Billy the Kid #72

(May 1969)

Toro, the Killer (Table of Contents: 1)

Billy the Kid / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

José Delbo

Inks

José Delbo

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

B-1961

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Billy the Kid; Toro Cuneo; Princess Marguerita; Rosita (cameo)

Synopsis

Billy saves a woman on a runaway horse, who turns out to be the ruler of a huge estate. He is her guest for a few days and she gets a crush on him. Billy also makes an enemy in Toro Cuneo, who has designs on the woman (and her wealth).

Reprints

• in Billy the Kid (Charlton, 1957 series) #143 (August 1981)

Indexer Notes

Story in two parts: "Toro, the Killer" (10 pages) and "King Billy the Kid" (7 pages)

John Justin's Justice (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

western-frontier

Synopsis

A young rustler gets threatened with hanging for changing brands on John Justin's cattle.

Statement of Ownership for September 30, 1966 (Table of Contents: 3)

statement of ownership / 0.2 page (report information)

Script

John Santangelo Jr. (publisher)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of Ownership for September 30, 1966. Average paid circulation for previous 12 months was 122,220. Issue nearest to filing date was 129,276.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Bounty Hunter / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Denny O'Neil (credited as Sergius O'Shaughnessy)

Pencils

Sanho Kim (credited)

Inks

Sanho Kim (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Sanho Kim

Job Number

C-101

First Line of Dialogue or Text

From the letters of Shawn O'Meara to his father in County Cork, Ireland:

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Bounty Hunter [Shawn O'Meara]; Hugh Lafferty; Reg Smythe; Harry Pound

Synopsis

Shawn O'Meara meets three other men in a bar. When one is killed in his sleep he must figure out which of the other two is the killer.

Reprints

• in The Fastest Gun Western (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #39 ([April 1980] ?)
• in Billy the Kid (Charlton, 1957 series) #143 (August 1981)
• in A Man Called Loco (Avalon Communications, 1995 series) #1 (1995)

Sodbusters (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

B-1170

Genre

western-frontier

Synopsis

How homesteaders improvised by building houses of sod when there were no trees available.

The Real West! (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Indexer Notes

Illustrated promo for Charlton's western comics, with the logos of Cheyenne Kid, Texas Rangers in Action, Outlaws of the West, and Billy the Kid depicts, along with a large version of the Charlton "C" emblem.