I wish I could get to these comics before some one rates them low. If you know comics this one is a 10, the story is good and the art work is great!
Additional Information
Name
0996 - Zane Grey's Stories of the West | Published
Publication
Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 36
Notes
Indicia title is "Zane Grey's STORIES OF THE WEST, Nevada, No. 996." Code number is Z.G.O.S. #996-596. Copyright 1959 by Zane Grey, Inc.
Cover
Nevada / 1 page
Feature
Zane Grey's Stories of the West
Letters
typeset
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Nevada
Pencils
Sam Savitt (painting)
Inks
Sam Savitt (painting)
Colors
Sam Savitt (painting)
Notes
Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
The Cowboy's Saddle Gun (1 page)
Synopsis
How a cowboy uses his saddle gun, a 30/30 caliber Winchester carbine.
Feature
The Cowboy - at Work, at Play
Letters
typeset
Genre
Non-fiction; Western-frontier
Pencils
Al Micale
Inks
Al Micale
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Panels with text underneath. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
The Cattle War (27 pages)
Synopsis
Major Doone buys a ranch and immediately works on expansion, by hook or crook. Nevada gets involved when Doone's crew threatens a neighbor, an old rancher named Chuckwalla. After Nevada works over the foreman in a fistfight, he and Chuckwalla are ambushed in town, with Chuckwalla being killed. Doone tries to frame Nevada for the killing, but Nevada escapes. He must elude a posse as he tries to find out Doone's real identity.
Feature
Zane Grey's Stories of the West
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Nevada; Chuckwalla; Horrocks; Major Doone; Hetty; Raidy; California Red (horse)
Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Al Micale
Inks
Al Micale
Notes
Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Text Story
The Old Sheriff (1 page)
Synopsis
Old Sheriff Cole turns in his badge when he learns that gunslinger Pony Carter is coming to town.
Letters
typeset
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Johnny Keto; Sheriff Cole
Pencils
Al Micale
Inks
Al Micale
Notes
Text story with 1/6 page illustration. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
The Inspector's Wife (4 pages)
Synopsis
When cattle rustlers kill two brand inspectors in a hotel in Seminole, Texas, the wife of one of the men killed takes a gun, tracks them down in town, and shoots them.
Feature
True Western Adventures
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Dave Allison; H. L. Roberson; Mrs. Roberson
Pencils
Al Micale
Inks
Al Micale
Notes
The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
James Mason Peck (1 page)
Synopsis
The story of James Mason Peck, who produced guidebooks for settlers going west on wagon trains.
Feature
Pioneers of the West
Letters
typeset
Genre
Non-fiction; Western-frontier
Characters
James Mason Peck
Pencils
Al Micale
Inks
Al Micale
Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with text underneath. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
George Reynolds of Texas (1 page)
Synopsis
How cowboy George Reynolds survived being struck in the back by an arrow in 1867.
Feature
Famous Westerners
Letters
typeset
Genre
Non-fiction; Western-frontier
Characters
George Reynolds
Pencils
Al Micale (signed)
Inks
Al Micale (signed)
Notes
Back cover. Panels with text underneath. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). JV - This story is signed "AM".
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