Apache Trail #2

(November 1957)

Start to Play Real Music on the Harmonica in 15 Minutes Flat! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Tim Calhoun's Sliding Note Finder Harmonica / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Yellow, for Gold...And Cowards! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Don Heck

Inks

Don Heck

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Charlie Fellers; Juanito; Rod Fagin; Joe Abbott

Synopsis

A Mexican boy helps expose a thief in a mining camp.

Reprints

• from Death Valley (Comic Media, 1953 series) #4 (April 1954) [retitled]
• in Kid Colt Outlaw (Thorpe & Porter, 1950 ? series) #41

Indexer Notes

Original title: "Hemp Necktie."

100 Toy Soldiers $1.25 (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Circus Boy Ice Cream Maker (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Circus Boy Ice Cream Maker / advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Balloons with Pump / advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

Popeye Flashlight (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Popeye Flashlight / advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

21" Diesel Trucks / advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

The Tallest Spar! (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Red Hathaway; Mac Stone; Terry Collins; Danny MacFarland

Synopsis

A lumber camp feud endangers the lumberjacks.

Reprints

• from Death Valley (Comic Media, 1953 series) #5 (June 1954) [retitled]
• in Kid Colt Outlaw (Thorpe & Porter, 1950 ? series) #41
• in The Fastest Gun Western (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #3 ([January 1973])

Indexer Notes

Original title: "Vengeance."

Nightmare Message! (Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Letters

typeset

Reprints

• from Strange Fantasy (Farrell, 1952 series) #2 [1] (August 1952)

Indexer Notes

First page between pages 2 and 3 of sequence 6; second page between sequences 6 and 9

Build Your Own Cannon (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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Boss Lady! (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Missy Lil Peters; Rita Adams; George (Rita and Missy Lil's brother); Sandy Diamond; Bush Peters; Sandy Diamond

Synopsis

Missy Lil Peters and Rita Adams are sisters. Lil is left in charge when their brother George leaves town for a few days. Bush Peters, a thug spurned by Missy Lil, gets a kerchief from her. He and his gang secretly watch as Sandy Diamond, a man wanted by the law, and Rita are kissing. Sandy swears off crime and asks Rita to marry. He is followed by Bush's gang and taken prisoner. He is told to play dead and hold Li's kerchief while Rita rides up. Bush convinces Rita that Lil killed Sandy. Lil says it was Bush's doing. The gang using the scene to rob the bank. Lil cleans up the gang.

Reprints

• from Crack Western (Quality Comics, 1949 series) #82 (January 1953) [edited reprint]
• in Kid Colt Outlaw (Thorpe & Porter, 1950 ? series) #41

Indexer Notes

Originally untitled with the first line being, "There is no fury like the fury of a woman who is out to exact revenge..."

Differences from original story: Missy Lil Peters is Two-Gun Lil and carries a pair of revolvers. There is no brother George, and Rita and Lil aren't called sisters. Rita tries to shoot Lil over Sandy's death. Bush rips a piece of Lil's dress, and kills Sandy. Rita tries to shoot Lil dead, but runs out of bullets.

250 Magic Tricks Revealed (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

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Medical Tablet Discovery (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Tropisan Psoriasis Treatment / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

This Man Belongs to Texas! (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Pete Morisi

Inks

Pete Morisi

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Matt Morgan; Tom Larson

Synopsis

An outlaw hides, pretending to be a law-abiding cowboy.

Reprints

• from Death Valley (Comic Media, 1953 series) #5 (June 1954) [retitled]
• in Kid Colt Outlaw (Thorpe & Porter, 1950 ? series) #41

Indexer Notes

Original title: "Vengeance Killer."

Boys! Girls! Enjoy Home Picture Shows (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Comicscope / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Two-Tone Reversible Auto Seat Covers (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Cryden Sales Automobile Seat Covers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Given! (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Add 4 "Power Packed" Inches of Muscle (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Joe Weider Course and Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Now You Can Train Yourself for Top Pay in Auto Mechanics (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Commercial Trades Institute / advertisement / 1 page (report information)