Comic books in 'Cowboy', graded by CBCS

January 2, 1958. Edited by Joseph G. Schaller. Stories by Bill Berry, Ferris Weddle, Max Pine, Frank Borth, Ozella Welch, P. Karch, and Henry P. Chapman. Presenting fiction and non-fiction stories, many of which are religious in nature—a Treasure Chest of fun and facts! 32 pages, full color.

Excellent Reed Crandall art (6 pages) for "This is Communism," Chapter 6 in a series on the communist threat to our liberty. Cover price $0.10.

February 8, 1968 Cover price $0.10.

Edited by James Langdon. Cover by Fran Matera. Stories by Frank Borth, Mario De Marco, Frank Hill, Rita G. Brady, Joe Sinnott, Mario De Marco, Frances Crandall (as F.E. Crandall), Lloyd Ostendorf, Thomas R. Lane, and Marvin Townsend. Presenting fiction and non-fiction stories, many of which are religious and historical in nature—a Treasure Chest of fun and facts! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Dick Moores. Stories and art by Dick Moores. An anthology comic from St. John; this issue featured reprints of the classic comic strip Jim Hardy. Jim Hardy, in turn, showcased the adventures of Hardy's cowboy friend Windy and Windy's horse, Paddles. When Apollo the donkey gets stuck on the railroad tracks, Windy needs the help of wealthy Bess Giltege to rescue him. But when she thinks Windy's been killed in the attempt, Bess realizes how she really feels about him. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Lily Renee, Gladys Parker, Rudolph Dirks, Charlie Plumb, Raeburn Van Buren and Eric Peters. A collection of 16 coverless St. John comics, rebound in hardcover and containing a variety of kid-friendly stories. After surviving a train wreck and a tiger attack, Abbott and Costello join a traveling circus. They try to help the beautiful ringmaster save her circus from sabotage by minions of the Big Boss, in a story with art by pioneering female comics artist Lily Renee. When Bathless Groggins comes into a small fortune, the fortune-hunters come out of the woodwork. Mopsy's new "super-grow" gardening seeds have a strange effect on a passing rooster. Little Annie Rooney; Ella Cinders; The Captain and the Kids; Little Audrey; Abbie an' Slats; Bill Bumlin; Jim Hardy; Mopsy; Abbott and Costello: Cut the Clowning! Other variants may exist. 516 pages, Full Color. Cover price $1.00.

Trip with Santa on Christmas Eve, published circa early 1950s (no publication date given).

Aug 1949. Cover by Dreany. Western stories by William MacLeod Raine "Range Beyond the Law", A. C. Abbott, Hamilton Craigie, Ross Santee "Cowboy", Gladwell Richardson, Jackson Gregory "The Thunder of Hermit King", and Noel Loomis. 7" x 9 3/4"; black and white; 162 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

August 1950. Cover by Joseph Dreany. "The White Wolf" by Max Brand, "The Man from Painted Rock" by Jackson Gregory, and "Night Riders" by Gladwell Richardson. Short stories by William O'Sullivan, Monte Long, and Cliff Walters. Few interior illustrations. 7-in. x 9 3/4-in.; black and white; 162 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

February 1951. Cover by Joseph Dreany. "Crooked Trails and Straight" by William MacLeod Raine, "The Cattle King" by Gladwell Richardson, and "The Road to Eldorado" by Hugh Pendexter. Short story by John H. Holland. Few interior illustrations. 7-in. x 9 3/4-in.; black and white; 162 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Meet super spy and super guy Lester Girls as he saves the world and gets the girl. But he doesn't want adventure, fame, glory and girls. He just wants peace and quiet. In this issue, both Lester Girls and Maxi Scoops need vacations and in an effort to get away from it all and avoid any discovery, both take the vacations in disguise. But they meet each other in disguise while on vacation and that leads to some interesting results in "A New Girls." Script by Will Jacobs & Gerard Jones and art by Tim Hamilton & Marvin Perry Mann. Cover price $1.95.

Stories and art by George J. Hecht and others. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. Female sharpshooter Annie Oakley becomes a legend doing Wild West shows; New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia sets the standard for mayors to follow; Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin vanishes in search of the Northwest Passage. Doesn't It Give You a Thrill?; Man of Action; Girl Sharpshooter; Loneliest Island in the World; The Little Flower; Lost in the Arctic; What You Can Do to Aid in the National Defense; The World's Fastest Human; Powder Boy; World Series; The Capture of Aguinaldo; Dollar Pullers. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories based on actual people and events: The Secret Warriors--Office of Strategic Services. Tom J. Smith: Smoking Fists; Abilene's new marshal won't carry a gun. Bangor, Maine; How It Got Its Name. The Sultan and the Emperor Come to Cambridge--Great Hoaxes. Joseph Palmer: Battle of the Beard; the right to whiskers in 1830s Massachusetts. Cavalcade of England, script by Joseph H. Park; Chapter 8: British history 1930 to 1946 AD. Josef Haydn: Farewell Symphony. Rube Marquard: Sizzling Southpaw. Lucie Aubrac: Lucie to the Rescue; French underground in WWII. Captain Frank Lillyman: Heaven on the House. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Sam Glankoff, John Daly, Louis Wolfe, Lawrence Dresser, Ernie Schroeder Jack Sparling and Lorence Bjorklund. Cover by Lorence Bjorklund and John Daly. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. An amateur vet who treats sick chickens earns the name "The Wizard of Chickenology;" The early life of champion tennis player Bobby Riggs, long before his famous Billie Jean King match; A pet shop accidentally releases one hundred monkeys into New York City in 1946. Lady of Democracy; Desert Victory; How Industry Serves the Nation; Baseline Bobby; What Would You Do?; Tom Paine and His Mighty Pen; Save Our Forests!; Tomorrow's Glass Auto; The Secret Warriors; Monkey Business on Wall Street; Chick Doctor; Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Sheriff's Secret; True's Movie Guide; Truly Comic! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Louis Wolfe and others. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. A multi-generational circus family entertains for more than 200 years; The plan to kill outlaw Billy the Kid; A profile of New Orleans. Partisan to President; Circus Family; Queen of the Ice; Yankee Doodle Cardinal; End of a Terror; Foxhole Visitor; King of La Gonave; Vote for Peace; Cat Fighter; The Secret Warriors; Cities of Destiny: New Orleans; How It Got Its Name: California; What Would You Do?; True's Movie Guide; Truly Comic! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Louis Wolfe and Phil Berube. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. The history of the Canadian Mounties; Writer, performer and humorist Will Rogers represents a particular moment in American history; Pioneer swimming champ Adeline Trapp braves aquatic dangers as well as public scorn for her modern bathing outfit. Also features a vintage Kodak ad for Verichrome film/Brownie Reflex cameras, with a photo of 1940s teens that is a time capsule of its era. Will Rogers; The Scoop Kid; The Paper and Pulp Industry; They Get Their Man!; Queen of Hell Gate; Jackrabbit Stuart; How to Spot Football Formations; Thunderbolt Ace; Whale of a Tale; What Would You Do?; True's News from Hollywood; Truly Comic! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Sam Glankoff, John Prentice, Harry Fisk, Margaret Averill and Lorence Bjorklund. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke was considered by some to be "The Greatest Athlete of the Middle Ages"; An American becomes a famous bullfighter; An unlikely horse becomes a race champion. Commander Ellsberg: Hero of the Sea; William Marshall: The Greatest Athlete of the Middle Ages; Sidney Franklin: Bullfighter from Brooklyn; A Stick of Gum, Please; Chehalis: The Magnificent Runt; The Lost Gold Mine; Truly Comic. 32 pages, Full Color. NOTE: #80-84 are all newsprint editions that were distributed by mail only to subscribers (no newstand distribution). Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Sam Glankoff, Henry C. Nicholas, Ernest Schroeder and Jack Sparling. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. Allan Pinkerton, founder of the Pinkerton Detective Agency and pioneer of private investigation; Henry Hudson explores the North American continent; Wyatt Earp and the shootout at the OK Corral. Sizzling Southpaw; First American Detective; Sheriff's Secret; Great Military Bluffs; Henry Hudson; King of the Buccaneers; The Deadly Phone Call. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. NOTE: #80-84 are all newsprint editions that were distributed by mail only to subscribers (no newstand distribution). Cover price $0.10.

Volume 3, Issue 6 (whole number 16) - July-August, 1956. Non-fiction magazine of western stories. Features art and photos. Jack Davis cover plus 5 page humor story (like Mad content) J. Frank Dobie article. 8.5" x 11", 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

TV Magazine with features on The Cosby Show, Gunsmoke, The Andy Griffith Show, Doctor Who, Charlies Angels, And More! Saddle Stitched, 8-in x 11-in, 54 Pages, B&W. Cover price $2.25.

April 30, 1994. Cover: GArth Brooks. Inside: Robert Wagner and Stephanie Powers of "Hart to Hart"; Garth Brooks, Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan TV movie. Cover price $0.89.

December 26, 1998. Peter Jennings; Kelli Williams ("The Practice"); Tailwind controversy during the Vietnam War; Tribute to TV Greats (including Bob Kane, co-creator of Batman). Cover price $1.49.

20 pages b & w.

Cover photo of Jock Mahoney. Edited by Bill Black. Stories by Jock Mahoney, Eric Freiwald, Robert Schaefer, Gaylord Du Bois, Jeff Bembaron, Rob Word and Bill Black. Art by Alex Toth, Dan Spiegle, Joe Maneely and John Buscema. AC Comics reprints classic Western stories featuring TV cowboys and gunfighters that originally appeared in Charlton and Dell comics from the Golden Age. Also, a Roy Rogers adventure drawn by Marvel and Conan legend John Buscema, and a visit to the Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Museum in Apple Valley, California. Range Rider: Nitro; Jock Mahoney; What Was It Like to Be Range Rider?; Colt .45; Roy Rogers and the Missing Brother; Wild Bill Hickok and Jingles: Trapped in the Badlands; Range Rider: Hidden Treasure. 40 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

Cover photo of Dick Simmons, star of Sgt. Preston of the Yukon. Edited by Bill Black. Stories by Bill Black and others. Art by Alex Toth, Alberto Giolotti, Tony Sgroi, Jesse Marsh, Charles Nicholas and Sal Trapani. AC Comics reprints classic Western stories featuring TV cowboys and gunfighters that originally appeared in Dell and Charlton comics in the 1950s and 60s. A Roy Rogers story illustrated by comics legend Alex Toth; Sgt. Preston of the Yukon; also, Wild Bill Hickock, Range Rider and MacKenzies Raiders. Tornado; Artist in Disguise; Colt .45; A Fight for the Future; Clean-Up; MacKenzie's Raiders; Double-Barreled Plot. 40 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

"The Magazine of Cult Television." Interviews, reviews, and articles. In this issue: Ethan Phillips (Voyager), Don Davis (Stargate SG-1), Wild Wild West, Reiner Schone (Babylon 5), the Crow, the Tribe, and more. Full color; 84 pages. Cover price $4.99.

Cover by John Severin and Will Elder. Stories by Colin Dawkins and Robert Graves. Art by John Severin, Will Elder, Reed Crandall, and Jack Davis. Harvey Kurtzman's legendary series enlisted top EC artists for gritty tales of war and adventure. A sheriff's orphaned son returns to town years later to find his father's killer. Roman General Aulus faces insurmountable British forces, in a story inspired by Robert Graves and illustrated by Reed Crandall. Gunfire!; Battle!; Lone Wolf Constable; Justice!; Dangerous Man! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by John Severin. Cover by John Severin. Stories by Colin Dawkins, Jack Davis, Reed Crandall and John Severin. Stories of adventure, the Wild West, and war, reprinted from ECs original Two-Fisted tales series. 36 pages, full color. $2.50. Cover price $2.50.

Cover by Joe Maneely. "The Man Who Made the Law!", art by Joe Maneely; Roving cowboy Aloysius Kare is riding through the town of Green River when he is stopped and ordered to pay a $10 toll, learning that the town is run by a man named Silas Crag who implemented the toll; Not wishing to pay the toll, Kare shoots the guns out of the toll guards hands and speeds by; Entering the outskirts of Green River, he witnesses a family being forced off their ranch by the sheriff's deputy who is in league with Crag; Kare then changes into his alter-ego the Apache Kid and attacks the sheriff and his men, sending them all fleeing. "The Deadly Double-Cross." "When the Odds Are Even" text story. "The Bully." "The Outcast!", art by Chuck Miller. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Chuck Miller. "Red Man's Blood," art by Werner Roth; While hanging out in the Silver Bar Saloon, Aloysius Kare refuses to accept a drink from Angus Dobbs of the New York Land Company; The belligerent easterner gets on Kare's nerves; he does finally accept the drink but throws it in Hobbs face; Hobbs then tries to start a fight with Aloysius, but the lights suddenly go out and a gun goes off; When the lights turn back on, Hobbs is dead; The bartender then accuses Kare for killing Hobbs, and when Kare denies it he is shocked when the bartender pulls out the gun out of Kare's holster and shows that the gun was recently fired. "Dead Man's Rendezvous" starring Texas Kid. "Showdown In the Woods" text story. "Doc Holliday, the Killer Who Searched For Death," pencils by Les Zarakin, inks by John Romita. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Chuck Miller. "The Vengeance of the Apache Kid," art by Werner Roth; When a band of Coyotes attack a stage coach, it is rescued by the Apache Kid who sends the renegade band of Native Americans fleeing; When the coach arrives at Fort Madison, it passenger Anthony Nichols - a businessman setting up a gold prospecting company - tells off Captain Bill Gregory for not doing anything about the attackers; Gregory is shocked when Nichols names an Apache Kid as one of his attackers. "The Gun That Ruled the West" text story. "Judgment Day," art by Pete Tumlinson. "Blood Will Tell." "Smokey Showdown" starring Texas Kid, art by Joe Maneely. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

"War Drums in the Badlands!"; Across the range, drums of war are played to call together the various Native American tribes in the region; A warrior named Cunning Fox meets with Red Hawk of the Apaches and informs him that Bald Eagle, the father of all the Native Peoples, has called his brothers to arms to go on the warpath and force the white man off their lands; He explains to Red Hawk that since his people have been allies of the white men that they will be crushed if they do not side with Bald Eagle; Apache Kid attempts to talk them out of going to war, saying that both the white settlers and the Native Americans must learn to live in peace. "Colt-Wise Hellion" text story. "The Accused" starring Kid Colt. "The Man Who Killed Again." "Blind Justice" starring the Texas Kid. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Maneely. "The Silver Spurs"; While riding along the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, Kid Colt spots a gang of five men on horseback chasing after a lone rider and decides to come to the man's aid. "The Apache Kid's Last Stand!"; In the town of Madison, Aloysius Kare and gambling house owner Kit Faraday watch as some men from back east ride into town; Kare muses that these men could provide good business for Kit's gambling house. "Bushwacker" text story. "Dead Man's Boots!" "The Man with the Bullet-Hole Stetson"; Lance Temple rides his buck wagon into Caliber City and sees that the town is in pandemonium; The sheriff tells Lance to tie up his horses and take cover as the Calendar Gang is riding into town. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Maneely. "Sands of the Mesabi"; Kid Colt is watching the sorting pen in the San Joachim Valley; He notices that one man Jack Shellfire is rather rough with his cattle, and that they have mixed brands. "Guns of the Claim-Jumpers" text story. "The Apache Kid's Surrender!"; Red Hawk falls ill and is under the care of the tribal medicine man; Red Hawk calls to his son the Apache Kid to be with him at his time of need; the medicine man calls to the gods for their advice. "Silent Guns!" "Killers' Holiday"; At the Deer Lodge prison, some prisoners have weapons smuggled in and use them to stage a break; The escaped outlaws were all put into the prison by the Texas Kid, and their leader is determined to get revenge. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

"Judgement Day," art by Pete Tumlinson; Charlie Stark is brought to court and is innocent of his crimes; however, judge Ahab Ravage does not believe it but is forced to let him go due to the jury's verdict of his innocence. "The Valley of the Spirits," art by Tom Gill; Chief Red Hawk brings the Apache Kid to the Apache burial ground located in the heart of the Rugged Eagle Mountains, the secret place where their bravest warriors have been buried; Red Hawk tells the Kid that a lot of Apache treasure is buried there. "No-Gun Cowboy" text story. "Cave of Death." "The Mountain of Doom!", script by Robert Bernstein, art by Jay Scott Pike; The American southwest is rocked by an earthquake; the local Apaches believe that this has been caused by the gods; renegade Wreck Lasker watches as his coach filled with weapons and ammunition is knocked off a cliff; Lasker goes looking for his supplies and runs into some Apache warriors. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

First issue of the series -- previously 2-Gun Western (1956). Cover by Joe Maneely. Stories by Stan Lee and unknown. Art by Joe Sinnott, Gene Colan, Syd Shores, Bob Forgione, Jack Abel and unknown. In this issue: A gunslinger tries to hide his past in "Return of the Gunhawk" by Stan Lee and Joe Sinnott; a robber finds that he can't escape his past in "Vince Wilkins, Badman!" by Lee and Gene Colan; Black Rider helps solve a problem in a lumber camp in "The Deadly Forest" with pencils by Syd Shores; a saloon owner disagrees with the new sheriff's method of law enforcement in "The Sheriff-Hater" by Lee, Bob Forgione and Jack Abel; and an old prospector struggles to survive in the 2-page text story "The Prospector"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Maneely. Stories by Stan Lee. Art by Ross Andru, Matt Baker, Bob Forgione, Joe Maneely, Mike Esposito and Jack Abel. In this issue: "Gun-Duel" by Stan Lee, Ross Andru and Mike Esposito; "His Father's Son" by Lee and Matt Baker; "The Return of Joe Laredo" by Lee, Bob Forgione and Jack Abel; "When the Rustlers Strike" by Lee and Joe Maneely; and a local sheriff helps a historian uncover lost town archives in the 2-page text story "Trail of Long Ago" (writer unknown). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by John Severin. Stories by unknown. Art by Joe Sinnott, Syd Shores, Bob Powell, John Giunta, Dick Ayers, Reed Crandall and Mort Lawrence. In this issue: "The Saga of the Fargo Kid" with art by Joe Sinnott; "Rustlers' Round-Up" with art by Syd Shores and Mort Lawrence; "Outlaw!" with art by Bob Powell; "Attack on Fort Carson" with art by John Giunta; "The Silent Colt" with art by Dick Ayers; and 2-page text story "Captured" with illo by Reed Crandall. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Maneely. Stories by Stan Lee. Art by Joe Maneely, Reed Crandall, Doug Wildey and Norman Maurer. In this issue: "Return of the Hair-Trigger Kid" by Stan Lee and Joe Maneely; "The Stage Driver" by Lee and Reed Crandall; "The Man Who Wouldn't Fight" by Lee and Doug Wildey; "When the Mob Strikes" by Lee and Norman Maurer; and 2-page text story "Captive of Honor" with illo by Maneely (and writer unknown). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by unknown. Art by Jay Scott Pike, Al Williamson, Doug Wildey, Gray Morrow, Dick Ayers, Joe Maneely and unknown. In this issue: "This Prisoner Is Mine," a tale of tense fury and savage drama, with art by Jay Scott Pike; "Showdown at Noon" with pencils by Al Williamson; "The Mystery of the Missing Herd" with art by Doug Wildey; "Brass Buttons!" with art by Gray Morrow; "Outnumbered!" with art by Dick Ayers; and 2-page text story "The Drifter" with illo by Joe Maneely. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.