Star Western
#2
([May 10, 2000])
Avalon Communications,
2000 Series
- Price
- 5.95 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- ACG Comics
- Brand
- ACG Comics
- Editing
- Roger Broughton (Reprint Editor)
[no title indexed]
Herb Jeffries The Bronze Buckaroo / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Over 60 years ago Herb Jeffries...
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Promo for "Herb Jeffries The Bronze Buckaroo" comic.
Blackmail!
Tom Mix / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Tom Mix; Tony (horse); Sheriff Mike Shaw; Shifty; Cleary
- Synopsis
- A man gets more than he bargained for when he goes on a robbery and ends up being a party to a murder. He tries to mend his ways, but the murderer returns and threatens to expose him.
- Reprints
-
from Western Hero (Fawcett, 1949 series) #77 (April 1949)
-
- Keywords
- bank robbery; blackmail; murder
Indexer Notes
Originally from an unknown Fawcett comic.
Gun-Crazy Marshal
Wyatt Earp / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Charles Nicholas (credited as Cha)
- Inks
- Sal Trapani (credited as Sal)
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- 6777
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Wyatt Earp
- Synopsis
- Wyatt Earp stops Hollister from taking over the town.
- Reprints
- from Six-Gun Heroes (Charlton, 1954 series) #60 (December 1960)
-
Indexer Notes
Signed "ChaSal".
Queen of Alkali Flats
Annie Oakley / comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- 5413
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Annie Oakley
- Reprints
- from Six-Gun Heroes (Charlton, 1954 series) #55 (February 1960)
-
Carnival of Fear
Wild Bill Hickok / comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- S1130
- Feature Logo
- Jingles and Wild Bill Hickok
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Jingles; Wild Bill Hickok
- Reprints
- from Six-Gun Heroes (Charlton, 1954 series) #40 (February 1957)
-
The Banker's Special
Lash LaRue / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Pete Morisi (signed as P. M.)
- Inks
- Pete Morisi (signed as P. M.)
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- 6011
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Lash LaRue
- Reprints
- from Lash La Rue Western (Charlton, 1954 series) #78 (June 1960)
-
- Keywords
- bank robbery
Hide-Out Guns
Wild Bill Hickok / comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- S668
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Wild Bill Hickok; Ace Fenton
- Synopsis
- Gambler Ace Fenton has something besides cards up his sleeve.
- Reprints
- from Cowboy Western (Charlton, 1954 series) #59 (April 1956)
-
- Keywords
- gambling
John Wayne
text article / 2 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- John Wayne
- Synopsis
- Brief biography of John Wayne and a list of ten of his best movies.
No Target for the Killer's Guns
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- A-1789
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Reprints
- from Texas Rangers in Action (Charlton, 1956 series) #38 (March 1963)
-
Lost & Found
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Reprints
- from Six-Gun Heroes (Charlton, 1954 series) #55 (February 1960)
-
Was It Jesse James Who "Bob Ford" Shot?
Western Wonders / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Clint Harmon (signed)
- Inks
- Clint Harmon (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Reprints
- from Cowboy Western Comics (Charlton, 1948 series) #28 (June 1950)
-
The Day Billy Died!
Billy the Kid / comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- D-2017
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Billy the Kid
- Reprints
- from Billy the Kid (Charlton, 1957 series) #88 (December 1971)
-
The Right Medicine
Wild Bill Hickok / comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- S-1129
- Feature Logo
- Jingles and Wild Bill Hickok
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Jingles; Wild Bill Hickok
- Reprints
- from Six-Gun Heroes (Charlton, 1954 series) #40 (February 1957)
-
The Ghost of Golden Arrow
Golden Arrow / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier; superhero
- Characters
- Golden Arrow
- Reprints
- from Cowboy Western (Charlton, 1954 series) #48 (Spring 1954)
-
The Stalking Terror!
Rocky Lane / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Rocky Lane; Black Jack (horse)
- Synopsis
- Rocky Lane investigates the disappearance of horses in the mountains. Black Jack has to save him from being mauled by a mountain lion.
- Reprints
- from Cowboy Western (Charlton, 1954 series) #48 (Spring 1954) which is reprinted
- from Rocky Lane Western (Fawcett, 1949 series) #19 (November 1950)
-
- Keywords
- mountain lion
Indexer Notes
Sub-titled "A Black Jack Story". Possibly a Fawcett reprint. Includes one-third page text promo on last page for Rocky Lane Western.
The Final Frontier!
Star Hawks / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Promo for "Star Hawks" comic.
The Jack Kirby Collector #20
TwoMorrows / advertisement / 1 page
- Characters
- Silver Surfer (cameo)
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover. Promo for The Jack Kirby Collector #20 and Comic Book Artist #1. Mail-in coupon to order back issues of The Jack Kirby Collector #13-19.
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Table of Contents
-
0.
The Duke
John Wayne -
1.
["Over 60 years ago Herb Jeffries..."]
Herb Jeffries The Bronze Buckaroo -
2.
Blackmail!
Tom Mix -
3.
Gun-Crazy Marshal
Wyatt Earp -
4.
Queen of Alkali Flats
Annie Oakley -
5.
Carnival of Fear
Wild Bill Hickok -
6.
The Banker's Special
Lash LaRue -
7.
Hide-Out Guns
Wild Bill Hickok -
8.
John Wayne
-
9.
No Target for the Killer's Guns
-
10.
Lost & Found
-
11.
Was It Jesse James Who "Bob Ford" Shot?
Western Wonders -
12.
The Day Billy Died!
Billy the Kid -
13.
The Right Medicine
Wild Bill Hickok -
14.
The Ghost of Golden Arrow
Golden Arrow -
15.
The Stalking Terror!
Rocky Lane -
16.
The Final Frontier!
Star Hawks -
17.
The Jack Kirby Collector #20
TwoMorrows -
18.
["If you're interested in the art of the comic book..."]
Joe Kubert's World of Cartooning
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Peter Croome
- Merlin Haas
- Paul Lefebvre
- Clint Maxwell
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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