Great Western (1954) comic books
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Issue #8
Published Mar 1954 by Magazine Enterprises.$16.75
View scan- 4" cumulative spine split. Cover oxidation. Brittle. Cover detached at one staple.
Cover by Fred Guardineer. Art by Fred Guardineer, Fred Meagher, Joe Certa and Bob Powell. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #93. Tales of Western adventure from Magazine Enterprises, featuring heroes like Red Hawk and the Durango Kid. Red Hawk must outrace a wild horse stampede to warn his tribe of an attack by renegades; Trail Colt rescues a cowboy left to die in the desert by El Diablo's gang; Apaches abduct a rancher and his wife and demand a ransom. Red Hawk: The Earthshaker; Durango Kid: Duel to the Finish!; Straight Arrow: Apache Vengeance!; Trail Colt, U. S. Marshall: The Desert Devil. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #11
Published Dec 1954 by Magazine Enterprises.$27.00
View scan- Cover loose at one staple. Water damage.
(A-1 Comics #127) Cover by Frank Bolle. Stories by Gardner Fox and others. Art by Dick Ayers , Fred Meagher, Joe Certa and Bob Powell. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #127. Tales of Western adventure from Magazine Enterprises, featuring heroes like Red Hawk and the Durango Kid. To escape his capture by the Blackfeet, Red Hawk must use a legendary unbendable bow; Outlaws believe they have killed Straight Arrow, but his ghost rides after them; Durango Kid seeks the culprits behind the very first Pony Express robbery. Also featuring an ad for a glow-in-the-dark Ghost Rider scarf/mask for kids to wear. Straight Arrow: The Ghosts of Straight Arrow; Red Hawk: The Bow That Would Not Bend; Durango Kid: Peril of the Pony Express; The Calico Kid: Night Fight. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
