(March 1950)
Marvel,
1949 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Interstate Publishing Corp.
- Brand
-
Marvel Comic [round logo]
- Editing
- Stan Lee ? (editor)
Pepper Lawson Texas' King of the Badmen!
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- 6897
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- John Hacker; William 'Pepper' Lawson; Clarence 'Doc' Lambert; Slim Aikers; Ward; Brakie
- Synopsis
- With Lawson dominating Durfee, Hacker is sent to clean up the town. Posing as a janitor Hacker carefully gathers intelligence on Lawson's gang, distributes warrants and finally bands the town against Lawson, killing Lawson and more than half of his 100-man strong gang.
- Keywords
- Durfee County; Texas
Indexer Notes
Maneely art per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. via atlastales.com.
Chief Tall Wolf's War!
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Maneely; Dave Berg (see notes)
- Inks
- Joe Maneely; Dave Berg (see notes)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- 6926
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Tom Nickson; Red Eagle; Chief Tall Wolf; Calico; Robbins
- Synopsis
- A friendly wager to kill buffalo between Tom and Calico enrages the Comanche, who begin an uprising. Tom himself joins the fight and engages in one-on-one combat against Chief Tall Wolf but the US Cavalry end the conflict by presenting documents outlawing the killing of buffalo.
- Keywords
- Comanche; Dodge City; Eagle Rock; Kansas; Red Gulch; US Cavalry
Indexer Notes
Maneely pencils and inks and Dave Berg splash page per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. via atlastales.com.
Fatal Error
text story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- 5261
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Reprints
-
in Wild Western (Marvel, 1948 series) #14 (February 1951) which is reprinted -
in Ranger Trails (Bell Features, 1950 series) #22 ([circa November 1951]) - in Apache Kid (Marvel, 1950 series) #5 (May 1951)
- in Western Thrillers (Marvel, 1954 series) #3 (January 1955)
-
The Double Cross of Sam Bass!
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- 6871
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Sam Bass; Arkansaw; Jim Jackson; Jo Collins; Bags o' Gold; Jake; Lem
- Synopsis
- Biography of outlaw Sam Bass (1851-1878)
- Keywords
- Dakota; Indiana; Nebraska; Round Rock; Texas; Texas Rangers
Indexer Notes
Possible Shores or Becker/Brodsky art per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr via atlastales.com.
The McCanles Massacre
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- 7035
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Wild Bill Hickok; Dave McCanles; Nell; Abraham Lincoln; Colonel Bell; Mrs. Waltman; Doc Mills
- Synopsis
- Biography of lawman James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok (1937-1876), including an historically questionable account of his shootout with the McCanles Gang at Rock Creek Station near Endicott NE in July 1861.
- Keywords
- Illinois; Missouri; Troy Grove
Indexer Notes
Bjorklund credit per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. via atlastales.com.
Kill the Sheep-Men!
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- 6766
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Ted Rockwell; Nick Nichols; Spud; Baldy; Chuck Gibson; Mr. Gibson; Mr. Rockwell
- Synopsis
- Returning from the Spanish-American War, Ted and Chuck find their families in a range war over rustling. The real rustlers try to divert the ranchers by framing Ted as a member of their gang, but Ted leads the others to Nick's rustlers. Nick kills Ted but Chuck avenges his best friend's death by shooting Nick.
- Reprints
- in Cowboy Action (Marvel, 1955 series) #5 (March 1955) which is reprinted
- in Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #185 (August 1974)
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- Keywords
- cattle rustling; Suet; Wyoming
in Indexer Notes
art credits per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. via atlastales.com.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Pepper Lawson Texas' King of the Badmen!
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2.
Chief Tall Wolf's War!
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3.
Fatal Error
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4.
The Fastest Rising Star in Movies
Whip Wilson -
5.
The Double Cross of Sam Bass!
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6.
The McCanles Massacre
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7.
Kill the Sheep-Men!
This issue was modified by, among others
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Michael Hoskin
- Mike Nielsen
- Gregory Roe
- Tony R. Rose
- Mark Rudnitski (R.I.P.)
- Jim Van Dore
- Tom Zsolt
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