Texas Rangers in Action #69

(December 1968)

3 Rangers Down (Table of Contents)

Texas Rangers in Action / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Charles Nicholas

Inks:

Vince Alascia

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

B-1432

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Milt Krauss (Ranger); Billy John Hayfutt (outlaw); Luto (Apache warrior)

Synopsis:

A killer shoots a Ranger, leaving him for dead but an Apache, also hunting the outlaw, nurses the Ranger back to health. Together, they mete out swift frontier justice when the Ranger outdraws the outlaw in a final showdown.

Indexer Notes

This story owes more than a nod to the origin of the Lone Ranger who was also shot, left for dead, and nursed back to health by an Indian who teamed up with him to seek justice.

The Deputy Sheriff's Corner (Table of Contents)

letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as The Deputy Sheriff]

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction; western-frontier

Indexer Notes

An explanation of the genesis of barbed wire and its effect on the old west.

Happy Birthday Chiquita (Table of Contents)

Man Called Loco / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Charles Nicholas (signed)

Inks:

Vince Alascia (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

B-1710

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Man Called Loco; Chiquita (little girl); Alfredo Rubio (villain); the Mayor; Fierro (blacksmith); Eduardo De Ruiz

On Target! (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Indexer Notes

House ad for Charlton's Western publications. Logos include Billy the Kid; Texas Rangers in Action; Cheyenne Kid; and Outlaws of the West.

Buried Without Honor (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

B-1711

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Ben Stark (Ranger); Mr. Bee (banker; villain); Pete Trey (Marshal; villain); Mr. Tisdall (gambler; villain); Race Macklin (Ranger); John Sills (Ranger)

Synopsis:

When Texas Ranger Ben Stark is killed by corrupt lawmen working for a crooked banker, Rangers Race Macklin and John Sills bring the banker and all his murderous minions to justice.