(January 1992)

Marvel, 1992 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
39.95 USD; 46.15 CAD
Pages
216
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
ISBN
0-87135-859-X Search at WorldCat
Editing
Tom Brevoort (editor); Sarra Mossoff (assistant editor); Mindy Newell (assistant editor); ? (original editor)
Color
color
Dimensions
standard Modern Age US
Binding
hardcover
Publishing Format
collected edition

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Boys' Ranch / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon
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?
Letters
typeset
Genre
western-frontier
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Indexer Notes

Cover originally signed "Simon and Kirby."

Cover Thumbnail for Boys' Ranch (Marvel, 1992 series)
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The Classic Wild West Action Team (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

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Jim Simon
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Boys' Ranch... A Valid and Daring Return to the Wild, Wild West! (Table of Contents: 2)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

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

Boys' Ranch / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

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Jack Kirby
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Joe Simon ?
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?
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?
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western-frontier
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Indexer Notes

Cover signed "Simon and Kirby."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Boys' Ranch / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

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Jack Kirby ?
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Jack Kirby
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Joe Simon ?
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?
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Ben Oda
First Line of Dialogue or Text
In the booming of the war drums - from the roar of many rifles -
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western-frontier
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The Man Who Hated Boys (Table of Contents: 5)

Boys' Ranch / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

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Jack Kirby ?
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Jack Kirby
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Jack Kirby ?; Joe Simon ?
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?
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Ben Oda
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western-frontier
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How to Ride a Horse, Lesson 1 (Table of Contents: 6)

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?
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John Severin ?
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Joe Simon ?
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Ben Oda
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Now You Can Make Your Pair of Western Moccasins (Table of Contents: 7)

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Boys' Ranch (Table of Contents: 8)

Boys' Ranch / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

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Jack Kirby ?
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Jack Kirby
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Joe Simon ?; Jack Kirby ?
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?
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Ben Oda
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western-frontier
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Indexer Notes

Centerspread of Boys' Ranch characters.

Meet Wee Willie Weehawken (Table of Contents: 9)

Boys' Ranch / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Jack Kirby ?
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Jack Kirby
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Jack Kirby ?; Joe Simon ?
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Ben Oda
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western-frontier
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A Very Dangerous Dude (Table of Contents: 10)

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Jack Kirby ?
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Jack Kirby
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Jack Kirby ?; Joe Simon ?
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?
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Ben Oda
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western-frontier
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Introducing the Kid Cowboys (Table of Contents: 11)

Boys' Ranch / character profile / 2 pages (report information)

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?
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Mort Meskin
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Mort Meskin ?
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?
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western-frontier
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Western Lore (Table of Contents: 12)

Boys' Ranch / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Jack Kirby ?
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Mort Meskin ?; Jack Kirby ?
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Mort Meskin ?; Jack Kirby ?
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?
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Ben Oda
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western-frontier
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Indexer Notes

Art appears to be a combination of Kirby and Meskin. Primary figure of Clay appears to be by Meskin with the remainder by Kirby. Info per Nick Caputo, May 2013.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Boys' Ranch / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

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Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
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Jack Kirby
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Joe Simon ?; Jack Kirby ?
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?
Letters
Ben Oda
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western-frontier
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Boys' Ranch / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

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Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
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Jack Kirby
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Joe Simon
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?
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Ben Oda
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Howdy, pardners!
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western-frontier
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Lead Will Fly at Sunset (Table of Contents: 15)

Boys' Ranch / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

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Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
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Jack Kirby
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Joe Simon
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?
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Ben Oda
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western-frontier
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How Cowboys Say It (Table of Contents: 16)

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Joe Simon ?
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Joe Simon ?
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Joe Simon ?
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?
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How to Ride a Horse, Lesson Two (Table of Contents: 17)

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Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
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Jack Kirby
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Joe Simon
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?
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Four Massacres (Table of Contents: 18)

Boys' Ranch / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

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Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
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Jack Kirby
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Joe Simon
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?
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Ben Oda
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western-frontier
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2-page spread.

The Original Cowboys (Table of Contents: 19)

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Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
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Mort Meskin
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Mort Meskin
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?
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?
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Meskin art per Harry Mendryk's Simon and Kirby blog. Previous indexer credited Joe Simon.

Apache Justice (Table of Contents: 20)

Boys' Ranch / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
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Jack Kirby
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Joe Simon
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?
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Ben Oda
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western-frontier
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The Clay Duncan Story (Table of Contents: 21)

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Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
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Jack Kirby
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Joe Simon
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Ben Oda
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Clay Duncan (origin)
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How to Make Your Spinning Rope (Table of Contents: 22)

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Joe Simon ?
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Joe Simon ?
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Joe Simon ?
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?
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

Boys' Ranch / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

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Jack Kirby
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Joe Simon ?
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?
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typeset
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western-frontier
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Cover signed "Simon and Kirby."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

Boys' Ranch / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

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?
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Jack Kirby
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Joe Simon ?
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?
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?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Boys' Ranch is fightin' country -- even while working, pardners, a cowhand...
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western-frontier
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Mother Delilah (Table of Contents: 25)

Boys' Ranch / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

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Jack Kirby ?
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Jack Kirby
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Jack Kirby ?; Joe Simon ?
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Ben Oda
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western-frontier
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How to Ride a Horse, Lesson 3 (Table of Contents: 26)

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Social Night in Town (Table of Contents: 27)

Boys' Ranch / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

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Jack Kirby
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Joe Simon ?
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Ben Oda
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western-frontier
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The Legend of Alby Fleezer (Table of Contents: 28)

Boys' Ranch / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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?
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Jack Kirby
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Jack Kirby ?; Joe Simon ?
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?
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Ben Oda
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humor; western-frontier
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How Cowboys Say It (Table of Contents: 29)

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The Texas Rangers (Table of Contents: 30)

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Mort Meskin
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Mort Meskin
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?
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western-frontier
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I'll Fight You for Lucy (Table of Contents: 31)

Boys' Ranch / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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?
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Mort Meskin
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Mort Meskin
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Ben Oda
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Some credit Kirby with pencils or layouts to this story.

The Bugle Blows at Bloody Knife (Table of Contents: 32)

Boys' Ranch / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

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?
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Cover signed "Simon and Kirby."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 33)

Boys' Ranch / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

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Jack Kirby
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With Indian bow or rifle, Clay Duncan is one of the great marksmen...
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The Bugle Blows at Bloody Knife (Table of Contents: 34)

Boys' Ranch / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

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Jack Kirby
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Ben Oda
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western-frontier
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How Cowboys Say It (Table of Contents: 35)

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?
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Marvin Stein
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Marvin Stein
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Ben Oda
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King Red Eye's Last Raid (Table of Contents: 36)

Boys' Ranch / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

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?
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Jack Kirby
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Joe Simon ?
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western-frontier
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How to Spin a Rope, Lesson 4: Handshaking (Table of Contents: 37)

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Fight to the Finish (Table of Contents: 38)

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?
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Jack Kirby (splash); Mort Meskin; ?
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Mort Meskin; ?
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Ben Oda
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western-frontier
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According to Harry Mendryk other unidentified hands were involved in the artwork.

How to Make Your Own Tom-Tom (Table of Contents: 39)

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How to Ride a Horse, Lesson 4: Behavior of Horses (Table of Contents: 40)

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Indian War Rattle (Table of Contents: 41)

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The Last Mail to Red Fork (Table of Contents: 42)

Boys' Ranch / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

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?
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Jack Kirby
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Joe Simon ?
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western-frontier
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 43)

Boys' Ranch / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

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?
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Jack Kirby
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Joe Simon ?
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?
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Adventure doesn't always follow the land trails!
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western-frontier
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Last Mail to Red Fork! (Table of Contents: 44)

Boys' Ranch / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

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Ben Oda
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western-frontier
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How to Ride a Horse: Lesson 5 -- Using the Aids (Table of Contents: 45)

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The Riders of the Pony Express (Table of Contents: 46)

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Jack Kirby
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western-frontier
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Chapter 2: Bandits-Bullets and Wild, Wild Women! (Table of Contents: 47)

Boys' Ranch / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Jack Kirby (splash only); Mort Meskin
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Ben Oda
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western-frontier
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 48)

Boys' Ranch / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

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Jack Kirby
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Cover signed "Simon and Kirby."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 49)

Boys' Ranch / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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Jack Kirby ?
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Jack Kirby
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Joe Simon ?
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Ben Oda
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Bronco bustin' is no small task when you've got a 'rough one' on your hands...
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western-frontier
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Teeth for the Iron Horse (Table of Contents: 50)

Boys' Ranch / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

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Jack Kirby ?
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Jack Kirby; ?
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?
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Ben Oda
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western-frontier
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Indexer Notes

According to Harry Mendryk's Simon and Kirby blog, Kirby may have provided layouts for an unidentified artist and inker.

How to Ride a Horse, Lesson 6: The Gaits of a Horse (Table of Contents: 51)

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Marvin Stein ?
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Marvin Stein ?
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Ben Oda
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Remember the Alamo (Table of Contents: 52)

Boys' Ranch / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

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Jack Kirby ?
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Jack Kirby
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Joe Simon ?
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?
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Ben Oda
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western-frontier
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Happy Boy Carries the Ball (Table of Contents: 53)

Boys' Ranch / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Jack Kirby ?
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Jack Kirby; ?
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?
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?
Letters
Ben Oda
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western-frontier
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Indexer Notes

According to Harry Mendryk's Simon and Kirby blog, Kirby may have provided layouts for an unidentified artist and inker.

How Cowboys Say It (Table of Contents: 54)

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Marvin Stein ?
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Marvin Stein ?
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How to Spin a Rope (Table of Contents: 55)

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Marvin Stein (signed)
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Marvin Stein (signed)
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Ben Oda
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Meet the Authors...Introducing the Men behind Boys' Ranch (Table of Contents: 56)

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Provides a biography of Simon and Kirby with a photo of the two.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Boys' Ranch
  2. 1. The Classic Wild West Action Team
  3. 2. Boys' Ranch... A Valid and Daring Return to the Wild, Wild West!
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Boys' Ranch
  5. 4. ["In the booming of the war drums - from the roar of many rifles -"]
    Boys' Ranch
  6. 5. The Man Who Hated Boys
    Boys' Ranch
  7. 6. How to Ride a Horse, Lesson 1
  8. 7. Now You Can Make Your Pair of Western Moccasins
  9. 8. Boys' Ranch
    Boys' Ranch
  10. 9. Meet Wee Willie Weehawken
    Boys' Ranch
  11. 10. A Very Dangerous Dude
    Boys' Ranch
  12. 11. Introducing the Kid Cowboys
    Boys' Ranch
  13. 12. Western Lore
    Boys' Ranch
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Boys' Ranch
  15. 14. ["Howdy, pardners!"]
    Boys' Ranch
  16. 15. Lead Will Fly at Sunset
    Boys' Ranch
  17. 16. How Cowboys Say It
  18. 17. How to Ride a Horse, Lesson Two
  19. 18. Four Massacres
    Boys' Ranch
  20. 19. The Original Cowboys
  21. 20. Apache Justice
    Boys' Ranch
  22. 21. The Clay Duncan Story
    Boys' Ranch
  23. 22. How to Make Your Spinning Rope
  24. 23. [no title indexed]
    Boys' Ranch
  25. 24. ["Boys' Ranch is fightin' country -- even while working, pardners, a cowhand..."]
    Boys' Ranch
  26. 25. Mother Delilah
    Boys' Ranch
  27. 26. How to Ride a Horse, Lesson 3
  28. 27. Social Night in Town
    Boys' Ranch
  29. 28. The Legend of Alby Fleezer
    Boys' Ranch
  30. 29. How Cowboys Say It
  31. 30. The Texas Rangers
  32. 31. I'll Fight You for Lucy
    Boys' Ranch
  33. 32. The Bugle Blows at Bloody Knife
    Boys' Ranch
  34. 33. ["With Indian bow or rifle, Clay Duncan is one of the great marksmen..."]
    Boys' Ranch
  35. 34. The Bugle Blows at Bloody Knife
    Boys' Ranch
  36. 35. How Cowboys Say It
  37. 36. King Red Eye's Last Raid
    Boys' Ranch
  38. 37. How to Spin a Rope, Lesson 4: Handshaking
  39. 38. Fight to the Finish
    Boys' Ranch
  40. 39. How to Make Your Own Tom-Tom
  41. 40. How to Ride a Horse, Lesson 4: Behavior of Horses
  42. 41. Indian War Rattle
  43. 42. The Last Mail to Red Fork
    Boys' Ranch
  44. 43. ["Adventure doesn't always follow the land trails!"]
    Boys' Ranch
  45. 44. Last Mail to Red Fork!
    Boys' Ranch
  46. 45. How to Ride a Horse: Lesson 5 -- Using the Aids
  47. 46. The Riders of the Pony Express
    Boys' Ranch
  48. 47. Chapter 2: Bandits-Bullets and Wild, Wild Women!
    Boys' Ranch
  49. 48. [no title indexed]
    Boys' Ranch
  50. 49. ["Bronco bustin' is no small task when you've got a 'rough one' on your hands..."]
    Boys' Ranch
  51. 50. Teeth for the Iron Horse
    Boys' Ranch
  52. 51. How to Ride a Horse, Lesson 6: The Gaits of a Horse
  53. 52. Remember the Alamo
    Boys' Ranch
  54. 53. Happy Boy Carries the Ball
    Boys' Ranch
  55. 54. How Cowboys Say It
  56. 55. How to Spin a Rope
  57. 56. Meet the Authors...Introducing the Men behind Boys' Ranch
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