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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published June 1971
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 52
Editing Sol Brodsky; Herschel Waldman (associate)

Cover Details

Genre western
Pencils Dick Ayers
Inks John Tartaglione?

8 page Butch Cassidy story "Thunder Across the Border"

Characters Butch Cassidy; Lance Carter
Genre western
Script Mike Friedrich
Pencils Tom Sutton
Inks John Tartaglione
Letters Irving Watanabe

2 page Ranger Gordon text story "The Man Who Came Back"

Characters Jim Gordon (Texas Ranger); his horse Flash; the Sheriff; his daughter Sue Merriwether; unamed outlaw
Synopsis An outlaw gets revenge on a sheriff by kidnapping his daughter-not knowing who she really is. It's up to Ranger Jim Gordon and Flash to rescue her.
Genre western
Letters typeset
Reprinted from Two Gun Kid (Marvel, 1953 series) #35?

4 page Maverick story "The Man Who Lost Yesterday"

Characters Maverick (originally Red Mask); the Pillowcase Gang; Bronc (Maverick's horse)
Synopsis When Maverick falls victim to a masked band of outlaws, he not only loses his prisoners but his memory as well! And when a number of false Red Masks appear in Bullet - looting and robbing, the real Red Mask discovers that he is blamed for it!
Genre western
Pencils Frank Bolle
Inks Frank Bolle
Notes A modified Tim Holt story, with the lead character's name changed from Redmask to Maverick.
Reprinted from Tim Holt (Magazine Enterprises, 1948 series) #37 [see note]

1 page text article "Vikings Out West"

Genre fact
Letters typeset
Reprinted from Straight Arrow (Magazine Enterprises, 1950 series) #6?

7 page Billy Nevada story "The No-Gun Sheriff"

Characters Sheriff; Billy Nevada; Big Mike Scanlon
Synopsis A tenderfoot out west to take over the Sheriff's job that had belonged to his Father, who was gunned down, has to learn that there is a time and place when guns must be used for good.
Genre western
Pencils Don Heck (same as in Wild Western Action #1)
Inks Don Heck
Reprinted from ? [Billy the Kid? 1950s?]

7 page Dalton Boys story "Wanted For Murder!"

Genre western
Script Tom Sutton
Pencils Tom Sutton
Inks John Tartaglione
Letters Jean Izzo

6 page Butch Cassidy story "Butch Cassidy in Paradise"

Synopsis A peculiar adventure for Butch who rides into the town of Paradise where his every move or gesture seems to violate a city ordinance. When finally sentenced for his multitude of offenses - Butch must escape jail, only to come up against the "Marshal" who enforces the law in his own way.
Genre western
Script Tom Sutton
Pencils Tom Sutton
Inks John Tartaglione
Letters Jean Izzo