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All Star Western (1970) 10 CGC 8.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #1175639001

Giant-size issue. 1st appearance of Jonah Hex in "Welcome to Paradise." Script by John Albano, art by Tony De Zuniga. El Diablo stars in "The Devil's Secret." Script by Bob Kanigher, art by Gray Morrow. Bat Lash reprint: "My Name is Bat Lash!" (part 2) with script by Sergio Aragones and Denny O'Neil, pencils by Nick Cardy, inks by Mike Sekowsky. DeZuniga cover. Cover price $0.25.

Black Rider (1951 Atlas/Marvel) 20 0.3

First page covered in plastic tape wrap. Comic is complete other than being coverless.

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Three untitled Black Rider stories (art by Syd Shores?). Two-Gun Kid back-up untitled story (art by George Tuska). Classic cover. Cover price $0.10.

Blazing West (1948) 1 GD/VG 3.0

Water/moisture damage. Residue

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Untitled Injun Jones story, art by Ed Moritz; Origin story of the white Indian, Injun Jones. Untitled Buffalo Belle story, art by Max Elkan; With the Sheriff wounded by Red Carver, Buffalo Belle becomes Deputy and leads the posse. The Tenderfoot, art by Paul Cooper; Her fosterfather left half the ranch to Marge and the other half to an Easterner, the Tenderfoot. Untitled Powder River Pete story, art by Gordon Wright. Untitled Texas Tim, Ranger story. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders (1950 ME/AC) 13 GD/VG 3.0

Cover oxidation.

Frank Frazetta cover. Stories include the Lemonade Kid in "The Clutching Claws of Terror"; the Ghost Rider in "The Stagecoach for Death"; Red Hawk in "The Land of the Flaming Ground!" (art by Bob Powell); and Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders in "The Mystery of the Maverick Trail" (art by Powell). Cover price $0.10.

Buster Crabbe (1953 Lev Gleason) 3 0.3

Comic is complete other than being coverless.

Stories and art by Alex Toth, Mike Peppe, Pete Morisi and Mort Leav. Adventures in space, the Wild West and the jungle with actor Buster Crabbe, famed for playing Flash Gordon. Sometimes listed as The Amazing Adventures of Buster Crabbe #3. Buster investigates reports of a radioactive tiger in South America, and discovers a secret facility developing atomic weapons. Buster crashes into a flying saucer that abducts him to Callisto, where he is forced to compete in savage gladiatorial chess games. At a logging camp, Buster Crabbe encounters pirates who frame him for the murder of...Buster Crabbe. Featuring art by comics legend Alex Toth. Strange Case of the Radioactive Tiger; Science Lore; Invisible Monsters of Callisto; Lore of the West; Pirates of the Timberland. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cowgirl Romances (1950 Fiction House) 12 FN- 5.5

Cover oxidation.

Art by Maurice Whitman and Pete Morisi. Tender tales of romance among the cowhands and roughnecks of the Old West. After a stagecoach mishap, a woman impersonates another to sneak onto a ranch. Stella Dawson realizes that her rodeo stablehands are horse thieves, and handsome Rick was the only one to warn her. A woman discovers one of her ranch hands is a deserter on the run from the Confederate army. The Ranch of Riddles; Love Rode In; Revenge on the Rebound; Send Back My Love; My Rebel Heart. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Fawcett Movie Comic (1950 Fawcett) 8 GD- 1.8

2 1/2" cumulative spine split. Cover detached at one staple, coming detached at second. Brittle cover.

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Photo cover features Lash LaRue. Story by Leo Dorfman, from the screenplay by Jack Lewis and Ira S. Webb. Art by Bob Powell. Fawcett presents adaptations of popular movies of the 1950s in comics form. This issue is based on King of the Bullwhip, a 1950 Republic B-movie Western starring Lash LaRue. Lash tracks the masked outlaw El Azote, who is Lash's match with a bullwhip. Lash impersonates El Azote, leading to a climatic whip duel, which is a rare thing indeed. Featuring art by Bob Powell. Plus photo stills from the film. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Gunfighter (1971 Ivan's Press) #1, 1st Printing VG- 3.5

Water damage.

First Printing. Underground Comic. Story, Art, and cover by John Ivan Schrad. 7" X 9". 28 pages. B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Gunfighter (1971 Ivan's Press) #2, 1st Printing VG 4.0

First Printing. Underground Comic. Story and Art by John Ivan Schrad. Cover by Gib Hedges. Limited to 500 copies. B&W. 7" X 8 5/8". Cover price $0.50.

Gunsmoke Western (1955 Marvel/Atlas) 54 GD/VG 3.0 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Color touch. Cover coming loose at one staple. Interior tape and water damage.

Kid Colt Outlaw in "The Men Who Vanish!" (script by Stan Lee, art by Jack Keller), the Gunsmoke Kid in "When Gunslingers Meet" (art by Jack Davis), Wyatt Earp in "Jailbreak in Dodge City!" (script by Lee, art by Dick Ayers), and "The Sheriff!" (art by Jack Davis), plus a two-page text story, "The Silent Man." Davis cover. Cover price $0.10.

John Wayne Adventure Comics (1949-1955 Toby Press) 6 FR 1.0

Cover and centerfold detached. Water damage. Staple rust, rust migration. Mold.

John Wayne photo cover. Genius humor page by Harvey Kurtzman. Cavern of Doom; it was a nightmare being trapped in an ice cave; Waynes horror was tripled when he turned and saw that there were creatures from a pre-historic past. The Lion's Den starring Wayne. Taxi! text story starring Memphis Smith by Donald George. Pot-Shot Pete vs. The Apache Indians, script and art by Harvey Kurtzman; Pot-Shot tries to halt arms sales to the Apaches. Murder Will Out starring John Wayne, art by Al Williamson and Frank Frazetta. Ad for Lone Ranger pen set with cowboys belt. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Kid Colt Outlaw (1948) 120 CGC 4.5

Paper: Off white

Label #4687373013

Cover art by Jack Keller. The Cragsons Ride Again!, script by Stan Lee, art by Jack Keller; When Clem Cragson is released from prison he puts back together the Cragson gang, until he is shut down by Kid Colt. The Stranger, script by Stan Lee (plot) and Larry Lieber (script), art by Larry Lieber. A Marvel Masterwork Pin-Up--Kid Colt in Action by Jack Keller. 36 pgs. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

Kid Colt Outlaw (1948) 165 CGC 9.6

Paper: White

Label #4651653006

Rawhide Kid (1955) 49 FN 6.0

Cover oxidation. Staple rust.

Cover by Larry Lieber and Carl Hubbell. Stories by Larry Lieber and Stan Lee. Art by Larry Lieber, Gene Colan and Carl Hubbell. Danger! Mystery! Hair-trigger action! As you like it! The Rawhide Kid has to solve the most deadly riddle of all or die trying! Can you figure out the real identity of..."The Menacing Masquerader!" by Larry Lieber and Carl Hubbell. Continues next issue. Also in this issue: Back-up story "The Sheriff's Star" by Stan Lee and Gene Colan, reprinted from issue #35. (Note: Letter to the editor from comics and book retailer Bud Plant.) 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Red Eagle Feature Book (1938) 16 PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, interrupts art and story. Full length spine split.

Stories, art and cover by Jimmy Thompson. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay's Feature Book was the first US comic book to devote complete issues to a single character. This issue presents a heroic Native American character, Red Eagle, along with features on Native culture as it was understood in 1938. The comic doubled as a coloring book, and the center spread features two pages of text-free art, originally intended as part of a mail-in coloring contest. Red Eagle; How the False-Faces Began; How to Make Indian Beadwork; How to Make An Indian Bow. 9-in. x 12-in., 72 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Red Ryder Comics (1940-1955 Hawley/Dell) 42 CGC 9.2

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #2018544004

Cover pencils by Fred Harman. News From Red Ryder Ranch article. Red Ryder, pencils by Fred Harman. Zane Grey's King of the Royal Mounted. Little Beaver Spots a Thief text story. Kiyotee Kids. Telecomics. Little Beaver, pencils by Fred Harman. Cowboys text article, pencils by Fred Harman. Photo back cover (Allan Lane as Red Ryder). 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Red Ryder Comics (1940-1955 Hawley/Dell) 148 VG 4.0

3" Internal page tear.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Straight Arrow (1950 Magazine Enterprises) 22 CGC 4.0 Restored

Restored: A1

Paper: Cream to off white

Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover, cover reinforced, staples replaced. RIGHT EDGE TRIMMED.

Label #4666735002

Art by Bob Powell and Fred Meagher. Cover by Frank Frazetta. Rancher Steve Adams, a Comanche raised by white settlers, has a secret identity as the warrior Straight Arrow, a hero who first appeared on a popular radio show. Steve's efforts to impress new neighbor Nan only get worse when Packy and Molly try to help. Red Hawk and Bigfoot are taken as legendary figures of prophecy by a neighboring tribe. Straight Arrow, mistaken for part of a raiding party, risks capture to save his horse Fury. Cover by legendary artist Frank Frazetta. Steve Adams - Badman!; The Luck of Loud Calf!; Red Hawk: Beast of the Bayous!!; Trial by Fury! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Texan (1948 St. John) 11 GD 2.0

1.5" Cumulative spine split.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker and John Forte. "The Texan" and other heroes battle owlhoots and rustlers in the Old West. Renegade Sioux frame Hawk Knife in an attempt to start a war between the tribe and the Army, in one of three stories this issue with art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. In another Baker story, the disappearance of a Texas Ranger forces The Texan to confront a town's self-appointed ruler, the "Hangman of Helldorado." Margo's ranch is targeted by land thieves, even though it's useless for raising cattle. Terrific cover by Baker. Thirty Yards to Justice; Hawk Knife: Bad Blood Brews a Massacre; About Horses; The Texan; Gun Law Blazes on Indian Mesa; Cheyenne Joe: The Ruse of the Snake River Raiders. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Tim Holt (1948 Magazine Enterprises) 18 CGC 4.5

Paper: Off white

Label #3700824006

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.

Tim Holt (1948 Magazine Enterprises) 21 CGC 1.8

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4666735004

Art by Frank Bolle and Dick Ayers. Cover by Frank Frazetta. Western adventure starring movie cowboy Tim Holt. Bank robbers foolishly hide their loot in a cave on Tim Holt's ranch; An old man is killed for a paper he carries, but the Ghost Rider sees the murder; Tim's sidekick Chito is marked for death after he dances with the wrong girl. Featuring an early cover by legendary artist Frank Frazetta. The Pool of Peril!; Target: Chito!; Trail in the Sky; The Ghost Rider: The Spectral Witness!; The Unmasking of Red-Mask! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Tom Mix (1940 Ralston-Purina) 6 PR 0.5

Interior is complete. Full length spine split. Cover oxidation.

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Cover by Fred Meagher. Stories and art by Charles Biro, August Froehlich, Stan Schendel, and Fred Meagher. When movie cowboy Tom Mix's radio show hit it big, sponsor Ralston Purina offered Tom Mix Comics by mail for two boxtops of any Ralston cereal. The art, often uncredited, is exceptionally nice in this series. Tom tries to figure out what's causing the mystery explosions near the Causeway Dam that are threatening Colt Valley's munitions and airplane factories. Miserly Uncle Amos can even turn a family picnic into a comedy of errors, in a story with art by comics legend Charles Biro. Wash and Jane hide out from Trigger Dawson and his gang with only a blowgun to defend themselves. Plus activities pages and magic tricks. And a vintage ad for Ralston cereal prizes, including a Louisville Slugger baseball bat and a Tom Mix toy plane. Another great cover by Fred Meagher. Mystery of the Cobra's Lair; The Fumble Family with Amos Q. Snood; My Favorite Magic Tricks; Sure as Shootin'; Jane's Page; Jane of Dream Castle; Stubby and His Straight Shooter Pals; Straight Shooters Keep Busy. 32 pages, Full Color.

Tom Mix Western (1948 Fawcett) 1 PR 0.5 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION: Spine split seal. Cover to cover chew, slightly interrupts art & story.

Stories and art by Al Liederman and others. Silent-movie cowboy Tom Mix became a pop-culture icon with his 1940s radio show and this tie-in comic. While Tom shows his stuff at a rodeo, outlaws scheme to steal the diamond-studded belt he won for being the Best Cowboy Ever. A desperate town sends a request that Tom "come hyar" and find out what happened to their missing sheriff. Confusion reigns when a 12-year-old outlaw calling himself The Pecos Kid shows up, right after wanted killer Pecos Pete wounds the local sheriff. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Saves the School Party, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. The Saga of Tom Mix; Cowboy Cal; Saddlehead; The Mystery of the Missing Sheriff; The Shooting of Little Duke; Tumbleweed Jr. Has a Pet Theory; Round Up Time with Tom Mix; The Big Bank Robbery; Whipper-Snappers; The Fallen Hero. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Tomahawk (1950) 76 GD/VG 3.0

1/2" spine split. Cover oxidation. Water spotting.

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Cover pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Sheldon Moldoff. The Totem-Pole Trial starring Tomahawk, art by Fred Ray; Tomahawk is sentenced to death. The Chief without a Tribe starring Tomahawk, art by Fred Ray. The Right to be Different! public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Bernard Baily. Night of the Hunt text story. Tomahawk Dies at Dawn, art by Fred Ray. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Tomahawk (1950) 84 VG 4.0

Cover oxidation. Staple rust.

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Cover art by Bob Brown. There's a Coward among the Rangers (part one) starring Tomahawk, script by France Herron, art by Fred Ray. Big Showdown at Death's-Head Bay starring Tomahawk, script by France Herron, art by Fred Ray; Tomahawk's frontier commando's engage in battle. Miss Liberty's All-Girl Army starring Tomahawk, script by France Herron, art by Fred Ray. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Two Gun Western (1950-52) 7 GD/VG 3.0

Cover oxidation. Water damage.

The Apache Kid stars in "The Human Sacrifice" (art by Joe Maneely), "Blast Corbett, Outlaw"; "Wanted"; and "The Secret Mine" (art by Mike Esposito). Cover price $0.10.

Two Gun Western (1956) 10 GD+ 2.5

Cover coming loose at one staple.

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Cover by John Severin. Stories by unknown. Art by Gray Morrow, Don Heck, Tony DiPreta, Frank Bolle and Reed Crandall. In this issue: "Revenge on the Rio Grande!" with art by Gray Morrow; "A Gun at His Back!" with art by Don Heck; "Shotgun Guard!" (featuring Wild Bill Hickok) with art by Tony DiPreta; "Two-Gun Showdown" with art by Frank Bolle; "The Sheriff of Tombstone!" with art by Reed Crandall; and 2-page text story "The Vanishing Stagecoach"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Western Comics (1948) 59 GD+ 2.5

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Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Joe Giella. Smoke Signal Sheriff starring Pow Wow Smith, script by France Herron, art by Carmine Infantino. The Man without a Mask starring Nighthawk, script by France Herron, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Joe Giella. The Silver Dollar Rodeo starring Rodeo Rick, script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Jerry Grandenetti, inks by Joe Giella. The Secret of the Missing Spurs starring the Wyoming Kid, script by Gardner Fox, art by Howard Sherman. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Western Team-Up (1973) 1 FN 6.0

Origin and first appearance of the Dakota Kid in "Ride the Lawless Land!" Script and pencils by Larry Lieber, inks by Vince Colletta. Guest starring the Rawhide Kid. Reprint: "The Gunsmoke Kid." Art by Jack Davis. Cover price $0.20.

Western True Crime (1948) 16 GD- 1.8

1.5" Spine split from bottom. Interior tape over tearing and under staple. Water damage.

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Actually the second issue in the series (says #16 on cover). In order of appearance: "Black Jack, The Man Mountain"; "The Roundup of a Thief!!!"; "Wild Bill Doolin, Killer With a Smile!!"; and "Bill Longley". "I'm Agin Killin" text story reprinted in Colossal Features Magazine (1950) #34(#2). 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Wild Bill Hickok (1949 Avon) 5 GD 2.0

Interior cover tape. Staple added (not manufacturing).

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Painted cover art by Harold Winfield Scott. Silver Mine Outlaws! starring Wild Bill Hickok, art by Howard Larsen. Trail Herd Gun Fights! starring Wild Bill Hickok, art by Howard Larsen. The Return of the Renegade--The Story Behind the Cover text story, painted art by Harold Winfield Scott. The Mysterious Trader starring Jeff Venture, art by Rudy Palais. The Bannock Rebellion starring Wild Bill Hickok, art by Howard Larsen. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Wild Bill Hickok (1949 Avon) 8 GD/VG 3.0

Cover coming loose at both staples. Water spotting with staple rust.

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Painted cover art. Inside front cover art by Everett Raymond Kinstler. The Border Outlaws starring Wild Bill Hickok, art by Howard Larsen. Murder Mines starring Wild Bill Hickok, art by Howard Larsen. The Wagon-Box Ambush starring Wild Bill Hickok, art by Howard Larsen. Death Stands Guard At Post No. 3 text story. Hide-and-Seek with Death starring Mysterious Dave (Dave Mathers). 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Wild Bill Hickok (1949 Avon) 8 GD+ 2.5

1" Spine split from top. Centerfold detached.

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Painted cover art. Inside front cover art by Everett Raymond Kinstler. The Border Outlaws starring Wild Bill Hickok, art by Howard Larsen. Murder Mines starring Wild Bill Hickok, art by Howard Larsen. The Wagon-Box Ambush starring Wild Bill Hickok, art by Howard Larsen. Death Stands Guard At Post No. 3 text story. Hide-and-Seek with Death starring Mysterious Dave (Dave Mathers). 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Wild Bill Hickok (1949 Avon) 18 GD- 1.8

Cover coming loose at one staple and centerfold detached.

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Cover art by Everett Raymond Kinstler. The War of the Medicine Men starring Wild Bill Hickok, art by Howard Larsen. The Blackhawk Indian Tomahawk War, art by Howard Larsen. General Fremont starring Charles John Fremont, art by Marion Sitton. Prince of Pioneers starring Kit West, inks by Gus Schrotter. The Jealous Murderer text story. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Young Blueberry GN (1989-1990) 1-1ST VG- 3.5

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Blueberry's Secret!" Written by Jean-Michel Charlier . Art by Jean "Moebius" Giraud. This graphic novel tells the story of the early years of Mike Donovan a lieutenant in the US Calvary. Learn how he came to blow the Cattanooga Bridge sky high at the start of the Civil War, and how he cleared himself of murder charges. Plus, where did this western hero ever get the name "Blueberry?" Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 56 pages, full color. Cover price $7.95.