(January 1949)

Lev Gleason, 1948 Series
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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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Charles Biro (signed)
Inks
Charles Biro (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Reprints

One Man against Two Armies (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Robert Bernstein (sourced)
Pencils
Fred Kida ? (sourced)
Inks
Fred Kida ? (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Judge Perry; Sutter Family; Naylor Family
Synopsis
How square-shooting Judge Perry hog-tied the explosive fury of two feuding families, the Sutters and Naylors, every member of which was a dead shot.

Buckskin Frank Combs (Table of Contents: 2)

A True Wild West Story / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Bernstein (sourced)
Pencils
Tony DiPreta (signed)
Inks
Tony DiPreta (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Buckskin Frank Combs (outlaw); Old Man Shepard
Synopsis
After murdering thirteen men, he met death at the hands of a woman.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Sure as Shootin' / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Claude Moore (signed)
Pencils
Claude Moore (signed)
Inks
Claude Moore (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Abilene one of the wildest towns in the west was tamed by one man -- Marshall Tom Smith!
Genre
non-fiction; western-frontier
Characters
Wild Bill Hickok; Marshal Tom Smith; James Davidson (Chief of Texas State Police)
Synopsis
Some short facts from the old wild west.

Never Before... (Table of Contents: 4)

letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters on DAREDEVIL #50

When the Waltons Rode (Table of Contents: 5)

A True Wild West Story / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Bare
Inks
Al Bare
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Jack Walton (outlaw); Bill Walton (outlaw); Pete Walton (outlaw); Jim Walton (outlaw)
Synopsis
Back in the 1880's, the dreaded name, Waltons, brought fear to the old west.

Indexer Notes

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

Trigger Ed Craig's Last Stand (Table of Contents: 6)

A True Wild West Story / text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Fred Guardineer (illos)
Inks
Fred Guardineer (illos)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Mike Thorn (Texas Ranger); Trigger Ed Craig (outlaw); Bat Terrill (outlaw); Dale Tempar (Ranger); Bob Knight (Ranger)

Western Whodunit? (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
Robert Bernstein (sourced)
Pencils
Fred Guardineer
Inks
Fred Guardineer
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Jack (cook); Boss Cordway; Charlotte Cordway; Rainbow Jones; Luckless Lorimer; Cowboy Dick
Synopsis
Test your wits...how good a sheriff are you?
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. One Man against Two Armies
    A True Wild West Story
  3. 2. Buckskin Frank Combs
    A True Wild West Story
  4. 3. ["Abilene one of the wildest towns in the west was tamed by one man -- Marshall Tom Smith!"]
    Sure as Shootin'
  5. 4. Never Before...
  6. 5. When the Waltons Rode
    A True Wild West Story
  7. 6. Trigger Ed Craig's Last Stand
    A True Wild West Story
  8. 7. Western Whodunit?
    A True Wild West Story
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steinar Ã…dland
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Tony R. Rose