Western Adventures
#[1]
(October 1948)
Ace Magazines,
1948 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- A. A. Wyn Inc.
- Brand
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An Ace Magazine
- Editing
- ?
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Six-Gun Justice
Bud Steele the Cross-Draw Kid / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Cross-Draw Kid [Bud Steele]; Thunder (horse); Patch-Eye (rustler); Judge Parker; Chet Burham (rancher); Bess Parker
- Synopsis
- Two outlaws hold Judge Parker's daughter captive to force him to dismiss the case against their rustler boss.
- Reprints
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in Best of the West (AC, 1998 series) #70 (2008)
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Indexer Notes
Elkan is best spotted by heavy brush inking, his faces and an abundance of wavy hair on the head.
Sam Bass The Two Gun Terror of Texas
A True Story / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier; non-fiction
- Characters
- Sam Bass (outlaw); Dick Ware (Texas Ranger)
- Synopsis
- The story of Sam Bass, train robber and killer, who at last was killed by a Texas ranger.
Indexer Notes
Carlson is not credited on work for Ace Periodicals, but his brisk horses with outstretched frontlegs are not to be mistaken. Also some faces with sharp eyes are to be noticed. He had most of the "Rocky Lane" stories for Fawcett.
Injun Gun-Bait
Bud Steele The Cross-Draw Kid / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Cross-Draw Kid [Bud Steele]; Thunder (horse); Blackie Dawson (crooked gambler); Miss Kitty
- Synopsis
- The stage is attacked by white men dressed as Indians, hired to kill Kitty before she registrers her father's gold mine.
Indexer Notes
Notes as for the first story.
Double Trouble
Duke Buckland / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Duke Buckland; Kit McCane; Tess Dean; Mr. Dean (rancher)
- Synopsis
- Duke and Kit pretend to join a gang of rustlers.
Indexer Notes
Rudy Palais is recognised by his faces with pouchy eyes in sideview, and also bold and lively inking.
Slaughter on the Fourth of July
A True Western Crime Story / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Rattlesnake Jake Fallon (outlaw); Longhair Owens (outlaw)
- Synopsis
- Two wanted outlaws kill and rob in Lewison, Montana in 1884.
Indexer Notes
Art ID by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
The Lost Bonanza
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Jim Benson (prospector)
- Synopsis
- A true tale of the search for hidden hoard of silver.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[The Cross-Draw Kid]
The Cross-Draw Kid -
1.
Six-Gun Justice
Bud Steele the Cross-Draw Kid -
2.
Sam Bass The Two Gun Terror of Texas
A True Story -
3.
Injun Gun-Bait
Bud Steele The Cross-Draw Kid -
4.
Double Trouble
Duke Buckland -
5.
Slaughter on the Fourth of July
A True Western Crime Story -
6.
The Lost Bonanza
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7.
Trouble Takes a Town
Sheriff Sal -
8.
Sur-Prize Contest
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Tillmann Courth
- Michael Hoskin
- Clint Maxwell
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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