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.

All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

["There's only one basic way to get away with murder..."] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script:

Robert Bernstein

Pencils:

Pete Morisi

Inks:

Pete Morisi

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

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).
Writer credit by 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

["It was deep Winter and the fur-trapping season was in full swing!"] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script:

?

Pencils:

Harry Anderson

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

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

Reprints:

• in Apache Trail (Farrell, 1957 series) #3 (February 1958)

Indexer Notes

The layout with many heads halfway inside the panel borders, and shouting faces are very similar to many of his credited stories, like 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 (Frontier Marshal) by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.