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Issue Details

Issue #75
Published May-June 1959
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth; Julius Schwartz (assistant)
Notes Cover pencils and inks credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics (29 January 2008)

Cover Details - "Menace of the Magic Arrows!"

Genre western
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Joe Giella
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes Cover pencils and inks credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics (29 January 2008)

11 page Pow Wow Smith story "Menace of the Magic Arrows"

Synopsis Having been captured once by Pow Wow Smith when his shadow revealed his whereabouts, Ace Wright decides to learn all he can about shadows so he can turn the tables on the Indian Lawman. Included in his studies are knowledge of the Shadow Belts to prevent his capture, and the ability of magic arrows that will kill a man by striking down his shadow.
Genre western
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Carmine Infantino
Letters Joe Letterese

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll ad"

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Showcase #20"

1 page public service announcement "Do You Make Life Hard for Yourself?"

Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Bernard Baily
Inks Bernard Baily
Letters Ira Schnapp

1 page filler "Strange Indian Beliefs"

6 page Nighthawk story "Secret of the Outlaw Timepiece"

Synopsis Outlaw Lafe gets an idea from the children's story about mice putting a bell on a cat and sends Nighthawk the gift of an alarm watch pre-set to go off at a the moment planned for his next heist.
Genre western
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Bernard Sachs
Letters Milt Snapinn
Reprinted in Johnny Thunder (DC, 1973 series) #3 (July-August 1973)

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll Pop ad"

1 page filler "Roundup Time!"

1 page Hitching Post letters page

Letters typeset

5 page Wyoming Kid story "The Strange Signs at Saddle Rock"

Synopsis Riding through Saddle Rock, Wyoming is confused to find every business establishment is named after him, since he has never been there before. He's told that the townspeople use his name as a deterrent to outlaws, who would see his name and keep riding on through. But Wyoming notices that the signs are all freshly painted, and discovers it's all a ruse to disguise that outlaws already run the town and the townspeople are prisoners.
Genre western
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Howard Sherman
Inks Howard Sherman
Letters Joe Letterese

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll Fudge ad"