Crack Western
#70
(January 1951)
Quality Comics,
1949 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1950-10-13
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Magazines
- Brand
-
A Quality Comic Publication
- Editing
- Alfred Grenet; Richard Arnold (associate editor); Frank Furio (associate editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date given in Police Comics (1941 series) #103.
[no title indexed]
Arizona Raines / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Arizona Raines
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Original pencil credits were: 1) Reed Crandall, as suggested by the original indexers, and 2) Paul Gustavson, as suggested by Saltarella.
Original inker credits were: 1) Reed Crandall, as suggested by the original indexers, and 2) John Giunta, as suggested by Saltarella.
Art credits revised from above by Craig Delich to Gustavson, whose credits are verified and confirmed by Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
Water-Hogs Die Broke
Arizona Raines / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Arizona Raines
- Reprints
-
in Crack Western (T. V. Boardman, 1948 series) #1 - in New Spaceways Comic Annual (T. V. Boardman, 1954 series) #1 (Christmas 1954) which is reprinted
-
in The New Spaceways Comic Annual (Boardman Books, 2014 series) (March 2014) - in Best of the West (AC, 1998 series) #16 ([November] 2000)
-
Satan's Sweetheart!
Bob Allen, Frontier Marshal / comic story / 10 pages
- Feature Logo
- Frontier Marshal
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Marshal Bob Allen; Lana Drake
- Reprints
-
in The Frontier Marshal (Bell Features, 1951 series) #7 ([circa February 1951]) [first page used as cover] - in The Rider (Farrell, 1957 series) #5 (January 1958) [retitled, modified]
-
The Taming of Big Bat McGrew!
Two-Gun Lil / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Lil Peters [Two-Gun Lil]
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Credits by Martin O'Hearn.
Crimson Vengeance
The Whip / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- The Whip [Johnny Lash] (intro; origin)
- Reprints
- in Crack Western (T. V. Boardman, 1948 series) #1
-
in Crack Western (Magazine Management, 1950 series) #6 (March 1951) - in New Spaceways Comic Annual (T. V. Boardman, 1954 series) #1 (Christmas 1954) which is reprinted
- in The New Spaceways Comic Annual (Boardman Books, 2014 series) (March 2014)
- in Best of the West (AC, 1998 series) #16 ([November] 2000)
- in Golden-Age Greats Spotlight (AC, 2003 series) #5 (2011)
-
Indexer Notes
We formerly credited the inks to Reed Crandall, but that attribution denied by Crandall expert Roger Hill.
Another World War?
Blackhawk / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Synopsis
- House ad for Blackhawk Comics #36 with cover reproduction
Mystery Riders on Deadeye Ranch!
Arizona Raines / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Arizona Raines
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Arizona Raines -
1.
Water-Hogs Die Broke
Arizona Raines -
2.
Satan's Sweetheart!
Bob Allen, Frontier Marshal -
3.
The Taming of Big Bat McGrew!
Two-Gun Lil -
4.
Crimson Vengeance
The Whip -
5.
The Long Trail's End
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6.
Another World War?
Blackhawk -
7.
Mystery Riders on Deadeye Ranch!
Arizona Raines
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Craig Delich
- Bill Devine
- Matthew H. Gore
- Clint Maxwell
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
- Len Wolinsky
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