Western Comics comic books issue 6

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Cover art by Howard Sherman. The Murder Mustang starring Wyoming Kid, art by Howard Sherman. A summary of Bob Feller's baseball career coupled with a Wheaties ad. The Man Who Won Five States, art by Jimmy Thompson. Owlhooter's Heaven starring Rodeo Rick, art by John Lehti. Irwin Foster Sportswear clothing ad with the Superman emblem and figures of Superman. A brief history of stagecoaches. Ingersoll Mickey Mouse Watches ad. The Hat That Hunted Death, art by Ed Smalle Jr. Ad for U. S. Royal bicycle tires, art by Al Plastino. Highlights in the life of Jeff Ake. Little-known facts about baseball and an offer for a photo of Bobby Feller. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bill Holman. Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Chester Gould, Frank King, Harold Gray, Bill Holman, Zack Mosley, Bill Ward, Stanley Link, Frank Willard, Gus Edson, Jock McCail, Walter Berndt, Ed Leffingwell, Martin Branner, Loy Byrnes, Reg Perrott, Al Posen and Carl Ed. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Pyzon brings in a missionary to ensure that the wedding lottery for Pat Ryan is legit. Reprints of Sunday Gasoline Alley strips, as Skeezix's pal Brick visits from military school and shows him how to keep Trixie's attention. Plus an Atlantis adventure strip with early art by Bill Ward. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie, Dick Tracy, Smokey Stover and The Gumps. Moon Mullins; Dick Tracy; Tiny Tim; Smitty; Spooky; Gasoline Alley; The Lost Colony of Atlantis; Winnie Winkle; The Gumps; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; The City of Jewels; Terry and the Pirates; Streaky; Sweeney & Son; Smokey Stover; Little Joe; Skit, Skat and the Captain; Smilin' Jack. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. "End of the Trail!" Collects All Star Western (2011-2014) #29-34. Written by Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti. Art by Staz Johnson, Darwyn Cooke, Cliff Richards and José Luis García-López. Cover by Darwyn Cooke. Now back in the Old West, Hex finds readjusting to his old life a bit more difficult than he expected - especially when he finds out that there's an impostor calling himself Jonah Hex! Softcover, 144 pages, full color. Cover price $14.99.

UK publication reprinting stories from Prize Comics Western (1948-1956 Prize) #80 and #91. Trial by Six-Gun!, Border Menace!, and Buffalo Stampede. Art by John Severin. 28 pages, B&W.

Stories and art by Paul Parker and Bill Walton. Western tales both true and fictional, which, like Hillman's crime comics, are often told from the outlaw's point of view. This issue features a triad of biographies of famous Western oddballs: The strange true story of San Francisco eccentric Norton, who proclaimed himself Norton I, the Emperor of the United States. Sideshow performer Leon Borchardt, aka "Oofty Goofty," performed odd feats and was seemingly immune to pain. Folk hero Windwagon Thomas fitted a wagon with a sail to ride the winds across the flat prairies of Kansas. Siege; The Mad Murdocks; Emperor of the United States; Oofty-Goofty; An Even Split; The Mescalero Indians; The Sign in the Sky; Windwagon Thomas; Warwhoop. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Final issue of the series (becomes Western Love Trails with issue # 7). Bud Steele the Cross-Draw Kid in "The Nemesis of No Man's Land," Sheriff Sal in "The Gila Monster Murders," "The Terror of the Southwest" (art by A.C. Hollingsworth), and "Baited Into Heartbreak." Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Gerald McCann. Anne of the Old Natchez, art by Mike Suchorsky; Gambling and duels on the Mississippi. Sergeant Barney's Gamble. The Old Man's Weapon; the editor has been insulted and has the right to choose weapons; he chooses shotguns. The Loaded Guitar, pencils by Mike Roy [as R.M.]; the stage is robbed for cash and diamonds, and the barber and his gang hide the loot in an old guitar. Ramrod in the Saddle, art by Gerald McCann; A new replacement officer proves to be a cunning soldier. Thorns From the East; when a stranger comes riding to warn them of Indians, they seem to be in no hurry to get away. The Man With the Mural Muscles; he blacksmith wanted a new tattoo, but didn't know that a tattoo artist means a gunslinger in French. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.