Γουέστερν [Western] comic books issue 4

Vol. 4, No. 5 - March 1939. 6.75" x 9.75", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Stories and art by Dave Berg and Charles W. Winter. Outlaws, gunfighters, and tales of the Old West - some true, and others merely legends. A confrontation between US forces and Kiowa, Comanche and Plains Apache leads to the Battle of Adobe Walls. A humor story featuring early art by future MAD artist Dave Berg. Cowhands are concerned when the boss's tenderfoot son sets out to capture the dangerous wild stallion known as Black Luck. The Stranger and the Stallion; Battle of Adobe Walls; Bedlam in Mesa County; The Chief Meets His Match; Nobody Wants McGillicudy; White Man's Tepee; The Legend of Ace o' Spade; War on the Otoe. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover photo of movie star Rex Allen. Edited by Bill Black. Stories by Bill Black and others. Art by Howard Larsen, Tony Sgroi and Russ Manning. AC Comics reprints classic Western stories featuring movie cowboys that originally appeared in comics from the Golden Age. The spotlight this issue is on Rex Allen, the Arizona Cowboy. A vintage Rex Allen story with art by Russ Manning, in which bandits use a fire alarm to lure everyone out of town, and an illustrated retrospective of Rexs film career. Also, comic adventures of Johnny Mack Brown, Monte Hale and John Wayne. Rex Allen: The False Alarm; Rex Allen the Arizona Cowboy; Monte Hale Outlaw; John Wayne: Goddess Gold; Johnny Mack Brown: Dangerous Destination. 40 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

Cover by Russ Heath. Stories by Jay Scott Pike, Tony DiPreta, Al Gordon, and Paul Hodge. Cowboys, bad guys, brawls and gunfights—these are rough rawhide tales of Western Outlaws! 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 4, Issue 6 - August, 1949. 6.75" x 9.75", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Reprint of pulp serial novel "Rope Neckties". Written by John Wilstach. Softcover (squarebound), 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 128 pages, Text Only Cover price $0.25.

Ringo Kid in "Men Trap!" Other stories include "Gun-Fight in Tombstone" (script by Stan Lee, art by Joe Maneely), "The Man Who Hated Soldiers!" (script by Lee, art by Bob Brown), "The Holdup!" (script by Lee, art by Joe Sinnott), and Billy Buckskin in "Battle For Survival" (art by Mort Drucker). Two-page text story, "Old Mining Town." John Severin cover. Cover price $0.10.

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The Frame-Up. The legendary Gabby Hayes, sidekick of all sidekicks in 1940s Western movies, takes the starring role in this series of mini-comics. They were distributed as a set of 5 for a Quaker Oats mail-in premium, likely published by Fawcett. While looking for lost cattle on the ridge over Buzzard's Bend, Gabby witnesses a stagecoach robbery. He soon finds he's been framed for the crime, and only the cows can corroborate his alibi. 7-in. x 2 1/2-in., 24 pages, Full Color.

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Cover photos feature movie cowboys Tom Mix, Roy Rogers Jr., Gabby Hayes and Lash LaRue. Edited by Bill Black. Stories by Bill Black and Judy Wilson. Art by Carl Pfeufer, John Jordan, Leonard Frank and Tony Sgroi. AC Comics reprints classic Western stories that originally appeared in comics from the Golden Age, along with some new ones. Lash LaRue helps an accused murderer clear his name; Western sidekick Gabby Hayes gets a rare solo adventure; A look at the career of classic Western star Lash LaRue. Lash LaRue: Tainted Justice!; New Horizons for Lash LaRue; The King of the Bullwhip; Tom Mix: Introduction to Disaster; Call Me Dusty; Gabby Hayes: Mule Train. 32 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $3.50.

The comic adventures of Smiley Burnette, best known as the sidekick to Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, and other movie cowboys. Smiley must fight for his life after his newspaper prints an expose of card-sharp Charley Cheet. When members of the Canuga tribe are being abducted by bears who vanish without a trace, Red Eagle suspects trickery from the rival Onadontas. Smiley's new recording career earns him the enmity of fellow performer Grouchy Gus; luckily, Smiley has his Smiley-o-phone, with its secret dart attack! Charley Cheet's Trickery; Mustang Mack Horses Around!; Red Eagle: The Marauders!; Miguelito's Merry Murder!; Careless Gold; The Show Must Go on!; Western Quiz; Halfwit Hack: A Pressing Occasion! Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 4, No. 3 - May 1945. 6.75" x 9.75", 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Mort Lawrence. Stories and art by Vic Martin and Paul Reinman. Outlaws, gunfighters, and tales of the Old West - some true, and others merely legends. A con man swindles a town with promises of a railroad stop, igniting a feud with a neighboring town. Tom, Dick and Harry give up their totem-pole business and decide to start robbing stagecoaches, in a humorous story with art by Vic Martin. A prospector's faithful mule Jamie gets him out of one jam after another. The Peddler From the Cavalry; The Rattler's Ticket; Tom, Dick and Harry: The Totem Pole; The Foolish Maverick; The Steam Huckster; Frontier Signals; Lop-Eared Sidekick. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover photo by John Randolph. Art by Bruno Premiani, Vic Donahue, John Severin, Will Elder, Mort Meskin, and Jack Kirby. Tales of romance on the range and heartbreak on the high prairie. Nan romanticizes the Old West and hates to see modern advances; A story featuring early art by EC legends John Severin and Will Elder (and a page by Kirby); Sally falls for tough-guy cowboy Chane. The Girl from Ghost Town; Cowtown Casanova; Bodyguard for Betsy; How to Corral Your Man; Heartbreaker; The Rancher's Daughter!; Six-Gun Serenade. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

In order of appearance: "Quantril, The Killer's Killer" art by Johnny Craig; "Joaquin Murieta...The Fabled Killer, Caballero of California"; and "The Daring Delaney's, The Circus Cut-Throats". "Can't Teach an Old Sheriff New Tricks?" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Mort Drucker. Stories and art by Bob McCarthy and Les Zakarin. Tales of war and adventure in the Old West. A fanciful tale of the West unites the death of the Sundance Kid and the origin of Billy the Kid. Buffalo Bill is hired to guide a wagon train through the dangerous territory of renegade chieftain Sky Eagle. The Utah Kid tries to mend fences between the townspeople of Saddle Rock and the drifters who are trying to settle nearby. Cover by future MAD artist Mort Drucker. Billy the Kid: Death of the Sundance Kid; Oddities From Out of the West; Lobo Lesson; Buffalo Bill: Man of the Plains; Indian's Word; Utah Kid: Roaring Guns. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Don Perlin and Bernie Krigstein. Western tales both true and fictional, which, like Hillman's crime comics, are often told from the outlaw's point of view. Prospector Wo Sung plots a fitting revenge against the man who stole his mine and left him for dead, in a story with early art by EC legend Bernie Krigstein that features a rare (for the time) positive portrayal of a Chinese character. The story of Western legend Judge Roy Bean, the saloon-keeper and Justice of the Peace who called himself "The Law West of the Pecos." Folk hero Davy Crockett was a real-life adventurer who served in Congress, fought at the Alamo, and was later proclaimed "King of the Wild Frontier." Black Silver Heart; The Biggest Bean in Texas; Coyote Stallion; Coonskin Davey Crockett; Gun Belt Birthday; No Gold Today; The Cold Deck Kid; Best Shoulders in the Country. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.