Desperado
#3
(September 1948)
Lev Gleason,
1948 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Lev Gleason Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Lev Gleason Publications
- Editing
- Charles Biro; Bob Wood
[no title indexed]
Crazy Sam Brown / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Don't do it, Billy!
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Sam Brown
- Reprints
-
in Desperado (Superior, 1948 series) #3 (October 1948)
-
[no title indexed]
Sure as Shootin' / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sheriff William Breakenridge
- Genre
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Characters
- Sheriff William Breakenridge; Bill Longley; Sheriff Sawyer
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Hole-in-the-Wall Gang and Its Leader 'Kid' Curry
A True Wild West Story / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Kid Curry (outlaw); Sheriff Hazen; Butch Cassidy (outlaw(; Sundance Kid (outlaw); Sheriff Doc Sherman; Sheriff Newton
- Synopsis
- The Hole-in-the-Wall gang was the last of the big western mobs to travel on horseback.
Indexer Notes
Art credits suggested by the Who's Who.
[no title indexed]
Sure as Shootin' / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- John Selman shot Wes Hardin in the back of the head!
- Genre
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Characters
- John Selman; Wes Hardin; Sheriff Bass Outlaw [sic]; Geronimo; Tom Dula
- Synopsis
- Some small facts about the old west.
Crazy Sam Brown
A True Wild West Story / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Sam Brown (killer)
- Synopsis
- The self-appointed "sheriff" of Carson City.
Indexer Notes
Art is identical to Al Bare's work credited by JVJ in Desperado #5 and #6, and Black Diamond Western #13. Rounded and varied brushlines.
[no title indexed]
Western Wackies / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Looks like Dude's horse got tired...
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
Indexer Notes
Humor strip.
JVJ has Perry as most probable, and the art is identical to the other gags in this feature signed by RAP. The noses are very special.
Rowdy Bob Hackett
A True Wild West Story / text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Bob Hackett (outlaw); John Lane (express manager); Ed Moffatt (mail clerk); Frank Thompson
Johnny Ringo
A True Wild West Story / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Robert Bernstein (sourced)
- Pencils
- Mike Roy (signed)
- Inks
- John Belfi (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Johnny Ringo (outlaw); Ted Bruce (sheep herder); Jimmy Ringo; Tom Hawks (sheepherder); Wyatt Earp; Curly Bill
- Synopsis
- Johnny Ringo had the cunning and cruelty of a cornered tiger.
Indexer Notes
Signed "Roy and Belfi".
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Don't do it, Billy!"]
Crazy Sam Brown -
1.
["Sheriff William Breakenridge"]
Sure as Shootin' -
2.
The Hole-in-the-Wall Gang and Its Leader 'Kid' Curry
A True Wild West Story -
3.
["John Selman shot Wes Hardin in the back of the head!"]
Sure as Shootin' -
4.
Crazy Sam Brown
A True Wild West Story -
5.
["Looks like Dude's horse got tired..."]
Western Wackies -
6.
Rowdy Bob Hackett
A True Wild West Story -
7.
Johnny Ringo
A True Wild West Story
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Gregory Fischer
- Clint Maxwell
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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