Lash Larue Western #45

(October 1953)

Backfire (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Martin (credited)

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Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

Bob Carey (rancher); Jim Kedder (Sheriff); Rudge Wilger (banker)

Synopsis:

Banker Wilger will not give Carey the loan he needs.

Indexer Notes

Inside front and back cover.

Dead Man Walks the Range (Table of Contents)

Lash LaRue / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

Lash LaRue; Big Ed; Don; Chief Marshal; Dead-Eye Dorgan; Doc; Tim

Synopsis:

Fighting ghosts isn't a job for a roving Marshal, but that's exactly what Lash LaRue has to do when he meets up with the dead man who walks the range.

Reprints:

• in Best of the West (AC, 1998 series) #46 ([December] 2004)

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.

Coffee Grounds for Complaint (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

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Content Information

Genre:

humor; western

Characters:

Big Bow; Little Arrow

Synopsis:

Bad eye after forgetting to take spoon out of the cup.

A Big Mistake (Table of Contents)

Trader Tom / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Howard Boughner ?

Pencils:

Howard Boughner ?

Inks:

Howard Boughner ?

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Letters:

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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.

The Build-Up (Table of Contents)

Dusty / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Content Information

Genre:

humor; western

Characters:

Dysty; Gus (barkeeper); Big Baxter (dim-wit)

Synopsis:

Dusty will get even with Big Baxter, and goes into training.

Indexer Notes

Last panel ad for several Fawcett comics. Better than ever.

Relax (Table of Contents)

Molasses Mouth / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Howard Boughner ?

Pencils:

Howard Boughner ?

Inks:

Howard Boughner ?

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Characters:

Molasses Mouth

Synopsis:

As soon as he tries to relax he falls asleep.

Indexer Notes

Howard Boughner is not credited to Molasses Mouth in Jerry Bails' Who's Who, but this filler seems similar to original Boughner scan from "Jed and Ned". Art ID by Steinar Ådland January 2011.

Unpopular (Table of Contents)

Wagonwheels / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Howard Boughner ?

Pencils:

Howard Boughner ?

Inks:

Howard Boughner ?

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

humor; western

Characters:

Wagonwheels

Synopsis:

He is not very popular for getting under everybody's skin. He is a tatoo artist.

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.

The Boomerang Traps (Table of Contents)

Lash laRue / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

Lash LaRue; Tolley (stage manager); Gilch (robber)

Synopsis:

The stagecoach line has suffered several hold ups lately, and Lash has taken a job in the office under a different name so he can get a lead on the robberies. It must be an inside job.

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.

Draw This car (Table of Contents)

Art Instruction, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Draw this car and win art an course.

Indexer Notes

Back cover.