Blazing West #9

(January-February 1950)

Make Way for Cookie (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Injun Jones / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes ?

Pencils

Ed Moritz

Inks

Ed Moritz

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Mebbe I should have stayed at the Apache camp, Vickie!

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Injun Jones [Bob Jones]; Miss Vickie; President Juarez; Chili Lyons (outlaw); Cactus Joe; Martinez

Synopsis

A royal agent is assigned to hunt down the Mexican president, has joined forces with a ruthless outlaw.

Indexer Notes

Moritz is credited on various features for ACG by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. He is best to point out by his very unique way of drawing the inner lines of the ears, page 8 and 11.

Death on Hoofs (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes ?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Tom Benton; Rod Foster; Mary Wallace; Wildfire (horse)

Indexer Notes

Richard Hughes is the only credited writer on Blazing Western by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

Hi Fellows! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Lionel Trains / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Riding the Brahma Bull! (Table of Contents: 5)

Secrets of the Rodeo / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes ?

Pencils

?

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; western-frontier

Synopsis

Havoc on the hoof... that's the Brahma bull.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Buffalo Belle / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes ?

Pencils

Charles Sultan

Inks

Charles Sultan

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

The red-hot branding irons of rustlers...

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Buffalo Belle [Belle Trent]; Sheriff Luke Hanley; Jim Lester (rancher); Tracy (rustler); Squint (rustler); Cragg (rustler)

Synopsis

Rustlers are stealing soap powder from the store to use in their rustling scheme.

Indexer Notes

Sultan is one of three artists credited on Buffalo Belle by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and the horses, and rather tall figures with small heads must be his work.

Lucky Dude (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Pop Warner; Bill Roberts; Judy Warner

There's a Surprise Novelty for You... (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Cracker Jack / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

For Recommended Reading... (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

American Comics Group / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Lonesome Charley Reynolds (Table of Contents: 10)

Famous Western Scouts / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes ?

Pencils

Leonard Starr ?

Inks

Leonard Starr ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; western-frontier

Characters

Charley Reynolds; General Custer

Reprints

• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #57
• in The Hooded Horseman (American Comics Group, 1954 series) #20 (March-April 1955)
• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #84 ([circa 1971 - 1972])

Indexer Notes

Artwork is very similar in faces, gloves, hats and inking to the Bantam Buckaroo stories by Starr.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Bantam Buckaroo / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes ?

Pencils

Leonard Starr ?

Inks

Leonard Starr ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Reckon we kin have a little retrievin' practice...

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Bantam Buckaroo [Lobo]; Mike; Gentleman Jack (gambler)

Synopsis

Lobo collects a reward for catching the gang that robbed the Sunup City Bank.

Indexer Notes

"Lee Elias ?" is credited to the Bantam story in #8. The only artist credited to Bantam Buckaroo by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, is Leonard Starr. The inking on the ground is similar to his credited story "The Vampire Swoops" in Adventures into the Unknown #13, and the inking of creases in clothing match his signed story in AITU #4. But Elias can't be ruled out.

Dishin' It Out! (Table of Contents: 12)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes ?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Eph Barrows (cook); Buzz (wrangler)

Chugga-Mota! (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Smith Brothers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Hunting the Buffalo (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes ?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; western-frontier

Synopsis

The Indians of the west were masters at the art of hunting buffalo.

Indexer Notes

Richard Hughes is the only writer credited on Blazing West by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

Amazing Value (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

The Roberts Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Broadcast Over Your Own Radio... (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Hollister-White Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Texas Tim, Ranger / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes ?

Pencils

?

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Like a flaming comet across the western sky...

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Texas Tim Brennan (Ranger); Dusty Sawyer; Mike Sawyer (crooked land-investor); Mary Sawyer

Synopsis

Tim visits his old friend Dusty Sawyer just to find him murdered.

Indexer Notes

Richard Hughes is the only writer credited on Blazing West by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

Let's Go, Pal! (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Jowett Institute / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Electric Football (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

The Electric Game Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)