Black Diamond Western #21

(September-October 1950)

How an Unhappy Fat Girl... (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Sel-Tex Products Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Death of Black Diamond! Part One (Table of Contents: 2)

Black Diamond / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

William Overgard (signed)

Pencils

William Overgard (signed)

Inks

William Overgard (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Black Diamond [Bob Vale]; Reliapon (Black Diamond's horse); Bumper; Silk Hat (villain)

Reprints

• in Black Diamond Western (Superior, 1949 series) #21 (October 1950)
• in Best of the West (AC, 1998 series) #70 (2008)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit verified by the Who's Who and added by Craig Delich 2013-2-15.

Send Today (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Novelty Mart / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Better Schools... (Table of Contents: 4)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Jerry Fasano (signed)

Inks

Jerry Fasano (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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Indexer Notes

One page comic strip.

Will Black Diamond Be Buried Alive? Conclusion (Table of Contents: 5)

Black Diamond / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

William Overgard (signed)

Pencils

William Overgard (signed)

Inks

William Overgard (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Black Diamond [Bob Vale]; Reliapon (Black Diamond's horse); Bumper; Silk Hat

Reprints

• in Black Diamond Western (Superior, 1949 series) #21 (October 1950)
• in Best of the West (AC, 1998 series) #71 ([April] 2009)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit verified by the Who's Who and added by Craig Delich 2013-2-15.

Scoop! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Illinois Merchandise Mart / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Pulling Boners (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Stamp Page / advertisement / 0.75 page (report information)

Happy Daze (Table of Contents: 8)

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor; western-frontier

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Bingbang Buster / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Basil Wolverton

Pencils

Basil Wolverton [as Basil Splashcash Wolverton]

Inks

Basil Wolverton [as Basil Splashcash Wolverton]

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Look! Somebody's comin'!

Genre

humor; western-frontier

Characters

Bingbang Buster; Hedy (horse)

Pay Less-Get the Best! (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Luxury Seat Cover Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Left-Over Laws / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Because of antiquated...

Genre

humor; non-fiction

Nuff Said (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

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Genre

humor

Learn to Dance (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Pioneer Publications Inc. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Irish Dude (Table of Contents: 14)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Letters

typeset

Reliapon's Big Race (Table of Contents: 15)

Black Diamond / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

William Overgard (signed)

Pencils

William Overgard (signed)

Inks

William Overgard (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Black Diamond [Bob Vale] (town Marshall); Reliapon (Black Diamond's horse); Bumper; Fireball (race horse); Sterno (circus strongman); Whispering Wilson (villain, owner of Fireball); Turk (villain)

Synopsis

A circus comes to Thunder Basin and the owner posts notices that his race horse, Fireball, will take on all comers, the winner pocketing $500.

Reprints

• in Golden-Age Greats Spotlight (AC, 2003 series) #11 (2012)

Keywords

Thunder Basin

Indexer Notes

Writer credit verified by the Who's Who.

Fast-Bite Fish Bait (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Straight as an Arrow / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Claude Moore (signed)

Pencils

Claude Moore (signed)

Inks

Claude Moore (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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Job Number

6194

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Indian war bonnet!

Genre

non-fiction; western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Claude Moore is credited to both writing and drawing fillers for Lev Gleason by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

Which Of These 2 One Time Weaklings... (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Jowett Institute of Physical Culture / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

New Pocket Adding Machine (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Mail Order Shoppers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

New! Picture Method (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Bob West / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Hospital Care (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

Mutual Hospitalization Insurance Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)