Additional Information |
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Publication | February 1952 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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Cover | The Spider's Web |
Credits | Pencils:? (photography) | Inks:? (photography) | Colors:? (photography) | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Tex Ritter (photograph) |
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Advertisement | Hey Kids! (1 page) |
Synopsis | See these amazing color pictures come to life in 3 dimensions. |
Featuring | View-Master |
Credits | Pencils:? (photos);? | Inks:? (photos);? | Letters: typeset |
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Comic Story | Bullet Blackout (8.66 pages) |
Synopsis | An escaped outlaw is heading for Axmore to kill the sheriff, prosecutor and judge who sent him to jail. In pursuit, Tex is knocked on the head and loses his memory and is told by the outlaws that he too is wanted by the law. |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Tex Ritter; White Flash (horse); Catamount Harlan (outlaw); Sheriff Collins; Judge Frille; John Hopple (prosecutor) |
Notes | The movement of the figures, and the small narrow eyes far apart are identical to the credited Pete Riss story in Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #21. |
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Featuring | Quiz |
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Synopsis | When a mule loses its temper. |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Tex Ritter; Mike Cassi |
Notes | Art like the main story. |
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Advertisement | Dear Santa I Want a Roadmaster (1 page) |
Synopsis | The bicycle with bumpers. |
Featuring | Roadmaster |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Characters: Santa Claus |
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Text Story | The Kid Comes Back (2 pages) |
Synopsis | Dave gets a letter from Pop to come home and settle a rustler problem at the ranch. |
Credits | Script: Rod Reed [as Westbrook Wilson] (signed) | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Dave Spangler; Bess; Pop |
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Comic Story | The Coward (7 pages) |
Synopsis | A young kid afraid of gunplay has teamed up with two killers, and Tex wants to find out why. |
Featuring | Tex Ritter |
Credits | Pencils: Pete Riss | Inks: Pete Riss |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Tex Ritter; White Flash (horse); Sheriff Block; Shale Dawson (killer); Piney Mosher (killer); Johnny; Nancy Olson |
Notes | Art notes as for the first story. |
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Advertisement | What Sparks a Champion Sparks You! (1 page) |
Synopsis | Breakfast of Champions. |
Featuring | Wheaties |
Content | Characters: Johnny Lujack (quarterback) |
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Synopsis | Muscles wants to learn Pudgy about exercising. |
Featuring | Pudgy and Muscles |
Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Pudgy; Muscles |
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Comic Story | The Spider's Web (7 pages) |
Synopsis | Tex is called upon to help the sheriff round up a masked killer called The Spider. |
Featuring | Tex Ritter |
Credits | Pencils: Pete Riss | Inks: Pete Riss |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Tex Ritter; White Flash (horse); John Duke; Doc Crull [The Spider] |
Notes | Art notes as for the first story. |
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Featuring | Quiz |
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Publisher advertisement | Now You Can Get Tex Ritter Western Every Other Month, By Mail |
Synopsis | Subscription advertisement for Tex Ritter Western. |
Featuring | Tex Ritter Western |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
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Synopsis | Pud and the kids are testing different bubble gums. |
Featuring | Fleers Dubble Bubble Gum |
Content | Characters: Pud |
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Advertisement | Cracker Jack Has a Surprise Novelty For You... |
Synopsis | The more you eat, the more you want of Cracker Jack. |
Featuring | Cracker jack |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
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Advertisement | New Double Gift Idea! (1 page) |
Synopsis | The famous Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine for Christmas. |
Featuring | Daisy Air Rifles |
Credits | Pencils: Fred Harman (signed) | Inks: Fred Harman (signed) | Letters: typeset |
Content | Characters: Red Ryder; Little Beaver |
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Advertisement | Getting an Erector is like having your own Toy Factory (1 page) |
Synopsis | Comic strip ad for the world's greatest construction toy. |
Featuring | Erector |
Notes | Back cover. |
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