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What's going on in the Dalton story? All the main character names...Bob, Emmett, Grat...have been re-lettered. "Bob" is plugged into a space much wider than his name, and "Dalton" is squeezed into a narrower one. Was this an existing story that was re-jiggered into a Dalton Gang story? |
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This might be based on Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (here possibly referred to as "Powers and Brodwell" who at the end of the story are "way off in Argentina"), and others, including 3 "brothers" named Curry.
To confuse things even further, there was another "Wild Bunch" composed of the Dalton Brothers and others, and also the "Hole-in-the-Wall Gang" which was "made up of several separate gangs, all operating out of the Hole-in-the-Wall Pass."
Very confusing--if "real" names had been substituted by fake names, you could understand, but in this case actual names were inserted in the place of --? |
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Splendid deduction, my dear Dwilt! I believe you're right. This was likely an unused Butch Cassidy story. Avon put out a Cassidy one-shot this same year (we have it here). Checking that book I notice that Butch and Sundance are drawn the same way, and by the same artist, as the "Daltons." "Butch" and "Sundance" would fit those spaces nicely. I'll bet Avon had a story left over and figured for some reason that a new book with Daltons would sell better than a second issue of Cassidy. |
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Here is 'Rage at dawn' a not bad 'B' movie on the Dalton Gang, starring Forrest Tucker and Randolph Scott.
Screenplay by Horace McCoy and story by Frank Gruber.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_rqxOLDw-Q
Good Fun! |
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Additional Information |
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Publication | 1951 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
Notes | Art credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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Credits | Pencils: Everett Raymond Kinstler | Inks: Everett Raymond Kinstler |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
Notes | Art credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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Synopsis | Three big black-and-white illustrations accompanying issue preview |
Credits | Pencils: Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed) | Inks: Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed) |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
Notes | inner front cover |
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Comic Story | Wanted for Murder! (7 pages) |
Featuring | The Dalton Boys |
Credits | Script: Paul S. Newman? | Pencils: John Forte |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
Notes | Pencils credit from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Hames Ware.
Script credit suggested by Jerry Bails's Who's Who. |
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Comic Story | Black Bart, Wells-Fargo's Shotgun Partner! (7 pages) |
Featuring | Black Bart |
Credits | Script: Paul S. Newman | Pencils: John Forte (signed) | Inks: John Forte (signed) |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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Comic Story | Poetry in Lead! (7 pages) |
Featuring | Black Bart |
Credits | Script: Paul S. Newman | Pencils: John Forte |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
Notes | Pencils credit from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Hames Ware. |
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Comic Story | Cortez Brought Horses to America (1 page) |
Featuring | Truth not Fancy |
Credits | Pencils: Chu F. Hing (signed) | Inks: Chu F. Hing (signed) |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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Comic Story | Gold Makes a Ghost Town! (8 pages) |
Credits | Pencils: Jimmy Thompson | Inks: Jimmy Thompson | Letters: Howard Ferguson |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
Notes | Art credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Hames Ware. |
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Comic Story | Cowboys of the World (1 page) |
Featuring | Truth not Fancy |
Credits | Pencils: Chu F. Hing (signed) | Inks: Chu F. Hing (signed) |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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