Western Bandit Trails #3

Published
July 1949
Page count
36
Cover price
0.10 USD
Colour
Colour
Size
Golden Age size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
GCD
www.comics.org/issue/275142

Credits

Management
Archer St. John, Publisher

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover Wild Escapades of Gingham Fury (Gingham Fury) Cover, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Gingham Fury
Genre
Western-frontier

Credits

Art
Matt Baker, line art [signed]
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

Adapted
New Zealand (Aotearoa)
Blue Ribbon Westerns (Times, 1950? series) #5 ([August 1950?]) —Western Bandit Trails
Untitled
Show/hide 1. Desert Rat Poison Text story, 2 pages

Featuring

Genre
Western-frontier

Credits

Writing
, author
Text
, typeset

Notes

starts on inside front cover and ends on inside back cover

Show/hide 2. Gingham Fury Rides the Range (Gingham Fury) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature
Gingham Fury
Genre
Western-frontier

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Matt Baker, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

Printed in
Approved Comics (St. John, 1954 series) #9 (July 1954)
Show/hide 3. Treasure Cache of the Rustler Chief Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Genre
Western-frontier

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Howard Larsen, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

Printed in
Approved Comics (St. John, 1954 series) #9 (July 1954)
Show/hide 4. Chief White Wolf Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Genre
Non-fiction; biography; western-frontier
Characters
Chief White Wolf

Credits

Writing
Richard Speed, scripter
Art
Richard Speed, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

Printed in
Approved Comics (St. John, 1954 series) #9 (July 1954)
Original
Star Ranger (Ultem, 1937 series) #7 (October-November 1937)

Synopsis

Chief White Wolf Deadwood, South Dakota

Notes

Artwork similar to original art at Jerry Bails' Who's Who. Art ID by Steinar Ådland, March 2011.

Show/hide 5. Assassins of the Ozarks Comic story, 4.5 pages

Featuring

Genre
Crime; western-frontier

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Gus Ricca, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

Printed in
Approved Comics (St. John, 1954 series) #9 (July 1954)

Notes

bottom half of last page is an ad for Crackerjack.

JVJon at DCM credits this artwork to "Ricca/Battefield ??", and comparing the art with Ricca's on Ibis the Invincible in Whiz Comics #70, it match with faces, hands and movement of figures.

Show/hide 6. At Sunset Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Genre
Non-fiction; western-frontier

Credits

Writing
Will Harr, scripter [signed]
Art
, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

Printed in
Approved Comics (St. John, 1954 series) #9 (July 1954)

Synopsis

what a cowboy does when the sun sets

Show/hide 7. Untitled (The Bold Buckeroo) Comic story, 6 pages

"Hunted by the law for other men's crimes, Tim Rollins rides the range as the Bold Buckeroo!"

Featuring

Feature
The Bold Buckeroo
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Midas Moran

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
George Tuska, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

Printed in
Approved Comics (St. John, 1954 series) #9 (July 1954)
Original
Red Seal Comics (Chesler / Dynamic, 1945 series) #14 (October 1945)
Show/hide 8. Gunsmoke Gets Action Text story, 1 page

Featuring

Genre
Western-frontier

Credits

Writing
, author [as Tex Houston]
Text
, typeset

Reprint history

Printed in
Approved Comics (St. John, 1954 series) #9 (July 1954)

Status

AusReprints ID

  • 60539

Entry created

  • 08/04/2022

Cover added

  • 08/04/2022

Index completed

  • 08/04/2022