Black Diamond Western #25

(May-June 1951)

The Golden Indians (Table of Contents)

Black Diamond / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Dick Rockwell (signed)

Inks:

Dick Rockwell (signed)

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Black Diamond [Bob Vale]; Reliapon (horse); Trix Ashton (prospector); Bud Thompson (prospector);

Synopsis:

Two greedy prospectors searching for gold deep in the Blackfeet Indian Territory.

It's Free! No Money to Pay! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Pencils:

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Inks:

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Colors:

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Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Quick, start your collection now. Get a complete set of Lev Gleason Comic Picture Trading Cards.

The Apache Reign of Terror (Table of Contents)

Black Diamond / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Al Luster

Inks:

Al Luster

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Black Diamond [Bob Vale]; Reliapon (horse); Chief Victorio; General Crook

Synopsis:

Skirmishes between the Apache and the white men in Arizona in the 1880's.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Best of the West (AC, 1998 series) #11 ([April] 2000)

Indexer Notes

Art identical to signed work by Luster in this issue. Especially the hats with extraordinary broad brims.

Johnny Strikes Twice (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Dick Rockwell [as DR] (signed) (illo)

Inks:

Dick Rockwell [as DR] (signed) (illo)

Colors:

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Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Johnny Collins; Clem; Jeff

Meets Reliapon's Doublet (Table of Contents)

Black Diamond / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Al Luster (signed)

Inks:

Al Luster (signed)

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Black Diamond [Bob Vale]; Reliapon (horse); Rankin (crook); Jeb Turner (rancher)

Synopsis:

Black Diamond and Bumper meet up with a stolen palomino horse that looks like Reliapon's double.

["White settlers..."] (Table of Contents)

Straight as an Arrow / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Claude Moore (signed)

Pencils:

Claude Moore (signed)

Inks:

Claude Moore (signed)

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction; western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Claude Moore is credited to both writing and drawing fillers for Lev Gleason by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

["Pump my nag some water..."] (Table of Contents)

Bingbang Buster / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Basil Wolverton (as Basil Wetwash Wolverton)

Inks:

Basil Wolverton

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

humor; western-frontier

Characters:

Bingbang Buster; Hedy (horse); Claude Broadpod (outlaw)