Tex Ritter Western (1950) comic books 1951-1953

Movie cowboy Tex Ritter tames the West with his six-guns, his horse White Flash and his dog, Fury. Three killers break out of jail and hijack a train, leading Tex to a wild shootout and chase on horseback against a racing locomotive. Pinto Pete learns how to use a wheelbarrow to dry a floor: you fill it with sunbeams. A rodeo leads Tex through a gauntlet of peril to help a woman save her ranch from "drygulchers." Plus a vintage ad for the Captain Video comic, featuring one of the first sci-fi heroes of the television age. Pinto Pete: Beaming Boy; Danger Trail; The Red Bandana; The Race Against Death; Buffalo Bull: The Twisted Tale; The Jaws of Terror; Loonie Les: Fishy Figures. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Movie cowboy Tex Ritter tames the West with his six-guns, his horse White Flash and his dog, Fury. Tex tries to stop a range war between sheep herders and cattlemen after learning it was deliberately started by outlaws. Buffalo Bill tries to rustle up some lunch money by capturing a pigeon, and then spinning a tall tale about how it's the most famous carrier pigeon on Earth. Outlaws trap Tex in the path of an oncoming cattle stampede. Pinto Pete; Danger Trail; The Death Feud; Empty Victory; Buffalo Bull: His Flying Imagination; The Bullet Trail; Loonie Les: Desert Dope. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Tony Tallarico and others. Movie cowboy Tex Ritter tames the West with his six-guns, his horse White Flash and his dog, Fury. Owlhoots call in hired guns in an attempt to get rid of Tex once and for all. Loonie Les learns you shouldn't eat gooseberries off the bush too fast. Tex investigates the Death Ranch, a strange castle-like structure on the prairie where a sinister scheme is unfolding. The Death Ranch; Loonie Les: Gooseberry Goof; The Killer Bait; The Bite of Toothless Trigger. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Tony Tallarico and others. Movie cowboy Tex Ritter tames the West with his six-guns, his horse White Flash and his dog, Fury. Tex investigates crooked mortgage plans in the town of Sandstone and gets trapped in quicksand with his horse White Flash. Loonie Les makes chicken soup with chickens so fresh, they're still in the egg. Tex thinks he's pursuing an ordinary counterfeit gang across the Mexican border, but they have trained dogs, and Tex's dog Fury is outnumbered. Plus a vintage ad for Wheaties cereal ("Breakfast of Champions!") featuring baseball MVP Phil Rizzuto. Gunsmoke Revenge; Clothes Plenty Pickens; Pinto Pete: No Soap; Fangs of Death; Bullwhip; Loonie Les: Chicken-Headed!; Renegade Challenge. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Pete Riss and Dennis Neville. Movie cowboy Tex Ritter tames the West with his six-guns, his horse White Flash and his dog, Fury. Tex aims to take down boomtown baron Lucky Marlin, but first he must win a bare-knuckles match against a wrestler known as the Crusher, in a multi-part story. Cowboy Cal wants to cross a snake with a parrot, for a more captivating conversationalist. Fun facts and cowboy lingo from the Old West. Plus a vintage ad for Wheaties cereal ("Breakfast of Champions!") featuring baseball legend Stan Musial. Lawless Furnace Valley; Loonie Les: Small Obstacle; Death's Grip; Pinto Pete: Talented Retort; Cowboy Cal: Experimenter Deluxe; Incident by the Creek; Showdown; Stage Struck Stewart. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Pete Riss and others. Movie cowboy Tex Ritter tames the West with his six-guns, his horse White Flash and his dog, Fury. An amnesiac Tex is captured by owlhoots who convince him that he is also an outlaw. A known coward joins forces with gun-toting killers, and Tex wants to find out why. A sheriff seeks Tex's help in catching the masked killer called The Spider. Plus vintage ads for View-Master, Fleers Dubble Bubble Gum, Cracker Jacks, Daisy Air Rifles, and Erector sets. Bullet Blackout; The Kid Comes Back; The Coward; Pudgy and Muscles; The Spider's Web. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Tony Tallarico and others. Movie cowboy Tex Ritter tames the West with his six-guns, his horse White Flash and his dog, Fury. Investigating an empty town and a vanished tribe, Tex encounters mysterious white-suited killers in the land by the waterfall, in a multi-part story. Each chapter ends with a cliffhanger, like an old-time Western movie serial. Buffalo Bill claims to be such a good shot that a bear once surrendered to him so he wouldn't waste a bullet. Plus vintage ads for Daisy Air Rifles and Dubble Bubble. The Ghost Town; Loonie Les Swallows His Words; Smart Bart; Fires of Vengeance; Buffalo Bull: The Brilliant Bear; Pinto Pete: Weighty Wisdom; Dread Disease; The Round-Up. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Tony Tallarico and others. Movie cowboy Tex Ritter tames the West with his six-guns, his horse White Flash and his dog, Fury. Tex takes issue when a ferry owner tries to price-gouge wagon-train settlers who are racing a deadline to make their claims on the Western frontier. Framed for murder in Ten Mile City, Tex must elude a mob and prove his innocence. Outlaws want Tex's saddle, because a map to stolen loot was hidden inside it by the hanged owlhoot Calabash. Plus a vintage ad for Daisy Air Rifles featuring Red Ryder. Barrier to Boot Hill; Loonie Les: Gentamental Critter; Li'l Buck: Good Historian; Journey to Jail; Saddle Conquest; Buffalo Bull: The Doggonedest Deal; Pinto Pete: Echo Canyon; Sagebrush: Quiz Kiddo; The Frame-Up; Gopher-Face: Quarrelsome Type; The Round-Up. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Tony Tallarico and others. Movie cowboy Tex Ritter tames the West with his six-guns, his horse White Flash and his dog, Fury. A mysterious Hopi woman helps Tex track rustlers who seem to make herds of cattle disappear into thin air. Tall tale-spinner Buffalo Bill meets his match in a dynamite-eating hog. "Undercover Prairie Ranger" Tex investigates the causes of mysterious prairie fires that are causing stampedes and destroying ranches. Plus vintage ads for Dubble Bubble and P-F Canvas shoes. Tex Ritter and the Hopi Mystery; Pinto Pete: Top Secret!; Prairie Inferno; Buffalo Bill and the Hardy Hog!; Cactus Brain: Movie Marker; Horses! Horses!; The Mystery of Echo Cave! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Tony Tallarico and others. Movie cowboy Tex Ritter tames the West with his six-guns, his horse White Flash and his dog, Fury. Tex pursues a mysterious white-skinned Native who stole a ranch payroll, even though Tex knows there are no tribes in the area. Tall tale-spinner Buffalo Bill reveals how a messenger can get through a snowfall without leaving any footprints. Tex investigates the murder of a ranch foreman, and the only suspects are his Native hired hands and their cruel manager. The kid in the cover photo looks like he could be Tex's son John, later a famous actor in his own right. Tex Ritter; Pinto Pete: A Hot One; Loonie Les Leaves Bad Taste; Buffalo Bill: The Problem Solver; Murder on the Lazy Y; The Blockade Buster; Lamebrain Lem: Angry Hombre; The Case of the Two Empty Wagons. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Tony Tallarico and others. Movie cowboy Tex Ritter tames the West with his six-guns, his horse White Flash and his dog, Fury. Outlaws decide Tex will no longer be a threat if they can get rid of Tex's trained dog, Fury. Tall tale-spinner Buffalo Bill reveals how to split a five-dollar bill among three people and still get five dollars back. In a two-part story, Tex tracks the masterminds behind a scheme to get outlaws out of jail by having them impersonated. Fury's Peril; Pinto Pete: A Gin-Dandy Retort; Loonie Les Is Prepared; Buffalo Bill: The Happiness Boy; Wanted Dead or Alive; The Payoff; Loonie Les: Doubly Safe; Pinto Pete: A Warming Experience; The Roundup. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Pete Riss and Dennis Neville. Movie cowboy Tex Ritter tames the West with his six-guns, his horse White Flash and his dog, Fury. Two prospectors each have half of a map leading to a gold mine, and they form an uneasy partnership. Tall tale-spinner Buffalo Bill tells the story of the six-inch tourist he met for small talk. Fur traders find they've been robbed after meeting traveling hypnotist Hypno. Pinto Pete: Not Backwards; The Strange Festival; Buffalo Bill: The Tall Tale of the Tiny Tourist!; Fugitive; Murder in the Hills; Loonie Les: Well Put; Doctor Quack: Operation Laughter; The Fiery Fur Mystery. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Movie cowboy Tex Ritter tames the West with his six-guns, his horse White Flash and his dog, Fury. Tex catches ranch hands Kink and Dud trying to kill a co-worker because he won't go along with their plans to rustle the ranch's cattle. Tex tries to figure out which carny performer murdered the show's owner - the dwarf, mind reader, trapeze artist, fat lady, or giant - in one of the strangest whodunits ever. After getting caught in a dam explosion, Tex loses his sight, but the outlaws who blew up the dam are still targeting him. Horse For Sale; The Shadow of the Law; Blind Man's Duties; Loonie Les: Aptly Named!; The Unhappy Medium; Buffalo Bill: A Honey of a Task; Loonie Les: Inside and Outside Man!; Pinto Pete: Boxer De Luxe; Death On the Rails. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Tony Tallarico and others. Movie cowboy Tex Ritter tames the West with his six-guns, his horse White Flash and his dog, Fury. Tex investigates when the town of Dover suddenly goes quiet, and learns that the "hidden fortress" has become a bandit encampment, in a two-part story. Buffalo Bill connives a free trip on a train, but then he brags about it to the wrong person. Tex helps ranchers fight back when a cruel cattle baron begins a campaign of murder and price-gouging. Horse Thieves; The Hidden Fortress: The Bandit City; Loonie Les: He's Dynamite; Death in Solitary; Buffalo Bill: The Train Ride; The Evil Reign of the Cattle Baron; The Coward's Treachery; The River of Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Milt Hammer and others. Movie cowboy Tex Ritter tames the West with his six-guns, his horse White Flash and his dog, Fury. Tex seeks the truth about a stagecoach ambush when all the passengers disappear. John tries to frame his brother Bill for his wife Mary's murder, but Tex is already on his trail. But even Tex is mystified when it turns out Mary is not who they thought she was, and is still alive. Gunslick Stranger; The Perils of the Prairie Ranger; Loonie Les Leaves Us Cold; Pinto Pete: A Wooden Anniversary; Buffalo Bill: The Horse Brigade; Hammer Head: A Bashful Critter; Whiz Banks: Big Talk. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Milt Hammer and others. Movie cowboy Tex Ritter tames the West with his six-guns, his horse White Flash and his dog, Fury. Tex is outnumbered when he tries to keep outlaw "Honest Barton" from stealing the mayoral election in Mesa City. Tex offers to trade hotel rooms with a superstitious man, but he didn't know that outlaws were planning an ambush for Room 13. Plus, Bobby joins a group of air-rifle enthusiasts, in a vintage PSA for air-rifle safety. Midnight Gunman; The Ballot Box Riddle; Buffalo Bull: The Light That Didn't Fail!; Bobby's Bull's-Eye; Hammer Head: The Winner!; Whiz Banks: A Big Fish!; The Evil Eye in Room 13. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Movie cowboy Tex Ritter tames the West with his six-guns, his horse White Flash and his dog, Fury. Tex tries to help the owners of the new stagecoach line keep the railroad from coming through their town and ruining their business. Buffalo Bill sets out to become the laziest hand on the ranch to win a contest, but he'll have to work pretty hard to do it. Tex tries to intervene in the land dispute between a rancher and a tannery. Trail Boss; Stagecoach to Danger; Pinto Pete: Some Reference; Bobby's Loonie Les: It Figures; Buffalo Bull: The Lazy Man's Lazy Man. Final issue published by Fawcett; Charlton took over the series with issue #21. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.