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Issue: Six-Gun Heroes #20 Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1953
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Issues: #20 of 23 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFawcett
Brand: A Fawcett PublicationView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Fawcett Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 4
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 7 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): V. A. Provisiero
Disclose Notes: Whole back cover missing from scan.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Full Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newspring Interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photography)
Inker(s): ? (photography)
Colorist(s): ? (photography)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Rocky Lane
Character(s): Rocky Lane; Hopalong Cassidy; Monte Hale; Rocky Lane; Lash LaRue
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Robby Hood

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Rod Reed [as Westbrook Wilson] (signed)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Robert J. Hood
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Continued on inside back cover.
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The Thrill Bandit!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Maxwell Elkan
Inker(s): Maxwell Elkan
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Hopalong Cassidy
Character(s): Hopalong Cassidy; Mesquite (deputy); Tom Cole (thief); Clem White; Mary
Synopsis: A wave of petty robberies plagues Twin River. They seem to have been committed just for the thrill of it.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Elkan can be spotted by the faces with lines for eyes, wavy hair, and the hat sitting very high on the head.
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The Case of the Supernatural

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Doug Wildey
Inker(s): Doug Wildey
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Lash LaRue
Character(s): Lash LaRue; undertaker; assistant
Synopsis: A vampire has been reported in Carson Gulch, and Lash is sent to see what he can do to restore order.
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In Content Item: FlagBest of the West #69 published January 2008
as Case of the Supernatural [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Probably art by Doug Wildey. The faces, horses and especially the hats in back view point to him.
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Gunning for Trouble

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Rocky Lane
Character(s): Rocky Lane; Black Jack (horse); Badger Muldoon (gunman); Buff Muldoon
Synopsis: Muldoon comes gunning for Rocky, wanting to kill him for locking up his brother.
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In Content Item: FlagWestern Movie Hero #1 published January 2000
as Gunning For Trouble [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Tragic Lesson

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Tony Sgroi
Inker(s): Tony Sgroi ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Monte Hale
Character(s): Monte Hale; Partner (horse); Jose; Bob Kinsey (rancher)
Synopsis: A man is tarred and feathered by some angry cowboys, and Monte has to rescue him.
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In Content Item: FlagBest of the West #68 published January 2008
as The Tragic Lesson [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Horses, faces and movement point to Sgroi. He is quite familiar from several Dell comics, like Gene Autry and Range Rider. The inking is a little uncertain.
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Marked for Murder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Carl Pfeufer
Inker(s): John Jordan
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Tom Mix
Character(s): Tom Mix; Tony (horse); Sheriff Mike Shaw; Hank Summers (prospector); Fatso; Girth; Joe; Bob
Synopsis: Four robbers are out to steal the bags of gold nuggets Hank put in the sheriff's safe.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The art here is identical to Pfeufer and Jordan's work in Master Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #96, credited to them by Bill Black.

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