Lash Larue Western #43

(August 1953)

Ambush (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Walter Farmer (credited)

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

Hezekiah Green (nester); Zack Purdy (postmaster); Red Whiskers; Clem Good

Synopsis:

A fight in the post office between a nester and a cowboy.

Indexer Notes

Inside front and back cover.

The Carnival of Death (Table of Contents)

Lash LaRue / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

Lash LaRue; Red Devlin (outlaw); Croyden (outlaw); Kutch (outlaw); Sheriff; Laydon (outlaw boss); Deputy

Synopsis:

During a carnival an outlaw masquerading as a brown bear tries to get his two imprisoned gang members out of jail, but the sheriff refuses to give him the keys. So he takes the Sheriff with him and leaves a note for Lash LaRue, telling him to set the prisoners free or the Sheriff will be killed.

Indexer Notes

Originally credited to Tuska. Some of it may look like him, and some suggest that the pencils could be Campbell and another inker, but very uncertain. The artist here is even referred to by Bill Black as the "mystery artist". Campbell is credited to Lash LaRue both at Charlton and Fawcett by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, Tuska only at Fawcett. Compared with artwork in Authentic Police Cases # 8, credited to Tuska, this story has some similarities on faces and inking to "Authentic Police Cases" #8, but none of his square rounded faces with round eyes are present.

Aw, Sit Down! (Table of Contents)

Molasses Mouth / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Howard Boughner ?

Pencils:

Howard Boughner ?

Inks:

Howard Boughner ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; western

Characters:

Molasses Mouth; Son

Synopsis:

To tell a mushroom from a toadstool, Molasses means the toadstools are shiny on top from the toads sitting on them.

The Mousy Type! (Table of Contents)

Big Bow and Little Arrow / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; western

Characters:

Big Bow; Little Arrow

Synopsis:

To tell a Hippopotamus from a Hippopota-mouse.

The Stagecoach Riddle (Table of Contents)

Lash LaRue / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

Lash LaRue; Driver; Bob Digsby (salesman); Harlen (crook); Clerk

Synopsis:

A pack of money is found in a Larado bound stagecoach. Everyone questioned claims that the money is his, then suddenly deny it. They are counterfeit money.

Indexer Notes

Originally credited to Tuska. Some of it may look like him, and some suggest that the pencils could be Campbell and another inker, but very uncertain. The artist here is even referred to by Bill Black as the "mystery artist". Campbell is credited to Lash LaRue both at Charlton and Fawcett by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, Tuska only at Fawcett. Compared with artwork in Authentic Police Cases # 8, credited to Tuska, this story has some similarities on faces and inking to "Authentic Police Cases" #8, but none of his square rounded faces with round eyes are present.
Last panel an ad Funny Animals Comics.

In Training (Table of Contents)

Wagonwheels / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Howard Boughner ?

Pencils:

Howard Boughner ?

Inks:

Howard Boughner ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; western

Characters:

Wagonwheels

Synopsis:

Wagonwheels is training the fish to eat off a hook.

Indexer Notes

The art on Wagonwheels varies in these issues, but this one is very similar to original Boughner scan from "Jed & Ned" in Jerry Bails' Who's Who. Art ID by Steinar Ådland January 2011.

A Wholesome Fellow (Table of Contents)

Trader Tom / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Howard Boughner ?

Pencils:

Howard Boughner ?

Inks:

Howard Boughner ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; western

Characters:

Trader Tom; Blakely

Indexer Notes

Howard Boughner is credited to Trader Tom in Jerry Bails' Who's Who. This filler seems a little different to original Boughner scan from "Jed and Ned", but both with such simple style that it could be the same artist. Art ID by Steinar Ådland January 2011.

Back Home on the Farm (Table of Contents)

Dusty / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; western

Characters:

Dusty; Charlie

Synopsis:

Dusty is bragging about his farm.

No Cost (Table of Contents)

Mrs. Ruth Long / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

?; ? (photo)

Inks:

?; ? (photo)

Colors:

?; ? (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

How to get a talking Parakeet from Mrs. Ruth Long.

Indexer Notes

Back cover.