Zane Grey's Stories of the West (1955-1958 Dell) comic books 1956-1969

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Painted cover art. "Dude Rancher," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Albert Micale; Uncle died, young Iowan Ernest Selby inherits the ranch in Arizona, where twenty thousand cattle have become only six thousand; To investigate, Ernest goes undercover, hiring on at his own ranch, as a greenhorn dude; He makes allies, enemies, and courts the thief foreman's daughter, Anne Hepford; Adapts Zane Grey's novel "The Dude Ranger" first published as a serial novel beginning in the October 1930 issue of McCall's. "The Wrath of Mehitabel" text story. "The Charmed Life of Elfego Baca," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Albert Micale; Elfego Baca makes citizen's arrest of cowboy McCarty for shooting up the place, locks him in the jail at Frisco, New Mexico; Foreman Perham of the Slaughter ranch where McCarty is a hand, demands his release; Baca refuses; A mob of eighty cowboys and ranchers ride on the little Latin-American settlement. "The Cowboy is an athlete" article by Gaylord Du Bois. "John Slaughter" Heroes of the West article by Gaylord Du Bois. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art by Sam Savitt. "Forests of Stone" Natural Wonders of the West article by Gaylord Du Bois; The petrified forest in the desert valley surrounded by Circle Cliffs in Utah. "The Trail Driver," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Albert Micale; June, 1871; Cattleman Brite takes on Reddie as horse wrangler; Cattle drive; Chisholm Trail; Foreman Joe spanks Reddie, ignorant she's a girl of 16; Wallen murdered her dad; He and Hite demand to take her; Joe outguns Hite; Brite adopts Reddie; Drovers witness his will, all to her; Hite & co. take part of the herd; 20 Comanche attack emigrant wagons. "New Sheriff" text story. "The Cooney Saga," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Mort Drucker; Ex-Cavalry Sergeant James C. Cooney returns to Mineral Creek where he spotted silver during a cavalry detail in the 1870s; A rich strike; Word leaks; Miners stampede; Mining camp of Mogollon Springs; Apaches plan a massacre. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art by Sam Savitt. "Saguaro National Monument" Natural Wonders of the West story by Gaylord Du Bois; Describes the giant saguaro cacti that cover sixty thousand acres of Arizona desert, and how they are used by Indians and animals. "30,000 on the Hoof," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Albert Micale; Logan and Lucinda; Ranch, family, horses, cattle; Campbells with knives try rob stock; Three Huett sons prevail; Daughter Babs was adopted, marries brother Abe; Sons volunteer for WWI; Logan waits until the beeves price is high, seeks war profits, takes wrapped cash to pridefully show off; buyer is a swindle, Logan gets newspaper, loses a million. "Desert Death Trap" text story by Gaylord Du Bois. "Black Bart, the Robber Poet," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Albert Micale; Schoolteacher Boles changes careers; As C. E. Bolton he banked his loot in San Francisco; Thirty odd robberies, never of passengers, only express boxes, carefully planned, using a shotgun he never fired (some believe was not even loaded), wearing a linen duster, masked with a flour sack. The Cowboy – at Work – at Play article by Gaylord Du Bois. "Bill Tilghman" Heroes of the West article by Gaylord Du Bois. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.