Approved Comics #9

(July 1954)

Gingham Fury Rides the Range (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Matt Baker

Inks

Matt Baker

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Arizona was not tamed by men alone.

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Birdie Phillips; Augustine Chacon; Burt Mossman; Red Horse; Glenn

Reprints

• from Western Bandit Trails (St. John, 1949 series) #3 (July 1949)

Treasure Cache of the Rustler Chief (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Howard Larsen

Inks

Howard Larsen

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Those rustler coyotes are running off...

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Joyce; Craven; Bat

Reprints

• from Western Bandit Trails (St. John, 1949 series) #3 (July 1949)

Draw For Comic Books (Table of Contents: 3)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Kubert

Inks

Joe Kubert

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Learn and earn in your spare time...

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Joe Kubert; Norman Maurer

Indexer Notes

Joe Kubert illustrated ad for Scholart Institute

Chief White Wolf (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Richard Speed

Pencils

Richard Speed

Inks

Richard Speed

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

White Wolf met Buffalo Bill Cody...

Genre

non-fiction; biography; western-frontier

Characters

Chief White Wolf; William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody

Reprints

• from Western Bandit Trails (St. John, 1949 series) #3 (July 1949)
which is reprinted
• from Star Ranger (Ultem, 1937 series) #7 (October-November 1937)

Indexer Notes

Artwork similar to original art at Jerry Bails' Who's Who. Art ID by Steinar Ådland, March 2011.

Assassins of the Ozarks (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 4.5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Gus Ricca

Inks

Gus Ricca

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Murder is doubly dangerous...

Genre

crime; western-frontier

Characters

Crandall (sharecropper, death); Hank Borth (sharecropper); Helen Goddard; Powell; Nyles; Sheriff Johns

Reprints

• from Western Bandit Trails (St. John, 1949 series) #3 (July 1949)

Indexer Notes

bottom half of last page is ad for Cracker Jack.

JVJon at DCM credits this artwork to "Ricca/Battefield ??", and comparing the art with Ricca's on Ibis the Invincible in Whiz Comics #70, it match with faces, hands and movement of figures.

At Sunset (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Will Harr (credited)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

When sun sets in the golden west...

Genre

non-fiction; western-frontier

Synopsis

What a cowboy does when the sun sets.

Reprints

• from Western Bandit Trails (St. John, 1949 series) #3 (July 1949)

Indexer Notes

western facts

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

The Bold Buckeroo / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

George Tuska

Inks

George Tuska

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hunted by the law for other men's crimes, Tim Rollins rides the range as the Bold Buckeroo!

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

The Bold Buckaroo [Tim Rollins]; Midas Moran; Rusty

Reprints

• from Western Bandit Trails (St. John, 1949 series) #3 (July 1949)
which is reprinted
• from Red Seal Comics (Chesler / Dynamic, 1945 series) #14 (October 1945) [Gay Desperado renamed Bold Buckeroo]

Gunsmoke Gets Action (Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

? [as Tex Houston]

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The strange rider aroused Matt Howard's supicion too late...

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Matt Howard; Jim Beal

Reprints

• from Western Bandit Trails (St. John, 1949 series) #3 (July 1949)