Crack Western
#78
(May 1952)
Quality Comics,
1949 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Magazines
- Brand
-
A Quality Comic Publication
- Editing
- Alfred Grenet; Richard Arnold (associate editor)
Issue Notes
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
-
in Best of the West (AC, 1998 series) #68 (2008)
-
The Killers of Laurel Ridge
Arizona Raines / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Arizona Raines
Indexer Notes
Original art to cover shown in TwoMorrow's The Quality Companion (2011) with verification of artist. Sequence added by Craig Delich 2012-1-5.
[The Killers of Laurel Ridge]
Arizona Raines / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Arizona Raines
Indexer Notes
Title taken from the cover.
All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
[no title indexed]
Two-Gun Lil / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Once upon a time there were three Bassett brothers!
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Lil Peters [Two-Gun Lil]; Ab Reynolds (marshal); Luke Bassett (villain)
- Reprints
- in Oklahoma Kid (Farrell, 1957 series) #4 (January 1958) [re-titled and modified] which is reprinted
-
Indexer Notes
Credits by Martin O'Hearn.
[no title indexed]
Blackhawk / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Synopsis
- House ad for Blackhawk Comics #52, with cover reproduction
Greed is a Deadly Disease!
Bob Allen, Frontier Marshal / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Reprints
- in Oklahoma Kid (Farrell, 1957 series) #4 (January 1958) [re-titled and modified] which is reprinted
-
The Vanishing Stagecoach
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Jeff Riley (sheriff); Becky Mills
[Hombres at Large]
The Whip / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Nothing can be bought so cheaply as trouble!
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Johnny Lash [The Whip]
- Synopsis
- Title from reprint in Gunsmoke Trail (Farrell, 1957 Series) #4
- Reprints
- in Gunsmoke Trail (Farrell, 1957 series) #4 (January 1958) which is reprinted
- in Best of the West (AC, 1998 series) #68 (2008)
-
in Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Killers of Laurel Ridge
Arizona Raines -
1.
[The Killers of Laurel Ridge]
Arizona Raines -
2.
["Once upon a time there were three Bassett brothers!"]
Two-Gun Lil -
3.
[no title indexed]
Blackhawk -
4.
Greed is a Deadly Disease!
Bob Allen, Frontier Marshal -
5.
The Vanishing Stagecoach
-
6.
[Hombres at Large]
The Whip
This issue was modified by, among others
- Craig Delich
- Clint Maxwell
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Len Wolinsky
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