Wild Western #4

(November 1948)

Bushwhack Bullets for a Colt-Quick Gunhawk! (Table of Contents: 1)

Kid Colt / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Ernie Hart

Pencils

Russ Heath; ? (see notes)

Inks

Russ Heath; ? (see notes)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

3177

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Kid Colt; Smiley Sinclair; Spade; Ringo; Steel

Synopsis

Colt is hired by the army to stop a gang who have stolen army uniforms. Colt becomes interested when he hears the army has received a note from Kid Colt, claiming to be the gang's leader. Colt finds Smiley is the one who stole the uniforms and breaks up the gang, killing Smiley, then gives the army a wanted poster of himself as he leaves.

Reprints

• in Wild West (Bell Features, 1948 series) #4 ([circa Spring 1949])
• in Kid Colt Outlaw (Horwitz, 1952 ? series) #10 ([November 1952])

Keywords

El Stenago

Indexer Notes

Splash panel drawn by an unknown artist. Info per Nick Caputo.
Writer credit from Martin O'Hearn.

Hot Lead for Horse Thieves! (Table of Contents: 2)

Tex Taylor / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Syd Shores (see notes); Marty Nodell ?

Inks

Vince Alascia (see notes); ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

3601

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Tex Taylor; Blackie Donovan; Clem Williams; Fury

Synopsis

Tex saves Clem from being hung and unmasks Blackie as selling stolen horses, then accusing men of being horse thieves.

Reprints

• in Wild West (Bell Features, 1948 series) #4 ([circa Spring 1949])

Indexer Notes

Possible Nodell pencils and splash page art by Shores/Alascia per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. via atlastales.com.

Colt Merchants and Bucking Broncs! (Table of Contents: 3)

Tex Morgan / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Pierce Rice

Inks

Chu F. Hing

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

3384

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Tex Morgan; Lobo; Ace Stevens; Arizona Burns; Hank Burns; Susan Burns; Cloud; Lightning

Synopsis

When Ace wounds Hank so he can't compete in the rode, Tex rides in Hank's place and wins, giving the money to Hank's family and killing Ace.

Reprints

• in Wild West (Bell Features, 1948 series) #4 ([circa Spring 1949])

Indexer Notes

art credits per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. via atlastales.com.

The Outcast (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

SL-3623

Genre

western-frontier

Reprints

• in Wild West (Bell Features, 1948 series) #4 ([circa Spring 1949])

Six-Shooter Schoolmarm! (Table of Contents: 5)

Arizona Annie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Pierce Rice

Inks

Chu F. Hing

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Arizona Annie; Art; Bill

Synopsis

While serving as a temporary schoolteacher Annie catches a pair of criminals who try to hide in the schoolhouse.

Reprints

• in Wild West (Bell Features, 1948 series) #4 ([circa Spring 1949])

Indexer Notes

Art credits per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. via atlastales.com. Arizona Annie next appears in Tex Morgan #3 (December 1948).

Gun-Smoke Over Vulture Valley! (Table of Contents: 6)

Two-Gun Kid / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Russ Heath

Inks

Russ Heath

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

3568

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Two-Gun Kid [Clay Harder]; Floyd Manders; Ned Kincaid; Sam Arnold; Susan Arnold; Flash Kincaid; Cyclone

Synopsis

Floyd tries to drive Sam off his ranch and kills him. Susan and Flash take up residence on the nearby plateau and live in the wild. Their son Ned eventually comes to Vulture Valley to regain the family ranch from Floyd and the Kid helps him. Flash returns from the plateau to help his son and he sets off a dynamite blast which kills Floyd but leaves Flash and Susan trapped on the plateau.

Keywords

Vulture Valley

Indexer Notes

Original Pencil/Ink credits of Syd Shores replaced with Russ Heath based on information from the Timely/Atlas discussion list. [12/2006 - MN]