Crack Western Comics #16
Times Printing Works Ltd.
New Zealand (Aotearoa)
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
Cover, 1 page
1Credits
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
2Featuring
- Feature
- Spotted Bear
- Genre
- Western-Frontier
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Matt Baker, line art
- , inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- , original Editor
Reprint history
3Featuring
- Feature
- Red Hawk
- Genre
- Western-Frontier
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Bob Powell, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Raymond C. Krank, original Editor
Reprint history
- First print
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Straight Arrow (Magazine Enterprises, 1950 series) #9 (January 1951) — The Magic Plant
- Also printed
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Bumper Western Comic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #21 ([November 1964]) — The Magic Plant!
Notes
One page has been removed from the original seven page story - the middle tier of page 2, and the top and bottom tiers from page 5. Powell's signature has been removed from the splash panel.
4
5"My kid nephew is crazy about tall sea stories, so I'm gonna call him up and pretend I'm phoning him from mid-ocean!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Salty Waters
- Genre
- Humour; military
- Characters
- Salty Waters
Credits
- Writing
- Bernard Dibble, scripter
- Art
- Bernard Dibble, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- George Brenner, original Editor
Reprint history
Synopsis
Using a public phone, Salty calls his nephew and tells him a hair-raising tale. A passerby overhears Salty's wild story and summons the Shore Patrol.
Notes
This story is basically the same as Dibble's "Johnny Doughboy" story in Military Comics #16 (February 1943).
Notes
The inside front and inside back covers of this comic are blank.
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