Issue: #2
Published: April 1937, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Harry Chesler; Kenneth Fitch
Color: Color Dimensions: 8 3/8" X 11 3/8" Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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| Cover (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Jess Phoolin |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Fred Schwab | Inks: Fred Schwab |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
To a Pinto Pony |
| Synopsis: |
A poem about a rider taking a new Pinto pony. |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Western-frontier |
| Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword (1 page) |
Well It's Here! |
| Featuring: |
The Roundup |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Table Of Contents (1 page) |
Table of Contents |
| Synopsis: |
Publisher credits (editors), feature list, and indicia. |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Text Article (1 page) |
The Pony Express |
| Credits: |
Script: Richard Speed (signed) | Pencils: Richard Speed (signed) | Inks: Richard Speed (signed) |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction History Western-frontier |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Tenderfoot Joe |
| Synopsis: |
City-slicker Joe thinks that tossing a bull can't be that hard...until he tries it. |
| Credits: |
Script: Fred Schwab (signed) | Pencils: Fred Schwab (signed) | Inks: Fred Schwab (signed) |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Characters: |
Tenderfoot Joe |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Tenderfoot Mary |
| Credits: |
Script: Fred Schwab | Pencils: Fred Schwab | Inks: Fred Schwab |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Characters: |
Tenderfoot Mary |
| Comic Story (3 pages) |
The Ghosts of Ghost Town |
| Synopsis: |
A sheriff investigates an old Ghost Town, where people have been disappearing, and finds a band of murderous robbers. |
| Credits: |
Script: Ken Fitch |
| Genre: |
Western-frontier |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Ace and Deuce |
| Synopsis: |
Ace and Deuce host some city ladies at their Dude Ranch. |
| Credits: |
Script: William M. Allison | Pencils: William M. Allison | Inks: William M. Allison |
| Comic Story (3 pages) |
The Old One |
| Synopsis: |
A story of the buffalo herd and their existence with their hunters, the Native Americans. |
| Credits: |
Script: Norman Daniels (signed) | Pencils: Fred Guardineer (signed) | Inks: Fred Guardineer (signed) |
| Genre: |
Western-frontier |
| Text Article (1 page) |
Red Cloud |
| Synopsis: |
A biography of the Sioux Indian Chief who lived from 1822 to 1909. |
| Credits: |
Script: Richard Speed | Pencils: Richard Speed | Inks: Richard Speed |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction Biography Western-frontier |
| Characters: |
Red Cloud |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Cowboy Jake |
| Synopsis: |
When he plays Poker with a tough guy, Jake takes the better part of valor, and folds rather than revealing his hand of four Aces. |
| Comic Story (3 pages) |
Gun Boss |
| Synopsis: |
Bull Turner is mean and seemingly the fastest gun in Lariat, until the Ranger discovers his trick and sends him to the hangman's noose for dirty fighting. |
| Credits: |
Script: [as Jack Melzer] | Pencils: Creig Flessel (signed) | Inks: Creig Flessel (signed) |
| Genre: |
Western-frontier |
| Text Article (1 page) |
Francisco Villa |
| Synopsis: |
A biography of the Mexican rebel leader who challenged the United States over control of New Mexico, and several revolts against the government of Mexico. |
| Credits: |
Script: Richard Speed | Pencils: Richard Speed | Inks: Richard Speed |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction Biography Western-frontier |
| Characters: |
Francisco Villa |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
Boss of the Ranch |
| Synopsis: |
The boss talks tough all day long to his workers, but wait 'til he gets home to his wife. |
| Credits: |
Script: Creig Flessel [as Fless] (signed) | Pencils: Creig Flessel [as Fless] (signed) | Inks: Creig Flessel [as Fless] (signed) |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Comic Story (3 pages) |
Wanted For Murder |
| Synopsis: |
Cut-throat Burt murders a rancher and forges the deed to the ranch into his name. Burt tries to get the rancher's daughter to marry him, but the deputy is on hand to win her favor and save the ranch. |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
Sam Hill |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
Home on the Range |
| Synopsis: |
A bunch of cowboys view a television for the first time to see who sings their favorite cowboy ballads, and are sore when they see it is a bunch of city slickers. |
| Credits: |
Script: Fred Guardineer [as F. B. G.] (signed) | Pencils: Fred Guardineer [as F. B. G.] (signed) | Inks: Fred Guardineer [as F. B. G.] (signed) |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Comic Story (3 pages) |
The Trouble Shooters |
| Synopsis: |
Ramrod and Woogy have been picked to put on a Valentine's Day play at the Dude Ranch, but dirty tricks are going to get in the way. |
| Credits: |
Script: George Nagle (signed) |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
Gopher Moore |
| Credits: |
Script: Fred Guardineer [as F. B. G.] (signed) | Pencils: Fred Guardineer [as F. B. G.] (signed) | Inks: Fred Guardineer [as F. B. G.] (signed) |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
Bandit Raid |
| Credits: |
Script: Tom Curry (signed) | Pencils: Fred Guardineer (signed) | Inks: Fred Guardineer (signed) |
| Genre: |
Western-frontier |
| Comic Story (3 pages) |
Pal |
| Synopsis: |
The sheriff's dog Pal knows when something smells fishy at the scene of a miner's death. |
| Credits: |
Script: W. C. Miller ? [as Vance Miller] | Pencils: Fred Guardineer | Inks: Fred Guardineer |
| Genre: |
Western-frontier |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Homeless Oscar |
| Synopsis: |
After the judge gives the order, the sheriff does his best to clear the unruly mob, but nothing works as well as a skunk to clear a room. |
| Credits: |
Script: Dick Ryan | Pencils: Dick Ryan | Inks: Dick Ryan |
| Genre: |
Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
Spurs For a Man |
| Synopsis: |
A rancher tells his son that he will earn his spurs when he can capture his own wild horse. The boy rescues a spectacular black stallion from a mountain lion, and earns the stallions trust, gaining the boy his rite of passage to manhood. |
| Genre: |
Western-frontier |
| Comic Story (3 pages) |
Midnight Mob |
| Synopsis: |
An old land dispute between two cattle ranchers will spill into the next generation unless someone can find out who is behind the mysterious Masked Riders. |
| Credits: |
Script: Fred Guardineer [as F. G.] (signed) | Pencils: Fred Guardineer [as F. G.] (signed) | Inks: Fred Guardineer [as F. G.] (signed) |
| Genre: |
Western-frontier |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
Pinto Pete |
| Synopsis: |
Pinto Pete, a grifter, bums a meal, but specifically requests cake, as it is his birthday. |
| Credits: |
Script: Creig Flessel [as Fless] (signed) | Pencils: Creig Flessel [as Fless] (signed) | Inks: Creig Flessel [as Fless] (signed) |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Characters: |
Pinto Pete |
| Comic Story (3 pages) |
Hurtling Death |
| Synopsis: |
A rancher is murdered for his money, and the killers force the ranchers' assistant to drive the get-away car. The driver has no intention of letting the killers get away. |
| Credits: |
Script: Will Harr | Pencils: Creig Flessel [as Valens Moreno] (signed) | Inks: Creig Flessel [as Valens Moreno] (signed) |
| Cartoon (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Jest the Type |
| Synopsis: |
Ladies' movie night at the Ol' Opry House. |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
Vanishing Herd |
| Synopsis: |
There has been cattle rustling going on, and nobody is able to track the disappearing cattle. A new rancher on the scene has an airplane, and soon, folks put two and two together. |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as George Hill] | Pencils: Fred Guardineer (signed) | Inks: Fred Guardineer (signed) |
| Text Article (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Western Facts |
| Synopsis: |
Information on chaps, cowboy boots, Maverick calfs, the 30-30 Winchester rifle, and boots for horses. |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction Western-frontier |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
Okie Doke |
| Synopsis: |
Okie is in court once again, and the judge has a hard time making him feel any shame. |
| Credits: |
Script: Fred Guardineer (signed) | Pencils: Fred Guardineer (signed) | Inks: Fred Guardineer (signed) |
| Genre: |
Humor Western-frontier |
| Characters: |
Okie Doke |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Jess Phoolin |
| Credits: |
Script: Fred Schwab | Pencils: Fred Schwab | Inks: Fred Schwab |
| Characters: |
Jess Phoolin |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
Bull Moose |
| Synopsis: |
"Bull" Moose tries to credit his strength to the motto that 'you are what you eat'. |
| Credits: |
Script: Creig Flessel [as C. F.] (signed) | Pencils: Creig Flessel [as C. F.] (signed) | Inks: Creig Flessel [as C. F.] (signed) |
| Genre: |
Humor Western-frontier |
| Illustration (1 page) |
The West That Was |
| Synopsis: |
An outline of the progression of mail delivery in the West from Pony Express, to Stage Coach, to railroad. |
| Credits: |
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) |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction Western-frontier |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Killer McGee |
| Synopsis: |
Killer McGee is a bounty hunter who isn't worried if the dead body he brings in doesn't match the wanted poster. |
| Credits: |
Script: Fred Schwab | Pencils: Fred Schwab | Inks: Fred Schwab |
| Genre: |
Humor Western-frontier |
| Characters: |
Killer McGee |
| Comic Story (3 pages) |
Smoke Range |
| Synopsis: |
A peace-seeking cattle hand joins a ranch where the boss means to drive off a group of 'Nesters', and new guy is determined to stop it. |
| Credits: |
Script: James Sanders | Pencils: Rafael Astarita (signed) | Inks: Rafael Astarita (signed) |
| Genre: |
Western-frontier |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
Hi-Lee Hi-Low |
| Synopsis: |
The Chinese brothers have a hard time pleasing cowhand customers with their laundry service. |
| Credits: |
Script: Creig Flessel [as Fless] (signed) | Pencils: Creig Flessel [as Fless] (signed) | Inks: Creig Flessel [as Fless] (signed) |
| Genre: |
Humor Western-frontier |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Lonesome Luke |
| Synopsis: |
Luke applies for the job of cook at the local diner for the pay of $1 a day and all you can eat. |
| Credits: |
Script: Fred Schwab | Pencils: Fred Schwab | Inks: Fred Schwab |
| Genre: |
Humor Western-frontier |
| Characters: |
Lonesome Luke |
| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
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