| Issue | #222 |
| Published | March 1949 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | ? |
| Notes | Indicia title is "Zane Grey's WEST OF THE PECOS, No. 222." Code number is Z.G.O.S. #222-493. Copyright 1937, 1949, by Zane Grey, Inc. Published by arrangement with The Hawley Publications, Inc.; authorized edition. |
| Characters | "Pecos" Smith |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | Morris Gollub (painting) |
| Inks | Morris Gollub (painting) |
| Colors | Morris Gollub (painting) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Art identification by Hames Ware (November 9, 2010) |
| Synopsis | Introduction to the setting of the story. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Text and illustrations. |
| Characters | "Pecos" Smith; Terrill Lambeth; Breen Sawtell (villain); Judge Roy Bean (cameo) |
| Synopsis | "Pecos" Smith comes to Eagle Nest, Texas, to find that an old friend has been killed and his son has been jailed on the orders of Breen Sawtell, the town's boss. Smith gets the boy out of jail and becomes a partner on the ranch. What Smith doesn't know is that his partner is actually a girl, disguised as a boy. |
| Genre | western |
| Script | Zane Grey (original story); ? (comic adaptation) |
| Pencils | Arthur E. Jameson |
| Inks | Arthur E. Jameson |
| Notes | Adapted from the 1937 novel "West of the Pecos" by Zane Grey. Art identification by Hames Ware (November 9, 2010). |
| Synopsis | Lyrics to the song "Guitar Croonin' Blues." |
| Genre | western |
| Script | C. Wiles Hallock (credited) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover; black and white. Text and illustrations. Song is listed in indicia as copyright 1948 by C. Wiles Hallock. |
| Synopsis | Mounted cowboy on ridge overlooking herd of cows. |
| Pencils | Morris Gollub (painting) |
| Inks | Morris Gollub (painting) |
| Colors | Morris Gollub (painting) |
| Notes | Back cover. Artist is the same as front cover. "Morris Gollub ?" credit for this sequence was from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Hames Ware also says it's Gollub, so removed the question mark. (November 9, 2010). |