Desperado
#4
(October 1948)
Lev Gleason,
1948 Series
- Volume
- ?
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Lev Gleason Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Lev Gleason Publications
- Editing
- Charles Biro; Bob Wood
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Charles Biro (signed)
- Inks
- Charles Biro (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Reprints
in 
[no title indexed]
Sure as Shootin' / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Claude Moore (signed)
- Pencils
- Claude Moore (signed)
- Inks
- Claude Moore (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Emperor of the United States!
- Genre
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Characters
- Joshua Norton (emperor); Ed McGiffero; Lillian Smith (sharpshooter); Utah Charley (train robber); James Marshal (prospector); Wild Bill Hickok
- Synopsis
- About sharpshooters and a proclaimed emperor of the United States.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Reno Brothers - The Four Horsemen of Horror!
A True Wild West Story / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bob Fujitani (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Fujitani (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Jim Reno (outlaw); John Reno (outlaw); Bill Reno (outlaw); Frank Reno (outlaw)
[no title indexed]
Sure as Shootin' / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Claude Moore (signed)
- Pencils
- Claude Moore (signed)
- Inks
- Claude Moore (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Annie Oakley
- Genre
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Characters
- Annie Oakley; Judge Jim Burnett; Bill Watson; Buffalo Bill Cody
Hank Plummer
A True Wild West Story / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Hank Plummer (killer)
- Synopsis
- The lead-slinging ruler of one of the most vicious gangs ever to prey on innocent prospectors.
Indexer Notes
Art credits suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
Bats in the Badlands
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
Indexer Notes
Humor strip. JVJ has Perry as most probable, and the art is identical to the other gags in the feature, Western Whackies, signed by RAP. The noses are very special.
Doc Halliday
A True Wild West Story / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Doc Holliday; Jim Starr (gambler); Kate Fischel; Wyatt Earp; Ike Clanton; Bill Clanton
- Synopsis
- Doc reached a fame that few gun-toters of the old west have equalled.
Indexer Notes
Art credits suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
Joe Rock - He Kept the Gravediggers Busy
A True Wild West Story / text story / 3 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Joe Rock [Jed Wilson] (killer); Laurie Wood; Sheriff Harry Siler; Jack Stevens
Indexer Notes
Art credits suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. Five small drawings.
Wes Hardin
A True Wild West Story / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Robert Bernstein
- Pencils
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Inks
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Wes Hardin (gunman); Sheriff Motley
- Synopsis
- Hardin's cold-blooded campaign of murder and train robberies terrorized the whole state of Texas.
[no title indexed]
Western Wackies / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I have a job for you...
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
[no title indexed]
Sure as Shootin' / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Claude Moore (signed)
- Pencils
- Claude Moore (signed)
- Inks
- Claude Moore (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Sidney Ducks...
- Genre
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Characters
- Tex Rankin (badman); Kid Curry Logan (outlaw)
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
["Emperor of the United States!"]
Sure as Shootin' -
2.
The Reno Brothers - The Four Horsemen of Horror!
A True Wild West Story -
3.
["Annie Oakley"]
Sure as Shootin' -
4.
[no title indexed]
Need We Say More -
5.
Hank Plummer
A True Wild West Story -
6.
Bats in the Badlands
-
7.
Doc Halliday
A True Wild West Story -
8.
Joe Rock - He Kept the Gravediggers Busy
A True Wild West Story -
9.
Rodeo Rampage
-
10.
Wes Hardin
A True Wild West Story -
11.
["I have a job for you..."]
Western Wackies -
12.
["The Sidney Ducks..."]
Sure as Shootin'
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