Desperado
#6
(December 1948)
Lev Gleason,
1948 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Lev Gleason Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Lev Gleason Publications
- Editing
- Charles Biro; Bob Wood
in 
Joe Bowler
A True Wild West Story / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Joe Bowler (killer); Colonel Gomez; Lard Tyler; Kinder
- Synopsis
- The answer to how much abuse a town of lawful citizens could take is told in the crimson history of this desperado.
[no title indexed]
Sure as Shootin' / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Buffalo Bill Cody
- Genre
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Characters
- Buffalo Bill Cody; Sam Draton; Jack Smythe
- Synopsis
- Some facts about Buffalo Bill, Jack Smythe and others in the old west.
Sheriff Ted Tucker
A True Wild West Story / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Robert Bernstein (sourced)
- Pencils
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Inks
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Sheriff Ted Tucker; Anson; Rhodes (killer); John Clement
- Synopsis
- His courageous battle against desperadoes helped bring law and order to Arizona.
[no title indexed]
West Jesters / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dang it, Luke...
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
Indexer Notes
JVJ has Perry as most probable, and the art is identical to the other gags in this feature signed by RAP. The noses are very special.
Burly Will Grady and His Gang of Ruthless Rustlers
A True Wild West Story / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Burly Will Grady (rustler and killer)
- Synopsis
- For every head of cattle he stole, he left a corpse in payment.
Indexer Notes
Ed Moore is credited on Desperado by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and is best spotted by his many variations on faces and clean inklines.
[no title indexed]
Sure as Shootin' / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A peach of a time!
- Genre
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Characters
- Slim Bradock
- Synopsis
- Short facts about Slim Bradock, a knocked down jail and of a man who could not read.
Marshal Mark Allen - He Never Drew First
A True Wild West Story / text story / 3 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Marshal Mark Allen; Joe Brody (outlaw)
Killer Tom Curtis
A True Wild West Story / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Tom Curtis (killer); Jed Radin (crooked cattle baron); Ray Powely (crooked cattle baron); Cruickshank
- Synopsis
- One of the last and most ruthless of the old west's desperadoes.
Indexer Notes
Art credits from Jim Vadebonceur Jr.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Your day will come, Bowler, and right soon!"]
-
1.
Joe Bowler
A True Wild West Story -
2.
["Buffalo Bill Cody"]
Sure as Shootin' -
3.
Sheriff Ted Tucker
A True Wild West Story -
4.
["Dang it, Luke..."]
West Jesters -
5.
Burly Will Grady and His Gang of Ruthless Rustlers
A True Wild West Story -
6.
["A peach of a time!"]
Sure as Shootin' -
7.
Marshal Mark Allen - He Never Drew First
A True Wild West Story -
8.
Killer Tom Curtis
A True Wild West Story -
9.
["Wait a minute, Jake"]
Western Wackies
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- Steinar Ådland
- Gregory Fischer
- Michael Hoskin
- Clint Maxwell
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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