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Issue Details

Issue #236
Published July 1949
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "Zane Grey's HERITAGE OF THE DESERT, No. 236." Code number is Z.G.O.S. #236-497. Copyright 1949 by Zane Grey, Inc.

Cover Details - "Zane Grey's Heritage of the Desert"

Genre western
Pencils Morris Gollub ? (painting)
Inks Morris Gollub ? (painting)
Colors Morris Gollub ? (painting)
Notes Pencils, inks, and colors credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page filler "Just Bein' a Buckaroo"

Synopsis Poem about being a buckaroo.
Genre western
Script C. Wiles Hallock (credited)
Letters typeset
Notes Poem and illustrations. Copyright 1948 by C. Wiles Hallock.

32 page story "The Heritage of the Desert"

Characters Jack Hare; August Naab; Snap Naab; Mescal; Holderness; Eschtah
Synopsis August Naab finds Jack Hare on the trail, sick and near death. He takes him in and his family nurses him back to health. Hare finds himself in the middle of a water war with Naab's neighbor Holderness and also in the middle of a love triangle with Naab's son Snap and the Indian maiden Mescal.
Genre western
Script Zane Grey (original story); ? (comic adaptation)
Notes Adapted from the 1910 novel "Heritage of the Desert" by Zane Grey.

1 page filler "Cupid's Convert"

Synopsis A lovesick cowboy describes his girl.
Genre western
Script S. Omar Barker (credited)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Poem and illustrations. Copyright 1947 by S. Omar Barker.

1 page illustration "Wild Horses Under Sandstone Arch"

Synopsis Illustration of a herd of wild horses passing under large natural arch.
Genre western; animal
Pencils Morris Gollub ? (painting)
Inks Morris Gollub ? (painting)
Colors Morris Gollub ? (painting)
Notes Back cover. Same artist as front cover.