Comic books July 1954

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Cover art by Al Plastino. The Outlaws from Krypton starring Superman, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. The Bare-Handed Hunter starring Congo Bill, art by Ed Smalle. The Impossible Space Ship starring Tommy Tomorrow, art by Jim Mooney. The Unlucky Horseshoe starring Vigilante, script by Dick Wood, art by Howard Sherman. 44 Pages, Full Color. $.10 Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Win Mortimer. Don't Give Fire A Place to Start public service announcement starring Superboy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. Superboy City, U.S.A.!, script by Otto Binder, art by John Sikela; When a city decides to name itself after Superboy, he mysteriously destroys all the statues they build of him. The Human Hot-Rodders starring Johnny Quick, script by Otto Binder, art by Hy Mankin. Menace of the Freak Fish starring Aquaman, art by Ralph Mayo. Channel C-R-I-M-E starring Green Arrow, script by Otto Binder, art by George Papp. 44 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Monthly magazine focusing on human interest stories, social issues and fiction. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 140 pages, full color. Cover price $0.35.

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July 1954. Volume 53, Issue 5 - 1st printing. Science fiction stories by Randall Garrett, Poul Anderson, Winston Marks, Robert Abernathy, and Morton Klass. Illustrations by Freas, Orban, and van Dongen. Article on interstellar flight (part 1). Cover by Alejandro. Softcover, 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; 168 newsprint pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by John Celardo and others. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. The FBI and Scotland Yard track a gang of murderous jewel thieves to the frozen wastes of Greenland, in a story that may be early work by Frank Thorne. Mounties King and Bernard travel by dogsled to track poacher Johnson, described in the captions as a "human wolverine," but he proves too tough for just two Mounties. Donovan investigates when Marian denies that the body recovered from a plane crash is that of her husband Bill. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. The Case of the International Jewel Thieves; Monument to Death; The Arctic Menace; Storm Patrol; Corpses in the Caribbean. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Eugene E. Hughes and others. War comics from publisher Stanley Morse in the tradition of EC's war comics. Pvt. Ike rushes to get a package of photos to a reconnaissance officer at the front, but the photos aren't what he expected. Allied forces targeted by German U-boats in WWII rely on a new invention: radar. Aircraft mechanic Curtis tries to keep a bomber in the air, as the series focuses more on WWII stories after the end of the Korean War. Pvt. Ike: Photo Finish!; The Wolf Pack; Blood and Guts; Come Home Baby; Saga of Steel; Pvt. Ike: On Your Toes. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Chuck Miller. Written by Paul S. Newman and unknown. Art by Gene Colan, Bob Powell, Mort Lawrence and Joe Maneely. Featuring: "Noose Around Pusan" with art by Gene Colan; "Blockade!" with art by Bob Powell; "One Man!" with art by Mort Lawrence; "The Ragged Army!" by Paul S. Newman and Joe Maneely; and 2-page text story "The Doates Tradition"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 13, Issue 3 - July, 1954. Men's interest magazine with humor and pin-up pictorials, including a two-page Bettie Page pictorial. Steffa cover. 8.5" x 11.5", 52 pages. B&W with spot color. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Frank Frazetta and Sid Check. Stories and art by Henry Kiefer, Art Gates, Sid Check, and Jay Disbrow. Pre-Code horror comic from Trojan Magazines. Treasure hunters seeking lost pirate gold find skeleton pirates still guarding it, even underwater. A hanged man seeks revenge on those who framed him, in a story that may feature inks by Wally Wood or Frank Frazetta. Scientists seeking the secrets of life and death encounter a zombie. Early cover by art legend Frank Frazetta. The Bell Tolls Death!; Man with the Broken Neck!; The Thing in the Fens; Out of the Grave…; The Spell of Doom! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Sparling. Stories and art by Jack Sparling and Jack O'Brien. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero wandering the Old West. Billy sets out to avenge his prospector friend Jeb, murdered by his partner after they struck gold. Billy rescues a boy from a stampede and gets caught up in a murderous plot on a ranch. When Billy swears to give up his guns, outlaws see their chance. Hatred Made the Desert Hotter; The Maverick; The Prince Albert Kid; The Silver Tongue of Death; The Loan Arranger. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Three Black Rider stories (two untitled, plus "The Black Gauntlet"; all with art by Syd Shores), plus Two-Gun Kid back-up. Two-page text story, "A Date With Death." Shores cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dick Dillin and Chuck Cuidera. Stories by Dick Wood, Paul Gustavson and unknown. Art by Dick Dillin, Paul Gustavson and Chuck Cuidera. Featuring Blackhawk in: "The Killer Vulture" by Dick Wood, Dick Dillin and Chuck Cuidera; "Stand-Ins for Death" with art by Dillin and Cuidera; and "The Phantom Raider" by Wood, Dillin and Cuidera. Plus: Chop Chop in the back-up story "The Veiled Princess" by Paul Gustavson, reprinted from issue #36. And: 1-page text story "The Perfect Double Cross"! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ralph Heimdahl. Stories by Don R. Christensen and various. Art by Tony Strobl, Phil de Lara and Fred Abranz. Featuring several untitled tales starring Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, The Three Bears, Yosemite Sam, Archibald Buzzard, Archy Buzzard's Mother and Porky Pig! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by John Romita. Stories by Don Rico and Joe Gill. Art by John Romita, Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache. "You Die at Midnight!" by Don Rico and John Romita (with the first panel drawn by Carl Burgos) - Communist spies attempt to extort a man who works at the shipyard into turning over plans for atomic-powered vessels or else they will kill his blind son. A disguised Captain America takes his place, and Bucky substitutes for the boy. They reveal themselves and are mopping up the spies when the blind boy comes out of the apartment attempting to help. One of the spies grabs him and threatens to shoot him. Captain America deflects his aim, but the gun discharges near his head, restoring the boy's sight. Captain America and Bucky hand over the spies to the police. Also in this issue: Cap and Bucky in "The Man with No Face" and "Striking Back at the Soviet," both by Don Rico and John Romita; untitled Human Torch and Toro tale by Joe Gill, Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache; and 2-page text story "Bait for a Spy" (writer unknown). 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Dave Tendlar and others. The well-meaning but misunderstood Casper becomes one of Harvey Comics' best-known stars. The Ghostly Trio gives Casper Mean Pills to change his gentle attitude, but they succeed only too well. Casper meets a mole that is skipping school, and helps him figure out the problem: he needs new mole-glasses. Spooky eavesdrops on campers telling ghost stories around the campfire and gets scared himself. Casper the Friendly Ghost; The Sick Spook; Spooky: The Hat Trick; Not So Simple Simon; The Hookey Player; Trunk Full of Trouble; Spooky: Scared Spookless; Casper's Diary; Spooky Gets the Boid. 36 pages, four color. Cover price $0.10.

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Wild Bill Hickok, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 122, with 7/54 date). Into the lawless West rode United States Marshal James Butler Hickok, better known as Wild Bill. A gentleman, always, Wild Bill wore a frock coat, string tie...and a pair of pistols. This is the story of the famous marshal and how he tamed the Western badmen by shooting straighter, cleaner and faster. Cover price $0.15.

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Classic weekly magazine featuring news and fiction. 10.5" x 13.5", 102 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

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Photo cover. Contains original and reprinted material as noted. In order of appearance: "Taunted"; "Love Menace" reprinted from All Romances (1949) #4; "Dollar-Sign Heart" reprinted from Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #51; and "For One Reckless Night" reprinted from Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #36. "For a More Glamorous You: 'Make-Up' to Men, Costume Jewelry for Smartness..." text article reprinted from "Glamorizing Yourself..." in Glamorous Romances (1949) #44 and from "Your Charm Guide..." in Love at First Sight (1949) #25, and reprinted as "Glamorizing Yourself..." in Glamorous Romances (1949) #83, "Glamorize Yourself..." in Glamorous Romances (1949) #85, and as "The Charm Corner..." in Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #74. Indicia states "Volume XXX, Number 3, #178". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Alex Toth. Stories and art by Ben Brown, Bill Finger and Charles Biro. A companion series to Crime Does Not Pay from the same publisher, slightly less violent and with more emphasis on police work. All the stories in this issue attempt to simulate a 3-D effect (without glasses) through the use of page-wide panels with curved borders, a process called "Deep Dimension" in the promotional copy. A trick motorcycle rider decides to use his skill sets for stealing jewelry. An article on the Food and Drug Safety Dept., written by Batman co-creator Bill Finger! A gang decides to attempt a modern-day train robbery after their femme-fatale member cases the station. Death on Wheels; The Show-Off; Are You Being Poisoned?; Murder in the Bathtub; The Gang War Murders. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Alvin Hollingsworth. Stories and art by Art Gates, Alvin Hollingsworth, and Myron Fass. Crime and horror comics featuring detective heroes. When redheaded heiress Jane marries struggling artist Roy, her disapproving guardian gives them a wedding present: a haunted house where an eccentric artist once murdered his model. Inspector Kent investigates reports of a zombie murdering the members of an adventurer's club that's seeking a lost treasure. A private eye is hired to escort a murder witness back to the city, but a gangster wants her dead. Painted in Blood; Cross a Gypsy's Palm; The Murdered Murderer; Fact into Fiction; The Road Back. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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100 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Four Color reprints: Little Lulu in "Treasure Hunt," "Sunday Afternoon," "The Dancing Bear," "Tubby's Travels," "A Feathered Friend in Need," "Just a Gigolo," "Babes in the Wood," "Mountain Climbing," and an untitled story. John Stanley art. 100 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Dell Giant: Tom and Jerry's Summer Fun #1 (July 1954). 100 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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100 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Hank Ketcham. Stories and art by Hank Ketcham, Fred Toole and Al Wiseman. Five-year-old Dennis is a concern to his parents, a crisis to his teachers, and a menace to grumpy neighbor Mr. Wilson. Dennis and his friends think an old house is haunted, but it's actually is the hideout of a counterfeiting gang. Dennis causes a lot of trouble with a simple "For Sale" sign. Henry takes Dennis to a championship boxing match, and a fight breaks out. Something Fishy!; Tennis Anyone?; Spooky Stuff; Pee Bee Kappa (Boy Genius); Dennis the Salesman; Dennis the Golfer; In This Corner…. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Win Mortimer. Don't Give Fire a Place to Start! public service announcement starring Superboy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. The Man Who Shadowed Batman! starring Batman and Robin, script by France Herron, pencils by Dick Sprang (as Bob Kane), inks by Charles Paris. The Doubles of Doom! starring Roy Raymond TV Detective, art by Ruben Moreira. The Case of the Cowardly Crew! starring Captain Compass, script by Otto Binder, art by Joe Certa. Whiz Cop article by Jack Miller (as Joe Masters). The Three Feats of Peril! starring Mysto Magician Detective, art by Leonard Starr. 44 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Frank Frazetta. Stories and art by Rick Yager and Coulton Waugh. The long-running series that introduced "comic books" to the world, featuring reprints of comic strips. Dickie Dare and Dan find adventure in Thailand. An outer-space variation of issue #210's Buck Rogers underwater cover (with bondage elements) by legendary artist Frank Frazetta. A series of short "True Heroic Stories," featuring real-life tales of heroism. Buck Rogers; Dickie Dare; The Chance; He Refused to Retreat; Mission of Mercy! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Terror under Glass," art by Robert Webb (Iger Shop); David sees a psychiatrist about his recurring nightmare of being suffocated in an hourglass; Under hypnosis, he reveals that he was a prisoner of the Japanese during World War II, and collaborated with his captors; As a result, many of his fellow Americans died, including some in a building constructed in hourglass-shape. "Fear in the Jungle"; Wealthy Matilda turns down Tom's proposal, saying she wants to marry jungle man Kaza; Matilda and her companion Dorothy travel to Africa and use her influence to force the commissioner to ask Kaza to guide her on safari; Tom follows and tries to ambush Kaza. "Be My Ghost"; When Pierre learns his wife Gigi is pregnant, he takes a job as the official executioner to earn money for his family; He doesn't tell Gigi what he's doing, and decides to quit because the strain is too much for him; However, Gigi had learned the truth and began an affair with another man, then murdered him. "Ghost Bullet" text story. "Green Horror," pencils by Ken Battefield (Iger Shop); Over her husband's objections, Martha plants a cactus in the yard of their home; George broods over the plant and one night decides to chop it down, but the cactus seizes the axe and kills George instead; The police think a prowler did it. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Jon D'Agostino and Hy Fleishman. Pre-Code tales of EC-style horror from Story Comics. Ralph becomes murderously obsessed with the idea that his wife is having an affair, but all is not as it seems. Hank and Gloria think they've figured out the perfect way to get rid of her husband, but fate provides poetic justice. Roger decides to loot the business that's just laid him off after thirty years, but when a security guard catches him, a simple burglary becomes murder. Smoked-Out; Double Trouble; Smart Cons Don't Talk; Two-of-a-Kind!; The Thief! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Kenneth Landau, Sheldon Moldoff, Art Gates, and Lin Streeter. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A strange visitor brings death to the corrupt nobles who hunted common folk for sport; A hideous stone idol opens a gateway to the dimension of the dead; An obsessed artist sculpts a self-portrait thats a little too lifelike. Circle of the Doomed!; No Escape!; The Horrors of Mu!; Danny and the Demon!; Masquerade. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Dick Briefer and Marvin Stein. Cover by Dick Briefer. Prize Comics revives Dick Briefer's Frankenstein series in line with the horror trends of the Pre-Code 1950s. The Monster has a connection to a cursed tree that brings death to all who touch it; A test pilot's new plane goes so fast he enters a new dimension; Three brothers trap the Monster and try to destroy him, but he gets his revenge. The Tree of Death; Buried Gold; Into the Fourth Dimension; Premonition of Death; T. V. Ghost; Three-Fold Horror and Revenge! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 8, Issue 5 - July 1954. Cover by Mel Hunter. Science Fiction and Adventure Pulp magazine. Stories include "A Thief in Time" by Robert Sheckley, "Green Thumb" by Clifford D. Simak, "This Side Up" by R. E. Banks, "What Rough Beast?" by James Causey, and "Gladiator at Law" Part 2 of 3 by Frederik Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth. Illustrations by Charles Beck, Emsh, Dick Francis, Fleminger. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; 160 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Comic book featuring the famous singing cowboy hero Gene Autry. Gene Autry photo cover. "The Tough Tenderfoot," art by Nicholas Firfires; When Frank Tilden refuses to sell the Rocking-T Ranch, someone is trying to kill him. Untitled story; All inhabitants of Red Gulch are put to sleep by a fume grenade, and the town looted, when Gene arrives. "Proof Positive," script by Elizabeth Beecher, art by Nat Edson; Cruger ambushes Ranger Bailey, and changes clothes and identity with him, but his dog and horse are not fooled. "Self Defence or Murder" text story. Gene Autry ring ad. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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#14, 5-7/54, 10c. Comic book featuring adventures with youngster Ricky and his pals, Champion, the horse for the famous singing cowboy hero Gene Autry, and Rebel, the dog. In this issue, the trio rescue some kidnapped animals in "Monkey Business" and track down some robbers terrorizing the area in "The Rawhide Clue." Story and art credits: unknown. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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June-July issue. Andru and Esposito art. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Gene Colan, Gardner Fox, Joe Giella, Ray Burnley, Sy Barry and John Broome. Western adventure featuring one of the most popular heroes of the mid-20th century, star of TV, film and radio. Hoppy tries to figure out how an old man waiting for a letter is connected to a rustler and a killer, in one of three stories this issue illustrated by future Marvel legend Gene Colan, and one of two written by legendary comics scribe Gardner Fox. In another Fox-Colan story, a stranger's scavenger hunt leads Hoppy to the Calico Shirt Gang and a deadly booby-trap. Hopalong tracks the lone-wolf killer who bumped off a fellow sheriff. The Riddle of the Roaring R Ranch; The Triumph of Red Whiskers!; Track of the Timberwolf; Buried Loot!; Wagons Westward!; Out Where the Tall Tales Began!; The Booby-Trap Trail. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Don Heck. Stories and art by Max Elkin, Rudy Palais, Steve Kirkel and Don Heck. Pre-Code horror comics by the talents at the Iger Shop. A newscaster creates an imaginary monster that turns out to be real. A fishing vessel encounters the ghost of a Viking king. A man becomes obsessed with a woman in a portrait, with tragic results. Also featuring a cover by future Marvel legend Don Heck. Morrisons Monster; The Sea Ghost; Bloodlust; The Deadliest Witch; Dancing Ghost. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Edward Kean and others. An icon of 1950s Americana, Howdy Doody was a star of early television, and a mischievous Tom Sawyer-type adventurer in this comic. Phineas T. Bluster hires Howdy and Dilly to ride Teena the elephant through town to promote the circus, but they forget Teena's command word. The Inspector's Whodunit Machine is supposed to be able to find anyone or anything. Howdy and Dilly go to the beach. Trailer's End; Bluster's Circus; Howdy Doody's Old-Time Silent Movie; The Inspector's Great Invention; Phineas T. Bluster. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Joe Krush. Magazine for children, text stories and illustrations. 68 Page, Full Color, 7-in. x 10-in. Cover price $0.25.

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Masters of the Dead; Rocks Hudson smuggles jewels in the bodies of cadavers that he turns into zombies once they enter the U.S.A. The Avenging Ghost; A sword killer is hanged and buried in quicklime; He is not dead but is severely disfigured by the lime. Terror Take All text story. Partners in Horror; A man is confronted by the personification of death and agrees to marry her in exchange for prolonging his life. Body and Ghoul; A man harnesses the power of thought control, thus gaining the ability to change his appearance. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Marvin Stein. Art by Marvin Stein and Mort Meskin. Pioneering crime comic Justice Traps the Guilty was produced by the studio of comics legends Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, creators of Captain America. An amnesiac ex-ganglord returns to his old haunts, and cops and crooks alike think he's back to make a power grab. A seemingly innocuous farmer has a dark secret. A hood pulls a double-cross on his partners once too often. Gangland Regime; The Gentleman Farmer; The Big Break; Closeups; Double-Crosser! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Russ Heath. "And Sudden Death!", art by Jack Keller; Kid Colt is riding across the range and comes across a new settlement and remarks how fast the west is expanding; Not far away is a group of Comanches who have noticed the new settlement and decide to go in and talk to the settlers about sharing their hunting grounds in order to maintain peace. "A Thousand Sinners," art by Jack Keller; Kid Colt is riding along the range when someone tries to take a shot at him; Kid Colt sneaks around and finds that the shooter is a young man and quickly shoots his guns out of the young man's hands; Kid Colt confronts the boy and learns that he is Greg Peterson, and he took a shot at Kid Colt to prove himself to the leader of his gang Jack Brent so he can be a great outlaw. "A Brave Comes Home" text story. "El Dorado!", art by Syd Shores; At is medical practice, Dr. Matthew Masters is about to close up for the day when suddenly an old man stumbles in with a gunshot wound; The old man tells him that he has discovered a mountain made of gold and was shot by a man named Yates who sought to claim the gold himself; The old man warns Masters that the mountain is cursed and tells him where to find it. "The Lawmakers," art by Jack Keller; Chuck Grimes has been forcing local ranchers to pay him protection money; He is currently roughing up a rancher named Foster and forces him to sign off his property; Recovering at his home, Foster is visited by his friend Kid Colt who learns about Grimes plans, and suddenly Grimes comes to get his payment, Kid Colt decides to deal with him. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.