(September 1950)

Orbit-Wanted, 1948 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Patches Publications Inc.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Wild Bill Pecos / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mort Leav (signed)
Inks
Mort Leav ?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
western-frontier
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for The Westerner Comics (Orbit-Wanted, 1948 series) #28
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School for Outlaws! (Table of Contents: 1)

Wild Bill Pecos / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Woolfolk
Pencils
Syd Shores
Inks
Syd Shores
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Wild Bill Pecos; Nuggets Nugent; The Dallas Kid (villain); Sundown Sam (villain)
Synopsis
Several outlaws are brought blindfolded to a secret hideout to be taught the methods of successful outlawry.
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Indexer Notes

Long faces, movement and accurate horses are most probably the work of Syd Shores.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Blood Brother! (Table of Contents: 3)

Wild Bill Pecos / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Woolfolk
Pencils
Syd Shores ?
Inks
George Klein ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Wild Bill Pecos; Nuggets Nugent; Killing Arrow (proud Indian chief)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from Martin O'Hearn. Possible Shores/Klein art per Nick Caputo, November 2015.

The Six-Gun Spinster (Table of Contents: 4)

Nuggets Nugent / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Nuggets Nugent; Lizzie Lowry (spinster); Wild Bill Pecos
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Indexer Notes

Penciller credit from the French fan magazine Back Up #14, as submitted by Stephane Petit, via the GCD Errors list, February 2009.

The Scar (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
western-frontier

The Gaucho Kid! (Table of Contents: 6)

Calamity Kate / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Woolfolk
Pencils
John Rosenberger ?
Inks
John Rosenberger ?
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Patricia Layne [Calamity Kate]; The Gaucho Kid (villain)
Synopsis
It was only a ladie's garter, Patricia Layne's, but the Gaucho Kid wanted it badly.

Indexer Notes

Same art as Rosenberger's work on Archie's "Adventures of the Jaguar", and signed story in Planet Comics #29. Eyes and lips are special. Nick Caputo is uncertain of the Rosenberger attribution.

The Rawhide Railroad - a Legend (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda
Genre
western-frontier

Golden City of Monteado (Table of Contents: 8)

Wild Bill Pecos / comic story / 8.25 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Woolfolk
Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Wild Bill Pecos; Nuggets Nugent; Queen Cobra (villain; a beautiful woman with a heart of ice)

Indexer Notes

Penciller credit from the French fan magazine Back Up #14, as submitted by Stephane Petit, via the GCD Errors list, February 2009.

Don't Miss Wild Bill Pecos.. (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Wild Bill Pecos / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.75 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Wild Bill Pecos
  2. 1. School for Outlaws!
    Wild Bill Pecos
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
  4. 3. Blood Brother!
    Wild Bill Pecos
  5. 4. The Six-Gun Spinster
    Nuggets Nugent
  6. 5. The Scar
  7. 6. The Gaucho Kid!
    Calamity Kate
  8. 7. The Rawhide Railroad - a Legend
  9. 8. Golden City of Monteado
    Wild Bill Pecos
  10. 9. Don't Miss Wild Bill Pecos..
    Wild Bill Pecos
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steinar Ådland
  • Nick Caputo
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Len Wolinsky
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