Crack Western #81

(November 1952)

Arizona Raines and the Secret of Terror Canyon (Table of Contents: 1)

Arizona Raines / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Gustavson

Pencils

Paul Gustavson

Inks

Paul Gustavson

Colors

?

Letters

Paul Gustavson

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Arizona Raines; Thunder (a horse); Spurs; Calico (a horse); Pedro Mortez (villain, death)

Synopsis

The only way to get Mortez and his gang in Terror Canyon is by trickery.

Indexer Notes

Faces with heavy jaws in sideview, and also the eyes and smile are all signs of Gustavson. He is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

Gustavson credits also from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

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

Two-Gun Lil / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Bernstein

Pencils

Pete Morisi

Inks

Pete Morisi

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

There's only one basic way to get away with murder...

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Two-Gun Lil [Lil Peters]; Hank; Sam Ericson; Jed Maxon (villain, death); Charley (villain, death)

Indexer Notes

Pencils: Ger Apeldoorn suggests Morisi.
Morisi is credited on pencils and ink on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and the round eyes in round faces, and sneering mouth in sideview are similar to his signed stories in Danger #2 (Comic Media).

Script credit from Martin O'Hearn.

Hangmans Horror! (Table of Contents: 3)

The Whip / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Charles Sultan

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

The Whip [Johnny Lash]; Diablo (a horse); Wes Jones; Miss Jones; Judge Hastings

Indexer Notes

Sultan is credited on pencils on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and some faces with pouchy lines under the eyes in side view point to him.

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

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Bob Allen Frontier Marshal / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Harry Anderson

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It was deep winter and the fur-trapping season was in full swing!

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Marshal Bob Allen; Kanawis; Pete Dorger (villain, death)

Reprints

• in Apache Trail (Farrell, 1957 series) #3 (February 1958)
which is reprinted
• in Kid Colt Outlaw (Thorpe & Porter, 1950 ? series) #42

Indexer Notes

The layout with many heads halfway inside the panel borders, and shouting faces that are very similar to many of Anderson's credited stories, as in T-Man Comics and Nyoka. His peculiar lines outside corners of eyes are missing, but he is only credited on pencils on this feature in Jerry Bails' Who's Who.