Lash Larue Western (1949 Fawcett/Charlton) comic books 1953-1955

Movie cowboy Lash Larue is known for his trademark black outfit and his skill with a bullwhip. "Roving marshal" Lash goes undercover with a traveling circus to find out if Hijinx the acrobat really murdered the lion tamer with his own lion. Lash investigates when Bill asks him to prove if the man in the bandages really is his uncle, owner of the Double X Ranch. Dusty tells his neighbor about the bear that chased him clear across the calendar. Hammerhead; Death Under the Big Top; Humpty and Dumpty; The Case of the Mysterious Patient; Dusty: The Happy Hunter; Wagonwheels; Molasses Mouth; Invisible Justice; The Fatal Souvenir! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Movie cowboy Lash Larue is known for his trademark black outfit and his skill with a bullwhip. "Roving marshal" Lash trails an outlaw named Hexx (but not Jonah) and learns the truth about the fatal hayride. Lash tries to prevent an illegal cross-border arms deal with Mexican revolutionaries. Dusty suspects his neighbor is going to con him out of twenty bucks, so he decides on a pre-emptive con. The Champs; The Sign of the Hexx!; Wagonwheels; Molasses Mouth; Border Incident; The Misleading Clue!; Dusty: The Chair Trick; The House in the Desert! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Movie cowboy Lash Larue is known for his trademark black outfit and his skill with a bullwhip. "Roving marshal" Lash tries to help a town through an epidemic of the "red rash," but outlaws plan to use the crisis to cover a robbery. Belle Buckley, the "Prairie Nightingale," conspires with her boyfriend to steal a gold shipment that he and Lash are supposed to be guarding. Dusty tells his neighbor about the elevator dance - it doesn't have any steps. Hair Breath Escape; Belle Buckley: Gold Town Siren!!!; Wagonwheels; Molasses Mouth; The Prairie Epidemic!; Dusty: The Dancemaster; The Phony Letter. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Movie cowboy Lash Larue is known for his trademark black outfit and his skill with a bullwhip. "Roving marshal" Lash investigates why Joe Tungsten has been targeted for death by "The Invisible Enemy." Lash tries to control the gangs of juvenile delinquents (a hot topic in 1953) that are hanging around the train yard. Dusty is in trouble after accidentally breaking a window. Peaceful Percy; The Invisible Enemy; Dusty; The Apple Mystery; Wagonwheels; Molasses Mouth; Futures Peril! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Howard Boughner and others. Movie cowboy Lash Larue is known for his trademark black outfit and his skill with a bullwhip. "Roving marshal" Lash tracks some rustled cattle to the secret of the shanghaied rustlers. But first he must get past the wolf pack guarding the hidden ranch, in a multi-part story. Killer Herky does away with his uncle, but now must stop Lash from delivering a will that leaves his uncle's entire ranch to charity. Fiery Chariot; The Shanghaied Rustlers; Wagonwheels; Trader Tom; Dusty: The Promise!; Big Bow and Little Arrow; Molasses Mouth; The Missing Papers. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Howard Boughner and others. Movie cowboy Lash Larue is known for his trademark black outfit and his skill with a bullwhip. In a disturbing pre-Code story, Lash must decide if Crusher Moran or Tom Carson murdered a group of children, as each accuses the other of doing it. "Roving marshal" Lash discovers that the new sheriff in Rampus is behaving suspiciously, and robberies have increased since he took office. Dusty invites his boss to dinner so he can ask for a raise - what could possibly go wrong? Mysterious Map; Tainted Justice; Dusty: He "Nose" All; The Road To Danger; Wagonwheels; Trader Tom; The Trap; Molasses Mouth; Big Bow and Little Arrow. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Howard Boughner and Stan Campbell. Movie cowboy Lash Larue is known for his trademark black outfit and his skill with a bullwhip. Fawcett was experimenting with longer tales in some titles, eventually resulting in issue-length stories like this one. "Roving marshal" Lash finds a lost ticket to an opera-house performance of "Horatio Hamlet" in Apache Falls. But while he watches the show, a mysterious figure mistakes him for a hired killer, and passes him a note targeting the editor of the town paper. Self Defense; Ticket to Despair; Dusty: The Chief Chef!; Wagonwheels; Trader Tom; Molasses Mouth. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Howard Boughner and Stan Campbell. Movie cowboy Lash Larue is known for his trademark black outfit and his skill with a bullwhip. An outlaw steals a bear suit from a carnival, and uses it to free his imprisoned gang and take a sheriff hostage. "Roving marshal" Lash tries to figure out who left a bag of counterfeit money in a stagecoach. Wagonwheels isn't sure if he's catching fish, or just feeding them with his bait. Ambush; The Carnival of Death; Molasses Mouth; Big Bow and Little Arrow; The Stagecoach Riddle; Dusty: Back Home on the Farm; Wagonwheels; Trader Tom. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Howard Boughner and Stan Campbell. Movie cowboy Lash Larue is known for his trademark black outfit and his skill with a bullwhip. In a double-length tale, the chieftain Thunder Bear is blamed for a series of massacres decimating towns on the frontier. But Lash isn't so sure that the Natives are actually responsible. "Roving marshal" Lash investigates when a series of accidents plagues Spurs Downey, star trick-rider of the Wild West Rodeo Show. My Pard, My Horse; The Buffalo's Tooth; Trader Tom; Dusty: The Explosive Plan!; The Riding Fool. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Howard Boughner and Stan Campbell. Movie cowboy Lash Larue is known for his trademark black outfit and his skill with a bullwhip. In a double-length tale, Lash tries to find a rational explanation when a dead man is suddenly sighted walking the range. "Roving marshal" Lash suspects a series of stagecoach robberies is an inside job, so he goes undercover in the stage office. Wagonwheels meets a man who gets under everybody's skin: a tattoo artist. Backfire; Dead Man Walks the Range; Big Bow and Little Arrow; Trader Tom; Dusty: The Build-Up; Molasses Mouth; Wagonwheels; The Boomerang Traps. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Howard Boughner and Stan Campbell. Movie cowboy Lash Larue is known for his trademark black outfit and his skill with a bullwhip. In a double-length tale, Lash rides in pursuit when a young marshal is ambushed and his ID is stolen. Now the outlaw is impersonating a marshal, and Lash must clear the real marshal's name. "Roving marshal" Lash investigates a prospector's report that outlaws stole his gold find - but "Digem" makes that report all the time. Treachery Trail; Marshal's Tainted Honor; Big Bow and Little Arrow; Trader Tom; Dusty: The Double-Cross in the Cross-Country Run; Molasses Mouth; Wagonwheels; The Lost Chance. Final issue published by Fawcett; Charlton began publishing the title with the next issue. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by John Belfi and others. First issue published by Charlton. Movie cowboy Lash Larue is known for his trademark black outfit and his skill with a bullwhip. In a double-length tale, Lash tries to protect an old prospector when outlaws want the sunken treasure chest he found in the river. Lash tries to help the sheriff of Ulster Gulch prove that Ned Cleery's gang is behind all the recent stagecoach robberies. "Roving marshal" Lash interrupts a hanging and tries to figure out who really belongs on the end of a rope. Treasure of Doom; The End of the Rope; The Unknown Trail; Sitt and Satt; The Ghost Gang. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Stan Campbell and others. Movie cowboy Lash Larue is known for his trademark black outfit and his skill with a bullwhip. In a double-length tale, Lash steps between courageous female stagecoach driver Suzy and outlaw Drifter, who has a yen for her. But Drifter has revenge in mind for both of them. Dee Dickens tries to figure out the difference between Pike's peke (a dog), and Pike's Peak, but it's a losing battle. Fatal Witness; The East Goes West; Dee Dickens: A Dogs Life; The Stolen Map. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Stan Campbell and others. Movie cowboy Lash Larue is known for his trademark black outfit and his skill with a bullwhip. "Roving marshal" Lash takes on the outlaws who have seized the Stone Mountain Silver Mine, even though he has one arm in a sling. Lash takes action when he realizes that Duke's casino is paying off in counterfeit money, threatening the economic stability of the whole town. Bank robber Slade tries to trick his partner and Lash into taking out each other. Duke Takes the Count; Young Falcon: Captive; Red Roan Wild Horse Story: The Challenger; Loco Lew; Cactus Brain; Hammerhead; The Stone Mountain Escapade! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Stan Campbell and others. Movie cowboy Lash Larue is known for his trademark black outfit and his skill with a bullwhip. "Roving marshal" Lash must protect the editor of the Eagles Gap Dispatch when he exposes Ace Decker's crooked casino. Lash finds a body hidden in the brush, then finds a world of trouble at a remote lumber camp. Wagonwheels talks about the day it was so hot, the hens laid hard-boiled eggs. Lumber Camp Mystery; Big Bow and Little Arrow; Good Guns for Goldsboro; The Amazing Web of Circumstance; Wagonwheels. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Stan Campbell. Stories and art by Stan Campbell, Ray Osrin and Al Liederman. Movie cowboy Lash Larue is known for his trademark black outfit and his skill with a bullwhip. A killer convinces another outlaw to rob a mine payroll and hide the money, knowing the robber will be caught by Lash LaRue and he can make off with the hidden loot. Stage robbers dress as soldiers to fool Lash and knock him unconscious - twice! A bank robber gets a job as a teller to fool the banker and Lash. Two Killers; Hijacked!; Cowboy Cal; Saddlehead; Red Roan: Four-Footed Sheriff; Big Bow and Little Arrow; The Montado Gulch Adventure. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Stan Campbell. Stories and art by Stan Campbell and others. Movie cowboy Lash Larue is known for his trademark black outfit and his skill with a bullwhip. "Roving marshal" Lash tracks a drug-smuggling gang to the US Post Office. A young outlaw gets captured on his first job, and gets a lecture from an old-timer who seems strangely familiar. Slim Pickens and Pouchy have a rivalry over who's going to take the schoolmarm to the dance, but it escalates when itching powder is involved. The First Offender; Scarlet Justice; Double Dealing Justice; Slim Pickens: School Daze; Gopher Face Gets The Range of It. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Stan Campbell. Stories and art by Clint Harmon and others. Movie cowboy Lash Larue is known for his trademark black outfit and his skill with a bullwhip. "Roving marshal" Lash boards a train to trail The Man in the Green Hat, a dope smuggler, until he meets his contact. Outlaws kidnap Lash's sidekick Squinty, but they underestimate both Squinty and his dog, Mutt. Dusty explains to his neighbor why he puts the Dusty in "Dusty Trails." Range Talk; The Man in the Green Hat; Chuckwagon Gus; Dusty Trails; Midnight Murder; The Lamps of Revenge; Wagonwheels; Happy Homer; The Way Out; The Mad Dog. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Stan Campbell. Movie cowboy Lash Larue is known for his trademark black outfit and his skill with a bullwhip. "Roving marshal" Lash tries to protect a prospector until he can make his gold claim legal at the surveyor's office, but every outlaw in town wants it first. Even captured and put in jail, the mysterious bandit White Mask manages to strike again. Dusty matches wits with the local dentist. First issue with the Comics Code seal on the cover. The Tuxton Valley Hoax!; Molasses Mouth; A Soldier; Dusty: The Toothache!; Wagon Wheels; Big Bow and Little Arrow: Party Capers; The Devils Gap Plot! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Stan Campbell. Movie cowboy Lash Larue is known for his trademark black outfit and his skill with a bullwhip. "Roving marshal" Lash investigates the masked bandit who's robbing stagecoaches, but little does he know that it's the stagecoach driver himself in disguise. While the saloon is darkened for the performance of Kitty Kildare, the "Prairie Nightingale," a mysterious figure commits murder, and Lash must figure out who. Dusty gets involved in a contest to tell the best Western story to a visiting writer, but his tales are pretty tall. The Man Who Pursued Himself; The Golden Gunload; Background for a Plot; Dusty: The Big Job; Ten Gallon Tex; Saddlehead; Loonie Les. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Stan Campbell. Movie cowboy Lash Larue is known for his trademark black outfit and his skill with a bullwhip. "Roving marshal" Lash tracks a runaway lion after a circus train derails. Lash dresses as a convict for a costume party, just as three actual convicts escape a chain gang and head for town. Outlaws want to kidnap a visiting king and hold him for ransom, but unfortunately for them, King is just the guy's last name. The King's Ransom!; Loco Lew; Gun-Slick Showdown; Mustang Mack; The Escape; The Circus Train Calamity. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Stan Campbell. Movie cowboy Lash Larue is known for his trademark black outfit and his skill with a bullwhip. "Roving marshal" Lash joins forces with his twin brother, the "Frontier Phantom," to investigate whether a pattern of locomotive accidents is being deliberately set. Outlaws plot to rob a stagecoach full of gold right from under Lash's nose, and when he gets too close, he becomes a literal target. Bill Folers rides for help when the outlaw army of The Wolf surrounds Fort Cayoga, in an altered story that originally starred Will Rogers. The Frontier Phantom Rides Again!; Mouthful Mary; Bill Folers: Treachery on the Purple Trail; Buzzard's Trail; Prisoner Primm; Wagonwheels; Target for Highwaymen! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Stan Campbell. Movie cowboy Lash Larue is known for his trademark black outfit and his skill with a bullwhip. "Roving marshal" Lash investigates when outlaws force riverboat captains to carry illegal goods down the river. Lash arrests one of the Hurd Brothers, but where there's one, others will appear. Plus a vintage ad for The Complete Space Rocketeer ("Space Rockets Are Fun!"), a hot topic in 1955. The Terrible Hurd Brother Bandits!; Foreman Foss; Wits Against Gun; The Floating Trunk; Wagonwheels. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.