Two-Fisted Tales #36

(January 1954)

In Memorium (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

Gunfire! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Colin Dawkins

Pencils

Jack Davis (signed as JACK DAVIS)

Inks

Jack Davis (signed as JACK DAVIS)

Colors

Marie Severin

Letters

Ben Oda

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The town: Shanghai, New Mexico...

Genre

adventure; western-frontier

Characters

Marshall Ben Slaughter (death); Jack Slaughter [aka Black Jack Slaughter] (the Marshall's son); Uncle Matt (Jack's uncle); Jack's unnamed Aunt; Ben Slick (businessman); new unnamed Marshall; bank robbers [Curly; rest unnamed] (villains, all die); Scarface Bill Gutherie [aka Regan] (villain)

Synopsis

The Marshall is aroused by the sound of gunfire, which indicated to him a bank robbery was in progress, but, in the process, is shot dead by the robbers. Young Jack is sent to live with his grandmother, but soon disappears after his 18th birthday. Years later, Jack returns, with warrant in hand, to arrest the man who killed his father years ago.

Reprints

• in Two-Fisted Tales (Superior, 1950 series) #36
• in Two-Fisted Tales (Russ Cochran, 1980 series) #4 (1980)
• in Two-Fisted Tales (Gemstone, 1994 series) #19 (April 1997)
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #22 - Death Stand and Other Stories (August 2018) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Keywords

Shanghai New Mexico

Battle! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Graves; Colin Dawkins (adaptation)

Pencils

Reed Crandall (signed as Crandall)

Inks

Reed Crandall (signed as Crandall)

Colors

Marie Severin

Letters

Ben Oda

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In 55 B.C. old Julius Caesar took a rough, tough, swaggering bunch of professional soldiers...

Genre

war

Characters

Tiberius Claudius Caesar; General Aulus; Posides; Caractcus (soldier); Cattigan (soldier, brother of Caractacus)

Synopsis

General Aulus has been stymied by British forces and informs Emperor Caesar that the battle cannot be won without a massive loss of Roman life. But the Emperor and another non-military man, Posides, devise a plan to win the battle: in one day!

Reprints

• in Two-Fisted Tales (Superior, 1950 series) #36
• in Two Fisted Tales (Calvert, 1953 ? series) #11 ([1954] ?)
• in Two-Fisted Tales (Russ Cochran, 1980 series) #4 (1980)
• in Les Meilleures Histoires de... (Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1983 series) #[6] - Aventures (mai 1985)
• in Two-Fisted Tales (Gemstone, 1994 series) #19 (April 1997)
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #15 - The High Cost of Dying and Other Stories (February 2016) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Keywords

Weald Brook

Indexer Notes

Based on chapters 19 and 20 of Robert Graves's novel "Claudius the God" (1935).

Story set in 43 A.D..

Lone Wolf Constable (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Colin Dawkins

Pencils

John Severin

Inks

John Severin

Colors

Marie Severin

Letters

typeset

Genre

western-frontier

Reprints

• in Two-Fisted Tales (Superior, 1950 series) #36
• in Two-Fisted Tales (Russ Cochran, 1980 series) #4 (1980)

Justice! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Colin Dawkins; John Severin

Pencils

John Severin (signed as Severin)

Inks

John Severin (signed as Severin)

Colors

Marie Severin

Letters

Ben Oda

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Maybe so you've heard that the American Indian was an unpredictible character!

Genre

adventure; western-frontier

Reprints

• in Two-Fisted Tales (Superior, 1950 series) #36
• in Two-Fisted Tales (Russ Cochran, 1980 series) #4 (1980)
• in Two-Fisted Tales (Gemstone, 1994 series) #19 (April 1997)
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #32 - Code of Honor and Other Stories (July 2022) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Dangerous Man! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Colin Dawkins

Pencils

John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)

Inks

Bill Elder (signed as ELDER)

Colors

Marie Severin

Letters

Ben Oda

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Meet E.J. Coffey... known from Tierra del Fuego to Point Barrow...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Ruby Ed Coffey

Reprints

• in Two-Fisted Tales (Superior, 1950 series) #36
• in Two-Fisted Tales (Russ Cochran, 1980 series) #4 (1980)
• in Two-Fisted Tales (Gemstone, 1994 series) #19 (April 1997)
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #32 - Code of Honor and Other Stories (July 2022) [Reprinted in black and white.]