(October 1953)
Fawcett,
1949 Series
- Volume
- 8
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fawcett Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
A Fawcett Publication
- Editing
- ?
in 
Backfire
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Bob Carey (rancher); Jim Kedder (Sheriff); Rudge Wilger (banker)
- Synopsis
- Banker Wilger will not give Carey the loan he needs.
Indexer Notes
Inside front and back cover.
Dead Man Walks the Range
Lash LaRue / comic story / 15 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Lash LaRue; Big Ed; Don; Chief Marshal; Dead-Eye Dorgan; Doc; Tim
- Synopsis
- Fighting ghosts isn't a job for a roving marshal, but that's exactly what Lash LaRue has to do when he meets the dead man who walks the range.
- Reprints
-
in Best of the West (AC, 1998 series) #46 ([December] 2004)
-
Coffee Grounds for Complaint!
Big Bow and Little Arrow / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Characters
- Big Bow; Little Arrow
- Synopsis
- Bad eye after forgetting to take spoon out of the cup.
A Big Mistake!
Trader Tom / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Characters
- Trader Tom; Blakely
Indexer Notes
This filler seems a little different to original Boughner scan from "Jed and Ned", but both with such simple style that it could be the same artist. Art ID by Steinar Ådland January 2011.
The Build-Up
Dusty / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Characters
- Dysty; Gus (barkeeper); Big Baxter (dim-wit)
- Synopsis
- Dusty wants to get even with Big Baxter and goes into training.
Indexer Notes
Last panel ad for several Fawcett comics.
Relax!
Molasses Mouth / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Characters
- Molasses Mouth
- Synopsis
- As soon as he tries to relax he falls asleep.
Indexer Notes
This filler seems similar to original Boughner scan from "Jed and Ned" at Bails' Who's Who. Art ID by Steinar Ådland January 2011.
Unpopular!
Wagonwheels / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Characters
- Wagonwheels
- Synopsis
- He is not very popular for getting under everybody's skin. He is a tatoo artist.
Indexer Notes
This one is very similar to original Boughner scan from "Jed & Ned" in Jerry Bails' Who's Who. Art ID by Steinar Ådland January 2011.
The Boomerang Traps
Lash LaRue / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Lash LaRue; Tolley (stage manager); Gilch (robber)
- Synopsis
- The stagecoach line has suffered several hold ups lately, and Lash has taken a job in the office under a different name so he can get a lead on the robberies. It must be an inside job.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Dead Man Walks the Range
Lash LaRue -
1.
Backfire
-
2.
Dead Man Walks the Range
Lash LaRue -
3.
Coffee Grounds for Complaint!
Big Bow and Little Arrow -
4.
A Big Mistake!
Trader Tom -
5.
The Build-Up
Dusty -
6.
Relax!
Molasses Mouth -
7.
Unpopular!
Wagonwheels -
8.
The Boomerang Traps
Lash LaRue -
9.
Draw This car
Art Instruction, Inc.
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Michael Hoskin
- Tony R. Rose
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