The Texan
#5
(August 1949)
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- St. John Publishing Co.
Issue Notes
Mystery Rustlers of the Rio Grande
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Reprints
-
in Whiz Comics (L. Miller & Son, 1950 series) #126 -
in Texan (Publications Services Limited, 1949 series) #3 ([circa September 1949])
-
Winner's Draw
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Pecos Jim (cowhand); Sam Bowles (rancher); Blackie (gambler)
Peril on the Prairie
Buckskin Belle / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Buckskin Belle [Belle Launders]; Henry Faischild; Denver; Rex Milton; Sheriff Anders; Jim Skelly
Indexer Notes
JVJon at Digital Comics Museum has Baker + Larsen and Battefield, but can't spot any nose shadows and chins by Larsen or faces by Battefield. Art ID by Steinar Ådland, March 2011.
[no title indexed]
The Bold Buckeroo / comic story / 5.5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Reckless courage and a keen sense of humor...
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Bold Buckaroo [Tim Rollins]; Rusty; Pat Dawson; Marshal; Daffy Jim (robber); Claw Dawson (robber)
- Synopsis
- Buckaroo and Sandy save a girl from the marshal's posse.
Indexer Notes
Larsen can best be recognised by his faces with a marked black shadow under the nose on bi-characters like the crooks and the posse here, and the hats with very broad brims pulled back in the neck.
[no title indexed]
Fleers Dubble Bubble / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gramps, what is Bossy doing?
- Characters
- Gramps; Bossy; Tim
- Synopsis
- Ad for Flees Bubble Gum, with a short comicstrip.
[no title indexed]
The Texan / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Champions of the helpless...
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Kit (nester); Dade (gunman and horse thief); Joe (gunman and horse thief); Ace Vance (gambler and crook); Texas Ranger; Lopez (partner)
- Synopsis
- A Texas Ranger on the trail of Army horse thieves, saves some nesters from a gang of gunmen who will drive them off their land.
Indexer Notes
JVJon at Digital Comics Museum has Appel/Blaisdell plus Baker and Peters. Can't spot any of them, except a probable Blaisdell on the crude horses, so this one is uncertain.
Can you find the Secret Clues...
Monark Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page
- Characters
- Sherlock Holmes
Indexer Notes
The new 1949 Monark Super Delux Bicycle.
High Stakes-Low Bid
Mustang Jack / comic story / 6.5 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Mustang Jack Clarke; Blackie (crook); Linda
- Synopsis
- Mustang Jack and Linda tangles with rustlers and brings them all in.
Indexer Notes
Comparing the art with the only known signed story on GCD, "Simba" in Jungle Comics #115, the rendering of fine rounded califlower clouds match this artwork, and JVJon at Digital Comics Museum has Walsh on it too. Art ID by Steinar Ådland.
Where you find fun... you find Cracker Jack
Cracker Jack / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Half page drawing of kids playing and buying Cracker Jacks.
Shot in the Dark
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Corky Spangler; Jack West; Uncle Henry; Chief Waters; Mike Torrent
- Synopsis
- Detective Mike Torrent's guess hit the bullseye in a jewel robbery.
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0.
Mystery Rustlers of the Rio Grande
-
1.
Winner's Draw
-
2.
Peril on the Prairie
Buckskin Belle -
3.
["Reckless courage and a keen sense of humor..."]
The Bold Buckeroo -
4.
["Gramps, what is Bossy doing?"]
Fleers Dubble Bubble -
5.
["Champions of the helpless..."]
The Texan -
6.
Can you find the Secret Clues...
Monark Bicycles -
7.
High Stakes-Low Bid
Mustang Jack -
8.
Where you find fun... you find Cracker Jack
Cracker Jack -
9.
Shot in the Dark
-
10.
It "Zips" All the Way Around
Illinois Merchandise Mart -
11.
At a Hollywood Party
Margaret O'Brien Candy Kitchen
- Steinar Ådland
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Peter Croome
- Tony R. Rose
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