Frontier Western #2

(April 1956)

Man With a Star! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils

George Tuska (signed as G. Tuska)

Inks

George Tuska (signed as G. Tuska)

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

H-769

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Having taken the oath...

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Wade Thompson; Randy Holbrook; Mayor Porter; The Utah Kid

Synopsis

Wade Thompson is appointed sheriff of Carson County and cleans up even the most petty of laws, to the extent that the townspeople are disgruntled because there is no room for even a little fun. That is, until he is willing to die to prevent the Utah Kid from robbing the bank.

Reprints

• in Frontier Western (L. Miller & Son, 1956 series) #2 (1956)
• in The Rawhide Kid (Marvel, 1960 series) #113 (July 1973)

Journey West (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 1.66 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

H-922

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Jasper Higgins; Swift Deer

Reprints

• in Frontier Western (L. Miller & Son, 1956 series) #2 (1956)

The Rustler! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee [early- to mid-career])

Pencils

Gene Colan (signed as Gene Colan)

Inks

Gene Colan (signed as Gene Colan)

Colors

?

Letters

Sam Rosen

Job Number

H-682

Characters

Joe Dawson; Clay Harper; Dirk Yaeger

Synopsis

Joe Dawson and Clay Harper are close friends and neighbors, owning adjacent ranches. Dawson's foreman tells him some of his cattle have been rustled and blames Harper, but Dawson comes to realise that it is Yaeger who is the real villain.

Reprints

• in Frontier Western (L. Miller & Son, 1956 series) #2 (1956)
• in Gunhawks (Marvel, 1972 series) #5 (June 1973)

No Place to Turn (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Al Williamson (signed)

Inks

Al Williamson (signed); Frank Frazetta (partial inks on page one)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

H-770

First Line of Dialogue or Text

His name was Joe Dakota...

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Joe Dakota; Curly; Hank; Nancy; Ralph Nesbitt

Synopsis

Cowhand Joe Dakota is ambitious for money, breaks into the home of Ralph Nesbitt and shoots him. As he dies he names Dakota as his killer. Dakota escapes and makes his way back to town, expecting his friends and his girl Nancy to give him aid, but all hands are set against him.

Reprints

• in Frontier Western (L. Miller & Son, 1956 series) #2 (1956)

Indexer Notes

Frazetta's inks are evident in the two bottom panels on the first page.

The Battle (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Norman Maurer (signed as NM)

Inks

Norman Maurer (signed as NM)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

H-772

First Line of Dialogue or Text

His name was Bull Malloy...

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Bull Malloy; Nancy Carter; her father; Frank Hilton

Synopsis

Hardcase Bull Malloy tries to court Nancy Dawson, but she rejects him. He rides off vowing they haven't heard the last of him. A new ranch hand, Frank Hilton, takes Nancy to the town's monthly square dance, but when Bull asks for a dance, Hilton orders her not to dance with anyone but him. Bull defends her rights by subduing Hilton, even with a gun trained on him. Her feelings towards Bull change and the couple are married.

Reprints

• in Frontier Western (L. Miller & Son, 1956 series) #2 (1956)

A Coward in Town (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Don Heck

Inks

Don Heck

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

H-943

First Line of Dialogue or Text

He wasn't the type of hombre...

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Stanley Grew; Hoyt Rank

Synopsis

Riding into a strange town, Stanley Grew makes an enemy of local bully Hoyt Rank. Despite taking a licking, Grew refuses to fight back, until he is pushed too far. Rank draws on him, but Grew's draw is lightning fast. Even so, Grew refuses to killy Rank, explaining that he has lived a life of gunfights and killings and vowed never to kill again. He rides on as quietly as he had arrived.

Reprints

• in Frontier Western (L. Miller & Son, 1956 series) #2 (1956)