Tim Holt (1948 Magazine Enterprises) comic books 1948-1950

Cover by Frank Bolle. Edited by Raymond C. Krank. Stories and art by Frank Bolle and Dick Ayers. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #14. Part of A1 Comics, an anthology from Magazine Enterprises with content that varied from month to month. This issue featured Western adventure starring movie cowboy Tim Holt. Westerners believe a stagecoach is cursed after three different men die on it; A man dressed as a conquistador for a masquerade is murdered, and one of his spurs is stolen; A sheriff wounded by outlaws wants his son to take over his job, but he's not interested. Meet Tim Holt!; Satan's Stagecoach!; Tim Holt's Roundup; The Spur of the Conquistadore!; The Sheriff of Rail's End! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Raymond C. Krank. Stories and art by Frank Bolle. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #17. Part of A1 Comics, an anthology from Magazine Enterprises with content that varied from month to month. This issue featured Western adventure starring movie cowboy Tim Holt. A native woman is somehow able to predict the deaths of white men with her blanket; Belle Peters takes over her father's ranch after his death, but the foreman wants to scare her into selling it; Masked bandits commit multiple robberies at the same time. Tim Holt's Western Album; The Blanket of the Navajos!; Tim Holt's Roundup; The Masks of Massacre Bend!; Inside the Rodeo; Crime's Pony Express! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Edited by Raymond C. Krank. Stories and art by Frank Bolle. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #19. Part of A1 Comics, an anthology from Magazine Enterprises with content that varied from month to month. This issue featured Western adventure starring movie cowboy Tim Holt. A publicity still of actor Tim Holt reading an issue of his own comic; Tim and the Sheriff pull a fast one on outlaws by using makeshift mannequins; Tim recovers a document hidden in a tree, and must get it to Nogales before it's too late. Tim Holt's Western Album; The Ramrod of Rustler Range!; Tim Holt's Roundup; Tim Holt's Last Ride!; Sixguns at Snake Cave; The Railroad at Apache Arroyo! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Frank Bolle and others. Western adventure starring movie cowboy Tim Holt. Tim must clear his name after he's framed for murder; Betty takes over her father's silver mine, but his killers try to trap her in a stampede; Robbers tap a telegraph line to learn the details of a gold shipment. Tim Holt's Western Album; Wanted: Tim Holt!; Tim Holt's Roundup; The Telegrapher at Trotter's Creek; Noose for a Killer; The Ghost on Haunted Mountain. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Frank Bolle and others. Western adventure starring movie cowboy Tim Holt. Devil Dan Barnett takes advantage of a harsh winter to try to drive ranchers off their land; An outlaw sells illegal booze to the nearby tribes; Paul and his sister get into a war with a rival operation over management of a key route to California. Tim Holt's Western Album; The Winter War!; Tim Holt's Roundup; Along the War-Whoop Trail!; Badge of the Lawman; Desperate Journey. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"Gunslinger's Chance" and "The Stolen Town" (art on both by Frank Bolle). The Calico Kid back-up story. Black-and-white inside cover photo page. Back cover full-color photo of Tim and his horse, Lightning, on a movie set. Inside back cover ad for Lone Ranger "Silver Bullet Ball Pen Set." Photo cover. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Frank Bolle and Dick Ayers. Western adventure starring movie cowboy Tim Holt. A rodeo owner courts danger when he sets his sights on a legendary wild horse; The Calico Kid encounters early-morning bandits; Tim impersonates a ghost to reveal the truth about a gold swindle. Tim Holt's Western Album; Man-Killer Mustang!; Tim Holt's Range Book; Calico Kid; Lethal Lesson; The Golden Snare! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Frank Bolle and Fred Guardineer. Western adventure starring movie cowboy Tim Holt. Slash Farley's outlaw gang plots to ambush Tim's herd during a cattle drive; The Calico Kid plays Apache to help a besieged wagon train; A magic statue helps Tim track a murderer. Tim Holt's Western Album; The War-Makers; Tim Holt's Range Book; Calico Kid; The Accusing Statue; Canyon Trap; The Wild Breed. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Gardner Fox and others. Art by Frank Bolle and Fred Guardineer. Western adventure starring movie cowboy Tim Holt. Tim masquerades as a tenderfoot, new to the West, to get the jump on outlaws; The Calico Kid tries to stop a gun dealer from sabotaging peace talks between settlers and Navajos; A map of the territory of the Tim Holt stories, including the town of Bullet. Tim Holt's Western Album; The Terrible Tenderfoot!; The Mine Menace!; Calico Kid; Ride in the Sun; T-H Home Range; Sixgun Sheriff! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Frank Bolle and Dick Ayers. Western adventure starring movie cowboy Tim Holt. Tim and Chito are framed when they pick up a murdered man's vest; The Calico Kid isn't sure which of two men is an outlaw, until he falls into a trap; Tim is suspicious when a murdered man's twin shows up to claim his ranch. Tim Holt; Trouble in Texas!; Western Range Book; Calico Kid; Double Death!; Cheyenne Death-Song; The Devil Horse! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Origin and first appearance of Ghost Rider. Stories by Raymond Krank and others. Art by Frank Bolle and Dick Ayers. Cover by Dick Ayers. Western adventure starring movie cowboy Tim Holt. Tim and Chito get caught up in a range war the second they enter Hangman's Gulch. The former Calico Kid adopts a range of special effects, a new outfit, and a spooky new identity, becoming the original Ghost Rider. Tim and Chito witness a murder as they ride into Bullock Gap, and set out to find the killers. Tim Holt's Western Album; The Land Grabbers!; Western Range Book; The Ghost Rider!; Battle At Bullock Gap; Stranger in Town; What do you Know about the West?; The Kiowa Death-Trap! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Gardner Fox and others. Art by Frank Bolle and Dick Ayers. Western adventure starring movie cowboy Tim Holt. Outlaws plan to dynamite a riverbed to sabotage ranchers; Ghost Rider rescues a man accused of rustling from an angry mob; Tim battles outlaws in the middle of a buffalo stampede. Tim Holt's Western Album; The Dynamiters!; Western Range Book; Chuck-Wagon Chatter; The Ghost Rider: Hangman's Hate!; Winchester Backfire; Trouble's Toll Bridge! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Gardner Fox and others. Art by Frank Bolle and Dick Ayers. Western adventure starring movie cowboy Tim Holt. Tim and Chito unwittingly ride into an outlaw settlement. Ghost Rider gets a new mask, perfecting his very cool character design (that eventually became the Phantom Rider). Tim protects a wagon train from outlaws who want to take their silver-rich territory. Tim Holt's Western Album; Border Town Bullets!; The Ghost Rider: The Terror of the Tracks!; The Doomed Wagon Train!; Mesquite Manhunt; Sixguns in the Cards. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Gardner Fox and others. Art by Frank Bolle and Dick Ayers. Western adventure starring movie cowboy Tim Holt. Bandits blow up a bridge to loot a stagecoach; Ghost Rider and a wounded sheriff make a stand against the outlaws who have taken over a town; Tim and Chito are put into a forced-labor camp run by a corrupt sheriff. Tim Holt's Western Album; The Honest Bandits!; The Bridge at San Gila Gully!; The Ghost Rider: The Scarecrow Sheriff!; The Young Warrior; The Posse! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Gardner Fox and others. Art by Frank Bolle and Dick Ayers. Western adventure starring movie cowboy Tim Holt. Tim must prevent war with the Pawnee after Red Hand is killed by bandits; Outlaw Jeph Prothero enlists Cheyenne warriors to rob a gold shipment; Tim and Chito try to clear a young man of a murder charge by winning a horse race. Tim Holt's Western Album; War Trail!; The Bridge at San Gila Gully!; The Ghost Rider: Terror of the Night!; Race for Life; White Man's Magic; Western Range Book; The Hands of Texas Dan! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Frank Bolle and Dick Ayers. Cover by Dick Ayers. Western adventure starring movie cowboy Tim Holt. Tim and Chito rescue a cowhand and become involved in the search for a treasure map. Outlaws want to scare Sheriff Rex Fury off their mineral-rich land, but they don't know he's also the Ghost Rider. Tim and Chito protect a cattle drive from raiding parties. Tim Holt's Western Album; Terror's Treasure!; The Badland Braves!; The Ghost Rider: The Ghost of the Ghost Town!; The Mule and the Train; Western Range Book; The Sky Riders! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Frank Bolle, Frank Frazetta and Dick Ayers. Cover by Frank Frazetta. Western adventure starring movie cowboy Tim Holt. Tim winds up on a ship that mutinies against its tyrannical captain. Toughs Spike and Mike, who kick dogs and steal crutches, are hired by a sheriff's killer to take out the Ghost Rider. Tim and Chito investigate after a rancher is killed for the secret he knew. Featuring an early spot illo and cover by legendary artist Frank Frazetta. Tim Holt's Western Album; The Cowboy and the Clipper!; The Painted Killer; The Ghost Rider: Scourge of Guilt!; The Hooks of Horror!; Prairie Panic. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Frank Bolle and Dick Ayers. Cover by Dick Ayers. Western adventure starring movie cowboy Tim Holt. A stagecoach robbery leads Tim to a gang led by The Texan Devil; A mine is rumored to be cursed, but that doesn't scare the Ghost Rider; Tim and Chito seek a herd stolen by a rogue cattle driver. Western Range Book; The Texan Devil; The Mask of Treachery; The Ghost Rider: The Murdering Mine; Outlaw's Gold; The Bandits and the Bell. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Frank Bolle and Dick Ayers. Cover by Frank Bolle. Western adventure starring movie cowboy Tim Holt. Tim tries to save a man he's never met from being wrongfully hanged. Outlaws hatch a complicated plan to hide stolen gold in graves and dig it up later, but they didn't reckon on the Ghost Rider. A land baron tries to force out ranchers by cutting off the water. Western Range Book; The Efficient Murderer!; Six-Guns for Sale!; The Ghost Rider: They Dig by Night!; Bullets for the Badmen; T Bar H Ranch; Danger in the Cards! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Gardner Fox and others. Art by Frank Bolle and Dick Ayers. Cover by Frank Bolle. Western adventure starring movie cowboy Tim Holt. Tim Holt assumes his long-running secret identity of the Red Mask for the first time during his battle with El Terror. Outlaws use an animated skeleton to protect stolen treasure, but the skeleton turns out to welcome the Ghost Rider. An old foe tries to create a Tim Holt-killing task force of bandits, but it backfires. T-H Home Range; Red Mask of the Rio Grande; The Golden Coup!; The Ghost Rider: The Screaming Skeleton!; Owlhoot's Debt. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Frank Bolle and Dick Ayers. Cover by Frank Frazetta. Western adventure starring movie cowboy Tim Holt. Redmask wields a cursed sword to take on the Garcia bandit brothers. A man's criminal past catches up with him, and so does the Ghost Rider. Tim must deliver a dead outlaw's guns to his son, but one member of the gang is still out there. Featuring an early cover by legendary artist Frank Frazetta. The Sword of Don Sebastian; Satan's Sixguns!; The Ghost Rider: The Lost Loot of India; The Telltale Teeth; The Skinner's War! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.