(December 1950)

Marvel, 1948 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Western Fiction Publishing Co. Inc.
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Ambush at Powder Horn Pass! (Table of Contents)

Black Rider / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Maneely
Inks
Joe Maneely
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Black Rider
Keywords
bondage; pottery; revolvers; rifles; skeletons; stereotyping of American Indians; stereotyping of Native Americans; tipis; torture
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Ambush at Powder-Horn Pass! (Table of Contents: 1)

Black Rider / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Hartley
Inks
Al Hartley
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
7640
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Black Rider; Thunder Cloud; Wolf Claw; Packrat Pete; Marie Lathrop; Larkin; Jim Lathrop; Satan (horse)
Synopsis
Renegade natives kidnap Marie and Jim but Black Rider challenges Wolf Claw to one-on-one combat and wins, saving their lives.
Keywords
Leadville; Morgan's Creek; Texas; US Cavalry

Indexer Notes

Art credits per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr via atlastales.com. Saltarella sees Hartley on pencils but doesn't see Hartley on inks. Also points out "the Frazetta "White Indian" swipe by whomever on the middle of page 6."

Diary of Doom! (Table of Contents: 2)

Prairie Kid / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Alex Blum; Vern Henkel (p 1, panel 1)
Inks
Alex Blum
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
3611
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Prairie Kid; Rocky Blane; Hilton; Randolph Groves; Bob Gorves; Cyclone
Synopsis
The Kid helps Bob keep his father's ranch by exposing Hilton's plot to help Rocky cheat him out of the property.

Indexer Notes

Art credits per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr via atlastales.com.

The Hard Luck Kid (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
SL-4307
Genre
western-frontier
Reprints

Bloody Waters! (Table of Contents: 4)

Red Hawkins / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
Chu F. Hing
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
3952
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Red Hawkins; Jed Smith; Matt Jenkins; Clara Jenkins; Fury
Synopsis
Russ tries to drive ranchers off their land by building a dam but while fighting Red the dam bursts and drowns Russ.
Keywords
Texas

Indexer Notes

Hing inks per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr via atlastales.com.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Ambush at Powder Horn Pass!
    Black Rider
  2. 1. Ambush at Powder-Horn Pass!
    Black Rider
  3. 2. Diary of Doom!
    Prairie Kid
  4. 3. The Hard Luck Kid
  5. 4. Bloody Waters!
    Red Hawkins
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