Issue Details

Issue	#17
Published	July 1948
Frequency	Bi-Monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Charles J. Levy; Charles Santangelo

Cover Details

Characters	Jesse James (vignette); Annie Oakley (vignette); Wild Bill Hickok (vignette)
Genre	western
Pencils	Ken Battefield?
Inks	Ken Battefield?

1 page story "Highwheeling"

Genre	western; historical; fact
Letters	typeset
Notes	Inside front cover.

4 page Jesse James story "Young Jesse James"

Characters	Jesse James
Genre	western

4 page Annie Oakley story "Hey, Pop! Get some hombres out here!"

Characters	Annie Oakley
Genre	western

5 page Texas Trail story "Mistaken Identity"

Genre	western
Letters	typeset

2 page text story "Twain Shall Meet"

Genre	western
Letters	typeset

4 page Legends of Paul Bunyan story "Paul Bunyan? Why, son, Paul was the biggest man what ever lived!"

Characters	Billy Pilgrim; Paul Bunyan; Babe
Synopsis	How Paul Bunyan and his cow Babe dug the St. Lawrence River.
Genre	fantasy

4 page Pistol Pete story "Oh, ah'm a lonesome cowboy..."

Characters	Pistol Pete; Miss Hazie Mazie; Rattler Rogan
Synopsis	Pistol Pete won't let some bullet holes keep him from serenading Miss Mazie.
Genre	humor; western
Letters	typeset

4 page Wild Bill Hickok story "The Action Story of Wild Bill Hickok"

Characters	Wild Bill Hickok
Synopsis	Wild Bill's first fight with the McCandlas brothers.
Genre	western
Pencils	William M. Allison
Inks	William M. Allison
Notes	Art identification by Gary L. Watson and Jim Vandeboncoeur (12/2008).

1 page story "Sheriff John Slaughter"

Genre	Western; biographical
Letters	typeset
Notes	There appears to be a signature in the lower right corner, which is hard to read but appears to be "L.B."?

4 page Texas Rangers story "A Tale of the Texas Rangers"

Characters	Phantom Bandit; Tom Colt
Genre	western