All Star Western
#80
(December 1954-January 1955)
DC,
1951 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1954-10-05
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Julius Schwartz (actual editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Hidden Sheriff!
The Trigger Twins / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Trigger Twins: Walt Trigger; Wayne Trigger
- Reprints
The Hidden Sheriff!
The Trigger Twins / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Trigger Twins: Walt Trigger; Wayne Trigger
- Synopsis
- Walt, the sham sheriff, finally confesses to the townspeople that "meek storekeeper" Wayne is the real fighting twin. He pins the badge on Wayne and walks away. Grifters soon descend to shoot up the town, and Wayne must act inept to keep their secret. But Walt is captured and shoved off a cliff. Wayne hauls him to safety and shoots up the villains. Upon their return to town, people say, "Walt must've been sun-struck to say Wayne was the real sheriff. But everything's okay now!"
- Reprints
-
in Tomahawk (Thorpe & Porter, 1954 series) #7 (1955) -
in Seriemagasinet (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1951 series) #12/1957 ([desember] 1957) -
in The Hundred Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 ? series) #37 (October 1959)
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Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Now More Than Ever - Look for This Famous Symbol!
DC Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
The Boy Warrior!
Strong Bow / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Strong Bow
- Synopsis
- A boy hurtles over "Misty Falls" (now Niagara Falls), and Strong Bow needs vine-arrows to rescue him. He doesn't speak their language, so can't learn the boy's fate. He protects him from falling rocks, a broken rope bridge, and finally dumps an avalanche on the assassins. An elder explains the boy is now their chief since his father died yesterday!
- Reprints
- in Seriemagasinet (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1951 series) #6/1958 ([mai] 1958)
-
in Tomahawk (Williams Förlags AB, 1969 series) #5/1975 (maj 1975) - in Tomahawk (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #5/1975 ([mai] 1975) [2. translation]
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Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[no title indexed]
Fleer's Dubble Bubble; The Adventures of the Dubble Bubble Kids / advertisement / 0.5 page
[no title indexed]
Indian Facts / cartoon / 0.5 page
- Script
- Martin Naydel (signed)
- Pencils
- Martin Naydel (signed)
- Inks
- Martin Naydel (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Martin Naydel (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oklahoma is the state with the greatest number of Indians!
- Genre
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Synopsis
- Facts about Oklahoma, Chief Rain-in-the-Face, Navajos, and Pueblo Indians.
- Reprints
-
from Dale Evans Comics (DC, 1948 series) #4 (March-April 1949)
-
The Superstitious Mine Owner!
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oll Sparks was only an ordinary prospector--till something happened in Cripple Creek, Colorado, that turned him into one of the most extraordinary gold-hunters of all time...
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Oil Sparks
- Synopsis
- Miner Oll Sparks finds plenty of gold after making a lucky charm from a piece of iron pyrites (Fools Gold). Then one day it is smashed and Sparks finds no more gold. Eventually he loses his fortune and retires.
- Reprints
- in My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #28 (February 1959) which is reprinted
- in Mystery in Space (Thorpe & Porter, 1958 ? series) #10 ([circa 1960])
- in Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #86 (December 1964-January 1965)
-
- Keywords
- Fools Gold; gold mine; iron pyrites
Uprising at Apache Ridge!
Foley of the Fighting 5th / comic story / 5.67 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Synopsis
- Lt. Dan Foley has two assignments: stop an Apache uprising, and escort a peaceful emigrant wagon train. Foley's fighting cavalrymen volunteer to fight Apaches, except for one odd duck, Griffiths. Is he a coward, a stain on the 5th's pride? Even as they battle Apaches, Foley must rescue "dazed and confused" Griffiths. Yet he perks up when they reach the wagon train. Griffiths' fiancée is a passenger! Lt Foley forgives the young man's worried fretting, and reflects there are no cowards in the Fighting 5th.
- Reprints
- in Seriemagasinet (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1951 series) #13/1956 ([november] 1956)
- in All Favourites, The 100-Page Comic (K. G. Murray, 1957 ? series) #13 ([May 1959])
-
The White Indian Chief!
text article / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Synopsis
- The story of a Frenchman who became chief of an American Indian tribe.
A Bullet for Johnny Thunder
Johnny Thunder / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Johnny Thunder
- Synopsis
- Johnny Thunder is almost ambushed in Ravine Pass, but shoots faster and captures three badmen. Yet a bigger danger waits in town. A schemer has hired a killer named Coffin to gun JT down in a "fair gunfight". JT is coshed, hauled into town, and given empty guns for the fight. He races on foot and horseback, and punches Coffin. The gunfight will take place, with each shooter having one bullet. But Coffin chickens out, a coward. Just as well, for JT emptied both guns himself!
- Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Hidden Sheriff!
The Trigger Twins -
1.
["Come on, buddy, quit being a bag-of-bones weakling like I was..."]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training -
2.
The Hidden Sheriff!
The Trigger Twins -
3.
Tootsie Roll Scores a Touchdown Every Time!
Tootsie Roll -
4.
Now More Than Ever - Look for This Famous Symbol!
DC Comics -
5.
The Boy Warrior!
Strong Bow -
6.
["Here is the trick which has amazed visitors for many, many years!"]
Fleer's Dubble Bubble; The Adventures of the Dubble Bubble Kids -
7.
["Oklahoma is the state with the greatest number of Indians!"]
Indian Facts -
8.
The Superstitious Mine Owner!
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9.
Uprising at Apache Ridge!
Foley of the Fighting 5th -
10.
Editorial Advisory Board
DC Comics -
11.
The White Indian Chief!
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12.
A Bullet for Johnny Thunder
Johnny Thunder -
13.
Men - Women - Boys - Girls Prizes Given
The FUNMan -
14.
Look at the Prized Stamp I Found!
Littleton Stamp Co. -
15.
Announcing the New Daisy Red Ryder Carbine
Daisy Manufacturing Company -
16.
3 Sure-Shot Winners
Thom McAn Shoes
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Peter Croome
- Clayton Emery
- Lou Mazzella
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Paul Robinson
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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