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Issue Details

Issue #17
Published July 1948
Frequency Bi-Monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Charles J. Levy; Charles Santangelo

Cover Details

Characters Jesse James (vignette); Annie Oakley (vignette); Wild Bill Hickok (vignette)
Genre western
Pencils Ken Battefield?
Inks Ken Battefield?

1 page story "Highwheeling"

Genre western; historical; fact
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover.

4 page Jesse James story "Young Jesse James"

Characters Jesse James
Genre western

4 page Annie Oakley story "Hey, Pop! Get some hombres out here!"

Characters Annie Oakley
Genre western

5 page Texas Trail story "Mistaken Identity"

Genre western
Letters typeset

2 page text story "Twain Shall Meet"

Genre western
Letters typeset

4 page Legends of Paul Bunyan story "Paul Bunyan? Why, son, Paul was the biggest man what ever lived!"

Characters Billy Pilgrim; Paul Bunyan; Babe
Synopsis How Paul Bunyan and his cow Babe dug the St. Lawrence River.
Genre fantasy

4 page Pistol Pete story "Oh, ah'm a lonesome cowboy..."

Characters Pistol Pete; Miss Hazie Mazie; Rattler Rogan
Synopsis Pistol Pete won't let some bullet holes keep him from serenading Miss Mazie.
Genre humor; western
Letters typeset

4 page Wild Bill Hickok story "The Action Story of Wild Bill Hickok"

Characters Wild Bill Hickok
Synopsis Wild Bill's first fight with the McCandlas brothers.
Genre western
Pencils William M. Allison
Inks William M. Allison
Notes Art identification by Gary L. Watson and Jim Vandeboncoeur (12/2008).

1 page story "Sheriff John Slaughter"

Genre Western; biographical
Letters typeset
Notes There appears to be a signature in the lower right corner, which is hard to read but appears to be "L.B."?

4 page Texas Rangers story "A Tale of the Texas Rangers"

Characters Phantom Bandit; Tom Colt
Genre western