Bill Boyd Western #5

(August 1950)

Three All-Star Cameras (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Kodak / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

The Popsicle Hall of Fame / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Missing Exit (Table of Contents: 3)

Bill Boyd / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Pete Riss ?

Inks

Pete Riss ?

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Bill Boyd; Midnite (horse); Tex Packard; Jadmore (mineowner); Horseface; Cranky; Kansas; Frisky; Sheriff

Synopsis

The gold robbers haul the bags of stolen gold up a hidden shaft above the mine

Reprints

• in Big Smash Bargain Comics (Export Publishing, 1950 series) #4 (1951)

Indexer Notes

Pete Riss is credited on pencil and ink on Bill Boyd by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and the inking seems similar to his credited stories on "Kid Eternity", but few of his wedge shaped faces with eyes far apart, as in most of his credited stories in "Adventures Into the Unknown", are present in this story. The horses with large, square snouts and extremely large hooves, are identical to the horses in 4-5 issues in this series. Only Riss and Elkan are credited on Bill Boyd, so these stories could either be Riss, or some other uncredited artist. He had more realistic horses in 1953 than here.

A Real Dummy (Table of Contents: 4)

Brainy Buster / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Letters

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Genre

humor; western-frontier

Characters

Brainy Buster; Dopey Oscar

Synopsis

Buster is studying ventriloquist lessons with a dummy.

Reprints

• in Big Smash Bargain Comics (Export Publishing, 1950 series) #4 (1951)

Dress Up Just Like Hopalong Cassidy (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Frederick Loeser & Co., Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Prairie Fortune Teller (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 2 pages (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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Genre

humor; western-frontier

Characters

Professor Mystic

Synopsis

A visit at the Prairie Fortune Teller.

Reprints

• in Big Smash Bargain Comics (Export Publishing, 1950 series) #4 (1951)

Red Swift Leaps For Life (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Ball-Band Jets / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Ominous Door (Table of Contents: 8)

Bill Boyd / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Charlie Tomsey ?

Inks

Charlie Tomsey ?

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Bill Boyd; Midnite (horse); Zeke Rayburn (rancher); Jack Rayburn (nephew); Gladstone (crooked lawyer); Sheriff

Synopsis

The old dying rancher puts all his money in a suitcase, leaves it inside a deserted house and attaches a sign to the door, saying that behind the door lies a surprise of fame, fortune or death.

Reprints

• in Big Smash Bargain Comics (Export Publishing, 1950 series) #4 (1951)

Indexer Notes

Tomsey is credited on westerns for Fawcett by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and some square jawed faces, and movements looks like his credited work on "Lance O'Casey" in Whiz Comics #134 and #136. Probably his work.

The Death Brand (Table of Contents: 9)

Bill Boyd / comic story / 7 pages (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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Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Bill Boyd; Midnite (horse); Brad Allen (robber and killer); Blacksmith

Synopsis

An accidental brand on a horse turns out to be a clue to the killer of the hotel clerk.

Reprints

• in Big Smash Bargain Comics (Export Publishing, 1950 series) #4 (1951)

Treasure in the Shack (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Rod Reed [as Clement Good] (signed)

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Phineas Griggins; Jake; Bobby

Synopsis

Phinneas didn't find the money in the book because he didn't know how to read.

Reprints

• in Big Smash Bargain Comics (Export Publishing, 1950 series) #4 (1951)

Get This Official "Rocky" Lane Posse Shoulder Patch (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Carnation Malted Milk / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Moving Story (Table of Contents: 12)

Windy Whopper / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor; western-frontier

Characters

Windy Whopper;

Synopsis

Windy tries to get a role in a picture.

Reprints

• in Big Smash Bargain Comics (Export Publishing, 1950 series) #4 (1951)

Bumpy Road Ahead (Table of Contents: 13)

Hammerhead / comic story / 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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Genre

humor; western-frontier

Characters

Hammerhead; Boss

Synopsis

Hammerhead puts up wallpaper and forgets the pictures.

Reprints

• in Big Smash Bargain Comics (Export Publishing, 1950 series) #4 (1951)

The Midnight Marauders (Table of Contents: 14)

Bill Boyd / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

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Letters

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Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Bill Boyd; Midnite (horse); Sheriff Tone; VILLAINS: Wild Bill Banks; Digger; Randy

Synopsis

Outlaws are stealing the gold from the gold camp.

Reprints

• in Big Smash Bargain Comics (Export Publishing, 1950 series) #4 (1951)

Indexer Notes

Same artist as on the "Smiley Burnett" story in "Six-Gun Heroes" #3, with very marked lines on the cheeks.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Battered Batts / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Huh? Jumping Jehoshaphat...

Genre

humor; western-frontier

Characters

Batts

Synopsis

Batts is battered up with a broken leg and arm.

Reprints

• in Big Smash Bargain Comics (Export Publishing, 1950 series) #4 (1951)

Trouble at Ghoet-Town (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Always the Best (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

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

Hey Gang! (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Mechanix Illustrated / advertisement / 1 page (report information)