Harry Roff; Alex Carlyle; Pony Bob Haslam; Buffalo Bill Cody |
Notes | The history of the Pony Express covered in two pages of text, with two nice illustrations, previously credited to 'Charles J. Strong?', but the face in the second one reveals Pete Morisi's style. |
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Comic Story | The Mysterious Stranger! (7 pages) |
Synopsis | Outlaw-fighting newspaper woman for the Sundog Sentinel has her hands full with crooks threatening to dam the water and charge ranchers for it. |
Featuring | Rhoda Trail |
Credits | Job #: B-660 |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Rhoda Trail; Slim Akers; Duchain; Windy |
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Publisher advertisement | Join the Billy West Cowboy Club! (1 page) |
Featuring | Billy West |
Notes | "Join the Billy West Cowboy Club!" (similar to inside front cover) |
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Featuring | Roundup with Billy West |
Notes | One page with illustrations has West talking to readers about cowboy life.
Also a coded message for club members. |
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Comic Story | Billy West's Birthday Present! (7 pages) |
Featuring | Uncle Dan |
Credits | Job #: B-662 |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Billy West; Uncle Dan; Snubby Sage; Julie Sage; Rod Finger; Simp Anders |
Notes | Numerous comics of various publishers had a back-up feature with an old man spinning yarns to a couple of young wards-- this is one of them. Snubby and Julie listen eagerly to a tale of "Billy West's Birthday Present." (Becomes second Billy West story). |
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Featuring | The Letter Box |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Characters: Billy West; Molly Sage |
Notes | Letters from: Gerald Kalkbrenner, Horace Thomas Gill, Margaret Fite, Linda Shoemaker, Ervin Lewis, Laura Falligant, Bobby Rhodes, Lavetta Braden. |
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