Dead-Eye Western Comics
#v1#3
(March April 1949)
Hillman,
1948 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Hillman Periodicals Inc.
- Brand
-
A Hillman Publication
- Editing
- Edward Cronin
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What does he want, Ma?
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Reprints
-
in Un Faux Livre (Delcourt, 2017 series) #2 (octobre 2018)
-
Cigarette Case and Lighter
H & S Sales / advertisement / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Cigarette case with your name engraved.
The Lost Dutchman
A True Story / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier; non-fiction
- Characters
- PROSPECTORS: Pedro Peralta; Manuel Peralta; Ramon Peralta; Jacobs; Ludi; Jake Waltz; Ed Kropper; Bert Foster; McNeil; Adolph Ruth
- Synopsis
- Not one has come back searching for the Lost Dutchman Gold Mine.
Indexer Notes
Suchorsky can be spotted by faces with heavy lips and rather sleepy eyes far apart.
America's First Bank Robbers
A True Story / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier; non-fiction
- Characters
- Bob Younger; Cole Younger; Jim Younger; John Younger; Frank James; Jesse James; Ed Reed
- Synopsis
- The hold up of the bank in Northfield, Minnesota, by the Younger and James gang ends in disaster.
Bucky O'Neill the Warrior Marshal
A True Story / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier; non-fiction
- Characters
- Bucky O'Neill; Jim Dolan (crooked railroad boss); Borden (crooked gambler)
- Synopsis
- The exploits of Bucky O'Neill, who was Sheriff in Arizona and died in the Spanish-American war on Cuba.
Race on the "Big Muddy"
text article / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Characters
- Manuel Lisa (fur trader); Wilson P. Hunt (furtrader)
- Synopsis
- Competition between fur companies in the Rockies and upper Missouri.
The Wanderer
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Zack Cruckston (wanted outlaw); John Hanley; Tim Hanley
- Synopsis
- Tim Hanley's search for his brother's killer.
The Man and the Mountain
A True Story / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier; non-fiction
- Characters
- Zebulon M. Pike (soldier explorer); Joe (scout)
- Synopsis
- Zebulon Pike's explorations in the Rocky Mountains in 1805.
The Widow Maker
A True Story / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier; non-fiction
- Characters
- Clay Allison (desperado); Jed; Ted Clayton (gunman)
- Synopsis
- The story of Clay Allison, a Texas desperado after the Civil War.
Indexer Notes
Notice the very small hats drawn by Prentice, which also can be found in his Buckskin Benton feature.
No Mercy
American Merchandising Company, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Revell's new 1947 Model Portable Radar Radio.
Have Fun!
Hollister-White Co. / advertisement / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Get laughs and amaze friends with harmonica, movie projector ormagic pencil.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["What does he want, Ma?"]
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1.
Cigarette Case and Lighter
H & S Sales -
2.
The Lost Dutchman
A True Story -
3.
America's First Bank Robbers
A True Story -
4.
Bucky O'Neill the Warrior Marshal
A True Story -
5.
Race on the "Big Muddy"
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6.
The Wanderer
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7.
The Man and the Mountain
A True Story -
8.
The Widow Maker
A True Story -
9.
No Mercy
American Merchandising Company, Inc. -
10.
Have Fun!
Hollister-White Co. -
11.
A Memorial to Your Loved One...
Rockdale Monument Co. -
12.
Prizes for Everyone!
Lancaster County Seed Co.
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Clint Maxwell
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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