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Issue: Tex Granger Adventure Magazine #23 Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1949
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Issues: #23 of 7 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagParents' Magazine Press
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Commended Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Harold Schwartz
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "Tex Granger Adventure Magazine (formerly Calling All Boys)."
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was ongoing
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Tex Granger vs. Billy the Kid

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Tex Granger
Character(s): Tex Granger; Billy the Kid
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Pages: 1
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Buffalo Bill

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: non-fiction, western
Feature(s): Famous Fighters of the Frontier
Character(s): Buffalo Bill Cody
Synopsis: Brief outline of the life of Buffalo Bill Cody.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Tex Granger Meets Billy the Kid!

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Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Tex Granger
Character(s): Tex Granger; Flapjack; Billy the Kid; Cactus Joe
Synopsis: After Tex runs Billy the Kid's sidekick out of town, The Kid decides to rob the town's bank. Tex tracks the Kid down, but he escapes when Tex has to rescue a drowning man.
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Pages: 12
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Animals of the West

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Genres: non-fiction
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrations of puma, bighorn mountain sheep, mule deer, bison, coyote, pronghorn antelope, and grizzly bear.
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Buffalo Bill

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Ferris Weddle (credited)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, western
Feature(s): Famous Fighters of the Frontier
Character(s): Buffalo Bill Cody
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Pages: 2.4
Disclose Notes: Text article with one large illustration. Concludes on last interior page.
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Tim Holt

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Tim Holt
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): My Most Interesting True Experience
Character(s): Tim Holt
Synopsis: RKO western star Tim Holt recounts an experience as a bombardier during the last bombing run to Japan of World War II.
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Tex Granger
Character(s): Tex Granger; Ehto Morales; Conchita (mule); Slim Yancey (villain); Red Anderson (villain)
First Line: Watch out...stranger! That horse is a runaway!
Synopsis: A Mexican, Ehto Morales, and his mule come to Jacknife and make an enemy of an abusive cowboy. The cowboy and a friend rob a bank and try to frame Morales.
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Pages: 8
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Feature(s): Betty Crocker; General Mills
First Line: Betty Crocker Soup is souper!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad in cartoon format for Betty Crocker "soup ingredient" packages (Vegetable Noodle and Split-Pea).
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The Truth About the Golden West

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Genres: non-fiction, western
Feature(s): Did You Know?
Synopsis: Facts about incidents in the Old West involving gold.
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Pages: 1
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Hector Goes West!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Vic Herman (signed)
Inker(s): Vic Herman (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, western
Feature(s): Hector
Character(s): Hector Hipple; Smoky (dog)
Synopsis: Hector finds that the only "wild" part of the wild West is when they shoot movies.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Signed in last panel. Movie poster in next-to-last panel has "Tex Herman" as its star.
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Classified Ads

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: One vertical column of classified ads, mainly for postage stamps.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as Schmittice] ?
Penciller(s): ? [as Schmittice] ?
Inker(s): ? [as Schmittice] ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, western
First Line: Sailing, sailing, over the bounding 'mane'!
Synopsis: A cowboy sings while a fellow cowboy is bucked off a horse.
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Pages: 0.27
Disclose Notes: Signature is hard to read, so credit may not be accurate. Part of a page with ads and the conclusion of a text article from earlier in the issue.
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Remember the Alamo!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Davy Crockett
Synopsis: Brief summary of the events leading up to the battle at the Alamo in Texas in 1836.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Take Your Pick of These Wonderful Magazines

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Parents' Magazine Press
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. List of comics and magazines available by subscription from Parent's Magazine Press: True Comics; Polly Pigtails; Calling All Kids; Tex Granger; Calling All Girls; and Varsity, with mail-in coupon.

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