Wild Western Action #1

(March 1971)

The Bravados! (Table of Contents: 1)

The Bravados / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Len Wein

Pencils

Syd Shores

Inks

Mike Esposito

Colors

?

Letters

Jean Izzo

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Bravados [Joshua Reno; Jefferson Drumm; Gideon; Hellion [Helen Hawkins]; Charade] (Origin); Melinda Reno (Flashback)

Synopsis

The origin of how the Bravados banded together when Jefferson Drumm was attacked by the gang that killed everyone in a small western town.

The Town That Forgot! (Table of Contents: 2)

Billy Nevada [Billy the Kid] / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Don Heck

Inks

Don Heck

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Billy Nevada; Sam Perkins; George Barton; Phil Walcott; Mort Wallner

Synopsis

The townspeople of Ulster are frightened by Mort Wallner's gang into acting like they want nothing to do with Billy Nevada when he comes to visit but they get their nerve back when Billy fights back alone against Mort's gang.

Reprints

• from Billy the Kid Adventure Magazine (Toby, 1950 series) #28 (May 1955)

Indexer Notes

name relettered throughout from Billy the Kid

The Durango Kid's Western Dictionary (Table of Contents: 3)

Durango Kid / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

?

Genre

western-frontier

Synopsis

The meaning of the words butte, cowboy, dynamite, elk, fly and guns.

Reprints

• from Charles Starrett as the Durango Kid (Magazine Enterprises, 1949 series) #35 (April 1955)

Dead-Shot Debby! (Table of Contents: 4)

Durango Kid / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Fred Guardineer

Inks

Fred Guardineer

Colors

?

Letters

Fred Guardineer ?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Durango Kid; Debby Stone; Mike

Reprints

• from Charles Starrett as the Durango Kid (Magazine Enterprises, 1949 series) #35 (April 1955)

"The Dynamiters!" (Table of Contents: 5)

Swift Arrow [Straight Arrow] / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Fred Meagher

Inks

Fred Meagher

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Swift Arrow [Steve Adams]; Joe Lawson; Buck Travis; Steve Adams; Packy; Dusty Gribble; Fury

Synopsis

Dusty Gribbles Syndicate steals some dynamite to use to put the Silver Sue Mine out of business. Swift Arrow has to pass through a dangerous swamp with quicksand and make an incredible shot with his bow to stop the dynamite from blowing up the dam and ruining the Silver Sue Mine.

Reprints

• from Straight Arrow (Magazine Enterprises, 1950 series) #6 (October 1950)

Indexer Notes

This is a refeatured, retouched Straight Arrow strip.

The Two Guns of Rio Vegas! (Table of Contents: 6)

Rio Vegas / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Mike Sekowsky

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Rio Vegas; George Winston; Martha Winston

Synopsis

Rio Vegas takes a long fall into a chasm and ends up with amnesia. George Winston tells him that he's his brother and starts to take him into town to get the reward. When he hears that some badhats have seen Rio and plan to kill him he changes his mind and goes back to help him.

Reprints

• from Billy the Kid Adventure Magazine (Toby, 1950 series) #28 (May 1955)

Indexer Notes

name relettered througout from Billy the Kid?

Art id by Steven Grant via the GCD Error List.