Issue | #4 |
Published | June 1937 |
Frequency | monthly |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 68 |
Editing | William Cook ? |
Pencils | Joseph E. Buresch |
Inks | Joseph E. Buresch |
Pencils | Joseph E. Buresch |
Inks | Joseph E. Buresch |
Notes | features a re-colored copy of the cover illustration, and a 1/3-page ad for Hohner Harmonicas. |
Characters | Buck Bush (Sheriff) |
Synopsis | A city girl comes to town looking for a tough guy to romance, and sets her sights on Buck Bush. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Joseph E. Buresch (signed) |
Pencils | Joseph E. Buresch (signed) |
Inks | Joseph E. Buresch (signed) |
Synopsis | Chinese cook Sung Li visits a bar with some money to spend, and is preyed upon by bad men. He is saved by a local rancher, who gives him a job. The bad guys return for some robbery, but Sung Li returns the favor and saves the rancher. |
Genre | western |
Script | Ray Burley [as R. A. Burly] (signed) |
Pencils | Ray Burley [as R. A. Burly] (signed) |
Inks | Ray Burley [as R. A. Burly] (signed) |
Notes | black and white. |
Synopsis | Text with spot illustrations discussing the pistols and knives of the Old West, and questioning the lore of the marksmanship of the heroes of legend. |
Genre | fact |
Script | William M. Allison [as W. M. Allison] (signed) |
Pencils | William M. Allison [as W. M. Allison] (signed) |
Inks | William M. Allison [as W. M. Allison] (signed) |
Letters | Typeset |
Characters | Dan Ryder |
Synopsis | Dan Ryder and his horse Rex come to town just in time to help a cattleman who was bushwhacked by rustlers, and stays on help the Cattleman and thwart the bad guys. |
Genre | western |
Script | Ross Martin (signed) |
Pencils | William M. Allison [as W. M. Allison] (signed) |
Inks | William M. Allison [as W. M. Allison] (signed) |
Notes | black and white |
Synopsis | Cattleman Tom Morgan is bushwhacked by local Sheepmen for driving their sheep off of Tom's land. Tom's dog, Pard, brings help to Tom, then goes on a mission of revenge while Tom convalesces. |
Genre | western |
Script | Howard L. Hastings [as H. L. Hastings] (signed) |
Pencils | Howard L. Hastings [as H. L. Hastings] (signed) |
Inks | Howard L. Hastings [as H. L. Hastings] (signed) |
Genre | western |
Pencils | Rodney Thomson |
Inks | Rodney Thomson |
Notes | Color centerfold illustration drawn especially for Western Picture Stories. |
Synopsis | The story of how notorious cattle-rustler Pedro the Scorpion is brought down by those he brutalized. |
Genre | western |
Script | Tom Mc Namara [as G. G. Lewis] (signed) |
Pencils | Tom Mc Namara [as G. G. Lewis] (signed) |
Inks | Tom Mc Namara [as G. G. Lewis] (signed) |
Characters | Sourkrout Bill; Spareribs (Bill's horse); Chief Charleyhoss |
Synopsis | Sourkrout Bill, Spareribs, and Charleyhoss encounter the hostile Poopoo Indians while prospecting for gold. |
Genre | western |
Script | George A. Beaty (signed) |
Pencils | George A. Beaty (signed) |
Inks | George A. Beaty (signed) |
Notes | black & white. |
Characters | Wyatt Earp |
Synopsis | The life story of the famous law man. |
Genre | fact |
Script | Ray Burley |
Pencils | Ray Burley |
Inks | Ray Burley |
Characters | Windy Parks |
Synopsis | Windy tells the tale of when he crossed paths with the infamous bad man, and taught him a thing or two about shooting. |
Script | Victor J. Dowling |
Pencils | Victor J. Dowling |
Inks | Victor J. Dowling |
Synopsis | Red has a date with the school teacher, but is broke. He finds out he won a raffle for an automobile, but hasn't the foggiest idea what to do with it until the sheriff informs him that some notorious robbers are making a get-away, and that there is a reward on their heads. |
Genre | western |
Script | Martin Filchock; George Filchock (signed) |
Pencils | Martin Filchock; George Filchock (signed) |
Inks | Martin Filchock; George Filchock (signed) |
Synopsis | House Ad that reprints panels from Funny Picture Stories, Funny Pages, Western Picture Stories, and Detective Picture Stories. |