Wild Western #9

(October 1949)

Trapped by the Hands of the Hypnotist! (Table of Contents: 1)

Black Rider / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Mike Sekowsky ?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

5854

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Black Rider; Lincoln Quantrell; Marie Lathrop; Bobby Lathrop; Jim Lathrop; Eagle (horse); Sunspot (horse); Henry; George; Satan (horse)

Synopsis

Lincoln uses his hypnosis to steal Sunspot and tries to exchange it with Eagle so he can win a race, but the Black Rider intervenes. Lincoln hypnotizes the Rider but when he orders the Rider to kill himself, the Rider's willpower prevents him. The horse owner whom Lincoln first hypnotized returns to stab Lincoln to death.

Reprints

• in Texas Kid (Horwitz, 1950 ? series) #4 (April 1952)

Keywords

hypnotism; Leadville; Texas

Indexer Notes

info per Atlas Tales.

The End of the Trail! (Table of Contents: 2)

Kid Colt / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Russ Heath

Inks

Russ Heath

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

5426

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Kid Colt; Bart Greville; Big John; Frosty Forbes; Jake; Clem; Steel

Synopsis

Colt is arrested by Forbes when the marshal threatens to shoot Steel if Colt refuses to come with him. Colt is handcuffed to Forbes but when they cross a river using a ferry the boat tips over and Forbes drowns. Colt then claims to be Forbes and takes a job from Greville to be marshal in Trail's End, but when Colt discovers Greville is stealing land from the citizens he turns on Greville and Big John. They try to escape by stealing Steel, but Steel fends them off until Colt can kill both men.

Keywords

Trail's End

The Hard Luck Kid (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

western-frontier

Reprints

• in Wild Western (Marvel, 1948 series) #13 (December 1950)

The Incident at Choctaw Creek! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

?

Pencils

John Buscema ?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

5499

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Tex Morgan; Lobo; Torp Stevens; Scar; Tomas; Frank Gosden; Cloud; Lightning

Synopsis

Torp is trying to turn Choctaw Creek into an outlaw base but Tex and Lobo oppose him and kill Torp and his gang.

Keywords

Choctaw Creek

Indexer Notes

Buscema pencils per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. via atlastales.com.

The Rabbit That Struck Back! (Table of Contents: 5)

Two-Gun Kid / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Pierce Rice

Inks

Chu F. Hing

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

5628

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Two-Gun Kid [Clay Harder]; Nick Wells; Jeff Peters; Tommy Peters; Mrs. Peters; Cyclone

Synopsis

The Kid is mistaken for Jeff and uses it to his advantage, discovering how Nick Wells is trying to cheat Jeff out of his land and threatens the lives of Tommy and Jeff's wife, but the real Jeff fights alongside the Kid and defeats the plot.

Keywords

Slash-K Ranch

Indexer Notes

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

Doom in the Desert! (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Chu F. Hing

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

5381

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Tex Taylor; Alkali; Bron Toomey; John Seton; Clyde Federo; Beth Seton; Fury

Synopsis

Bronc, John and Clyde rob a train, hide the loot and split their treasure map into three. Years later, Clyde becomes a marshal and starts killing the others for their map fragments. Tex and Alkali hear John's story as he dies and help Beth retrieve the treasure, killing Clyde.

Keywords

Mesquite Valley; Santa Fe City

Indexer Notes

pencils per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. via atlastales.com.