Black Diamond Western (1949) comic books 1954-1956
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Issue #53
Published Dec 1954 by Lev Gleason.$9.60
Stories and art by Bill Walton and Allan Bellman. 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 track an outlaw gang to their secret hideout on an island in a lake. Buck Roper and Hotfoot investigate after a robbery of the rodeo payroll turns to murder. Red Fire is abducted while investigating the disappearance of the town's neighboring tribe. Black Diamond: Terror Island; Buck Roper: Rodeo Payroll Murder; Western Lore; Too Young to Die; Red Fire: Fight for Life. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #58
Published Oct 1955 by Lev Gleason.$4.00
Cover by Myron Fass. Stories and art by Bill Walton and Myron Fass. 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. When The Scorpion and his gangs target towns left defenseless by the Civil War, Black Diamond joins forces with Davy Crockett to fight back, in a story with early art (and cover) by future MF publisher Myron Fass. An outlaw seeks to rig a town election to secure the power to make his own laws. The Mason brothers target settlers with a protection racket. Black Diamond: Return of the Scorpion; Thieves' End at Gasper Gulch; Black Diamond: Bullets and Ballots; Black Diamond: The Marrying Kind; Red Fire: Revenge at Black Rock. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
