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| It's a shame this comic isn't better-known. All the things that made Mort Drucker a fine caricaturist--lively characters, believable expressions, great posing, and simply terrific drawing--bring this western to life. He'll always be remembered for his humor work, but Drucker was also a top-notch realistic artist. |
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| Drucker's style is literally cinematic. It's like watching a movie with a cast of Hollywood veterans. He was good at putting in little 'tells' that convince the eye it's seeing reality: little flaws in the physique, for instance, that most artists don't put in their work. |
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| Publication | February 1958 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
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| Cover | Shadow of Fear |
| Featuring | Steve Donovan Western Marshal |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Colors:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Marshal Steve Donovan (photo of Douglas Kennedy) |
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| Synopsis | Introduction to the feature. |
| Featuring | Steve Donovan Western Marshal |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photos) | Inks:? (photos) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Marshal Steve Donovan (photo of Douglas Kennedy); Deputy Marshal Rusty Lee (photo of Eddy Waller) |
| Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Two photos with a few lines of text. |
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| Comic Story | Shadow of Fear (16 pages) |
| Synopsis | Marshal Steve Donovan and his Deputy Rusty Lee go to the town of Daly City to investigate the murder of marshal Hal Grant. There they find the town living in fear of Ma Faulkner, her two sons, and a gang of renegades led by a man named Mapes. |
| Featuring | Steve Donovan Western Marshal |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Steve Donovan; Rusty Lee |
| Notes | Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
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| Comic Story | The Green Star (16 pages) |
| Synopsis | A gang is robbing post offices. Steve Donovan and Rusty Lee are given the job of bringing them in and are assigned a new marshal, Jim Allison, who is on his first assignment. The new marshal is out to prove himself and causes problems by not working as part of the team. |
| Featuring | Steve Donvan Westen Marshal |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Steve Donovan; Rusty Lee |
| Notes | Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
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| Comic Story | Gun Tricks (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Tricks of handling a six-gun, including "road agent's spin", "roll", and "border shift". |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Western-frontier |
| Notes | Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with text underneath. |
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| Comic Story | Early Railroads (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Facts about early railroads in the West. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Western-frontier |
| Notes | Back cover. Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents". |
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