Bill Boyd Western #16

(July 1951)

The Terror Trick (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

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Pencils

Charlie Tomsey ?

Inks

Charlie Tomsey ?

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Bill Boyd; Midnite (horse); Cy Catel (crooked rancher); Jimmie Carson; Brad Carson (older brother)

Synopsis

After a tornado some kids are made orphans, and are taken to Cy's spread until the folks decide what to do with them. But Cy aims to take over the ranch of one of the kids now that his parents are dead. Then an older brother appears.

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. Could be his work. Artwork similar to "The Ominous Door" story in Bill Boyd #5.

A Sad Plot (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 0.33 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

Synopsis

A grave mistake to spell the name on the tombestone wrong.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Quiz / activity / 0.33 page (report information)

Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Score yourself as follows...

Jungle Intrigue! Mystery! Adventure! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Nyoka / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.34 page (report information)

Picture Rings (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Kellogg's Raisin Bran / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Buzzing the Bee (Table of Contents: 6)

Windy / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

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Genre

humor; western-frontier

Characters

Windy; Jack

Synopsis

Jack wants to get even on Windy for all his practical jokes.

The Haunted Hotel (Table of Contents: 7)

A Crowbait Story / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Charlie Tomsey ?

Inks

Charlie Tomsey ?

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Bill Boyd; Midnite (horse); Crowbait (peddler); Crown (killer); Hudson; Willis (crooked hotel owner)

Synopsis

Crowbait is witness to a hired murder.

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. Artwork similar to "The Ominous Door" story in Bill Boyd #5.

Tess and Tim Trap Cattle Rustlers (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

The Popsicle Twins on the Range / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Boys and Girls (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Bar-Twenty / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Fighting Words (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Rod Reed [as Clement Good]

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Dude Slegger; Phil (fiddler); Loudmouth Larry; Donkey Ears

Synopsis

A brawl at the barndance.

Squeeze Play Saves the Day (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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

Rustler's Rugs (Table of Contents: 12)

Bill Boyd / comic story / 7 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); Sheriff; Pop Turner

Synopsis

Cattle are rustled, but there are no tracks to show where they are taken.

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.