Black Diamond Western (1949) comic books 1955 or before
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Published Apr 1950 by Lev Gleason.$19.00
View scanEdited by Charles Biro and Bob Wood. Cover by Charles Biro. Stories by William Overgard, Fred Guardineer, Robert Perry, Claude Moore, and Basil Wolverton. Rough and tumble action tales of cowboys and the Old West. Black Diamond is involved in a railroad war. Then Reliapon must save Black Diamonds Identity from being revealed. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Nov 1951 by Lev Gleason.$14.50
Edited by Charles Biro and Bob Wood. Cover by Charles Biro. Stories by Dick Rockwell, Bob Correa, and Basil Wolverton. Rough and tumble action tales of cowboys and the Old West. Black Diamond meets vicious King Locus. Ad for Billy the Kid Lucky Saddle Ring. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Apr 1952 by Lev Gleason.$4.49
$4.49
Edited by Charles Biro and Bob Wood. Cover by Charles Biro. Stories by Dick Rockwell, Al Luster, Claude Moore, and John Forte. "The Siege of Coffin Island," "Comanche Cemetery," and "The Savage Sioux Mule Train Ambush." . Rough and tumble action tales of cowboys and the Old West. A band of frontiersman near a coffin-shaped river are surrounded—20 to one—by Indians. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Jun 1952 by Lev Gleason.$9.00
Cover by Dick Rockwell. Stories by Bob Fujitani, Claude Moore, and Al Luster. "Dead on Arrival", "The Phantom Killer of Poplar Valley", and "Duel to Death". Rough and tumble action tales of cowboys and the Old West. Lead Stryker, a reformed outlaw who kills lawmen, traffics in bad guys who are on reward posters. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Jul 1952 by Lev Gleason.$4.49
Cover by Dick Rockwell. Stories by Dick Rockwell and Bill Walton. Rough and tumble action tales of cowboys and the Old West. A prospector strikes gold, but is then killed, spurring the attention of Black Diamond. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Feb 1954 by Lev Gleason.$8.00
by Bill Walton. Stories and art by Pete Morisi and others. Masked like the Lone Ranger or Zorro, Black Diamond fights for justice in the West, aided by his sidekick Bumper and his status as a federal marshal. Black Diamond and Bumper board a Mississippi steamboat to protect a Pinkerton detective who's been targeted by killers. Red Fire discovers the Tragedy of the Commons when an outlaw creates stampedes on shared grazing land. A rival plots to wreck the rodeo train at Deadman's Chasm, and only Buck Roper can stop them. Also featuring a vintage ad for a "Snake Bow Tie" prank tie. Black Diamond: Mask of Terror; Buck Roper: Danger at Deadman's Chasm; Trigger Happy; Western Lore; Red Fire: The Stampede of Death. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published 1954 by Lev Gleason.$18.25
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Cover by Bill Walton. Stories and art by Bill Walton and Vic Carrabotta. Masked like the Lone Ranger or Zorro, Black Diamond fights for justice in the West, aided by his sidekick Bumper and his status as a federal marshal. Black Diamond tries to prove a man was framed for a prospector's murder, in a story that use the wide panels - but no other special features - of the previous issue's "Deep Dimension" pseudo 3-D effect. Buck Roper is targeted by kidnappers who learn about his rich parents, but his rodeo friends intervene. Red Fire is accused when a masked arsonist terrorizes the town. Black Diamond: Six Gun Showdown; Buck Roper: The Rodeo Ransom; Tight Noose; Red Fire: The Flaming Torch Rider of the Plains. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.








