(June-July 1948)

Lev Gleason, 1948 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Lev Gleason Publications Inc.
Brand
Lev Gleason Publications
Editing
Charles Biro; Bob Wood

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Charles Biro (signed)
Inks
Charles Biro (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Reprints
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Joe Slade (Table of Contents: 1)

A True Crime Story / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Bernstein (sourced)
Pencils
Mike Roy ?
Inks
John Belfi ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime; western-frontier
Characters
Joe Slade (killer); Hank Beardsley (gunsmith); Ben Potter

Indexer Notes

Very uncertain art credits here, as some of the tall, longnecked figures with hats on the back of their head looks like George Tuska. Belfi, with his marked press in trouser legs, is credited on ink in Desperado by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. Mike Roy, credited on pencils in Desperado, is another possible on pencils, as many of the faces have some similarities with his signed work in Adventures into darkness #14, but he has shorter figures. He is credited on pencils in Desperado by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

Sam Bass, the Cross-Eyed Dead Shot! (Table of Contents: 2)

A True Crime Story / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Bernstein (sourced)
Pencils
Al Bare
Inks
Al Bare
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime; western-frontier
Characters
Sam Bass (train robber); Mrs. Lacy (landlady)
Synopsis
Sam Bass was a cross-eyed dead shot and the deadliest train robber of all times.

Indexer Notes

Art is identical to Al Bare's work credited by JVJ in Desperado #5 and #6, and Black Diamond Western #13. Rounded and varied brushlines. He is credited on work for Lev Gleason by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

Sam Brown, the Devil's Partner (Table of Contents: 3)

A True Crime Story / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime; western-frontier
Characters
Sam Brown; Ed Townsend; Ben Wade

Bill Longley (Table of Contents: 4)

A True Crime Story / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Inks
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime; western-frontier
Characters
Bill Longley (outlaw); Alex; Jules Whittaker
Synopsis
Bill Longley, the outlaw that was hung twice.
Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. Joe Slade
    A True Crime Story
  3. 2. Sam Bass, the Cross-Eyed Dead Shot!
    A True Crime Story
  4. 3. Sam Brown, the Devil's Partner
    A True Crime Story
  5. 4. Bill Longley
    A True Crime Story
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