Gunfire Giant Edition #40-81

Published
March 1970
Page count
76
Cover price
0.20 AUD
Colour
Black & white
Size
Standard size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic
Branding
None

Credits

Editing
, editor

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover No title recorded Cover, 1 page

Featuring

Genre
Western-Frontier

Credits

Art
, painter
Text
, typeset
Show/hide 1. 111 Stamps for 10c (Seven Seas Stamps Pty. Ltd.) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Seven Seas Stamps Pty. Ltd.
Code
MM
Show/hide 2. Ride into Ambush! Comic story, 5 pages
Show/hide 3. Happy Jack Comic story, 4 pages

Featuring

Genre
Western-Frontier

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Pete Morisi, line art
Text
, letterer
Management
Pat Masulli, original Executive Editor
Show/hide 4. Trouble's Twin Comic story, 5 pages

Featuring

Genre
Western-Frontier
Code
4465

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Pete Morisi, line art [signed as PM]
Text
, letterer
Management
Pat Masulli, original Executive Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Outlaws of the West (Charlton, 1957 series) #17 (November 1958)
Trouble's Twin
Also printed
United States
Outlaws of the West (Charlton, 1979 series) #85 (November 1979)
Trouble's Twin
Show/hide 5. Red River Water (Texas Scrapbook) Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Texas Scrapbook
Genre
Non-Fiction

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
, line art
Text
, typeset
Management
George Delacorte, President
 
Helen Meyer, Vice-President
 
Al Delacorte, Vice-President

Reprint history

First print
United States
Jace Pearson's Tales of the Texas Rangers (Dell, 1956 series) #16 (June-August 1957)
Red River Water
Show/hide 6. Lances of the Cheyenne! (Straight Arrow) Comic story, 8 pages
Show/hide 7. Showdown at Prairie Junction Comic story, 10 pages

"Sinister, cold-blooded 'Silver Dollar' Sam laughed at the frontier laws…"

Featuring

Genre
Western-Frontier

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Howard Larsen, line art [signed]
Text
, letterer
Editing
, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
The Texan (St. John, 1948 series) #4 (May 1949)
"Sinister, cold-blooded 'Silver Dollar' Sam laughed at the frontier laws..."
Also printed
Australia
Colt Western Library (Approved, 1955 series) #27 ([September 1957?]) —The Texan
Showdown at Prairie Junction
 
Australia
Gunfire Jumbo Edition (Magman, 1973) #43102 (1973)
Showdown at Prairie Junction

Notes

The original story was untitled.

Show/hide 8. Rustler Bait (Buckskin Belle) Comic story, 7 pages

"Cattle rustlers are mighty mean critters, but no shifty-eyed range varmint can match the satan-inspired cussedness of a hoss thief."

Featuring

Feature
Buckskin Belle
Genre
Western-Frontier
Characters
Buckskin Belle [Belle Launders]; Billy Landers (kid brother); Clod Devlin (rustler); Gringo Burns (rustler); Corby (rustler); Fluke (rustler)

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
, line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
The Texan (St. John, 1948 series) #3 (February 1949)
Untitled
Also printed
Australia
Triple Western Pictorial Monthly (Red Circle, 1955 series) #13 (July 1956)
Rustler Bait
 
Australia
Heroes of the West Comics Giant Edition (Jubilee, 1963? series) #7 ([December 1963?])
Rustler Bait
 
Australia
Gunfire Jumbo Edition (Magman, 1973) #43102 (1973)
Rustler Bait

Synopsis

Belle and her kid brother capture four cattle rustlers.

Show/hide 9. The Crumbling Idol (Cheyenne Kid) Comic story, 9 pages

Featuring

Feature
Cheyenne Kid
Genre
Western-frontier
Code
4945
Characters
Cheyenne Kid

Credits

Writing
Joe Gill , scripter
Art
Bill Molno, penciller
 
Vince Alascia, inker
Text
, typeset
Management
Pat Masulli, original Executive Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Cheyenne Kid (Charlton, 1957 series) #18 (August 1959)
The Crumbling Idol
Also printed
Australia
Heroes of the West Giant Edition (Jubilee, 1965 series) #9 (June 1965)
The Crumbling Idol
Show/hide 10. Always Get Your Man (Motto of the Canadian Mounted Police) (Northwest Mounties) Comic story, 2 pages

"The Royal Canadian Canadian [sic] Mounted Police are called upon by the governments of the provinces and territories to enforce every article of law on the criminal statutes."

Featuring

Feature
Northwest Mounties
Genre
Crime
Characters
Martin

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Matt Baker, line art
Text
, letterer
Management
Archer St. John, Publisher

Reprint history

First print
United States
Northwest Mounties (St. John, 1948 series) #4 (July 1949)
Dangerous Duty
Also printed
New Zealand (Aotearoa)
The Adventures of Captain Havoc and the Phantom Knight (W. C. Wedderspoon, 1949? series) #18 ([December 1950?])
Dangerous Duty
 
Australia
Blue Ribbon Westerns (Rosnock, 1950? series) #10 ([1951?]) —Northwest Mounties
Dangerous Duty
 
Australia
Straight Arrow Comics (Red Circle, 1950 series) #15 (March 1952)
Always Get Your Man
 
United States
Approved Comics (St. John, 1954 series) #12 (August 1954)
Dangerous Duty

Notes

The various duties of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Show/hide 11. Quicksand (Lawman) Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Lawman
Genre
Non-Fiction

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Dan Spiegle, line art
Text
, typeset
Editing
Harold Clark, editor (vice-president adverticing director)
Management
Helen Meyer, President
 
Paul R. Lilly, Executive Vice-President
 
William F. Callahan Jr., Executive Vice-President
 
Bryce L. Holland, Vice-President

Reprint history

First print
United States
Lawman (Dell, 1960 series) #10 (January-March 1962)
Quicksand
Show/hide 12. The Mohawk Massacre Comic story, 7 pages
Show/hide 13. Paydirt Pierce Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Genre
Western-Frontier
Characters
Captain "Paydirt" Pierce; Miss Mills; Bart Hodges; Swipsey; Smoky; Rusty

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Walter Johnson, line art [signed]
Text
, letterer
Editing
, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Northwest Mounties (St. John, 1948 series) #1 (October 1948)
Paydirt Pierce
Also printed
Australia
Blue Ribbon Westerns (Rosnock, 1950? series) #10 ([1951?]) —Northwest Mounties
Paydirt Pierce
Show/hide 14. Bandit Guns Comic story, 7 pages

"Bandits who holed up at Devil's Den were beyond the reach of the law."

Featuring

Genre
Western-Frontier
Characters
Santa Fe Norton (gunfighter; alias Chad Kenny); Willie Budge (dry goods clerk and deputy); Two Gun Smyth (sheriff); Hoxy (outlaw); Pete (outlaw), Faro (outlaw), Jess (outlaw)

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
, line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
The Texan (St. John, 1948 series) #13 (April 1951)
Doublecross at Devil's Den
Also printed
New Zealand (Aotearoa)
Crack Western Comics (Times, 1955? series) #14 ([July 1952?])
Doublecross at Devil's Den!
 
Australia
Heroes of the West Comics Giant Edition (Jubilee, 1963? series) #7 ([December 1963?])
Bandit Guns
 
Australia
Gunfire Jumbo Edition (Magman, 1973) #43102 (1973)
Bandits Guns
Show/hide 15. Get Big Husky Muscles! (Gym Supplies Co.) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Gym Supplies Co.
Code
G3/
Show/hide 16. Make Money--Collect Coins (Mosman Coin Company) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Mosman Coin Company
Code
MMG370

Status

This issue includes help from

  • James McIntosh

AusReprints ID

  • 82404

Entry created

  • 16/07/2013

Last updated

  • 16/07/2013