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Issue: Western Comics #1
Publication Date: January 1948
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Issues: #1 of 85 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/26/1947
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth (editor); Jack Schiff (assistant editor); Murray Boltinoff (art); George Kashdan (story)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of November 28 in Boy Commandos (DC, 1942 series) #25.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US, latter issues standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Boss of Gila Gap

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Howard Sherman
Inker(s): Howard Sherman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): The Cowboy Marshal
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Pages: 1
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How to Get a Roadmaster for Christmas

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Roadmaster
Synopsis: Ad for the new Roadmaster Bicycle available from The Cleveland Welding Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Boss of Gila Gap!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ed Smalle Jr.
Inker(s): Ed Smalle Jr.
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): The Cowboy Marshal
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Pages: 10
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Easy New Wheaties Contest!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Creig Flessel
Inker(s): Creig Flessel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
Synopsis: Contest that invites entrants to submit a model name for the new Admiral Radio-Phonograph.
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Pages: 1
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The Bronc They Couldn't Bust!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Howard Post (signed)
Inker(s): Howard Post (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Rodeo Rick
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Pages: 8
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Gunfighter!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stookie Allen
Penciller(s): Stookie Allen
Inker(s): Stookie Allen
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Stookie Allen
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, western
Feature(s): A Fact Feature
Character(s): Bill Tilghman
Synopsis: A short feature about the life of Bill Tilghman, one of the lawmen of the Old West.
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Pages: 0.5
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Rescue from the Wreck

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Bright Star Batteries
Synopsis: A man and his son rescue a man from a wrecked automobile.
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Pages: 0.5
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Jesse James Rides Again!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin
Inker(s): Mort Meskin
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Vigilante
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Pages: 12
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Famous Erector

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The A. G. Gilbert Company
Synopsis: Ad for Erector sets with examples of what can be built from various sets.
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Pages: 1
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Texas Ranger

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stookie Allen
Penciller(s): Stookie Allen
Inker(s): Stookie Allen
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Stookie Allen
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, western
Feature(s): A Fact Feature
Character(s): Frank Hamer
Synopsis: A summary of Texas Ranger Frank Hamer's career.
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Pages: 1
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Tables Turned Double

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Lysing
Penciller(s): Raymond Perry
Inker(s): Raymond Perry
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Don Stuart; Blackie Dawson
Synopsis: A cowboy has problems when he captures a bank robber.
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Pages: 1.67
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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The Jailbreaker!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Howard Sherman
Inker(s): Howard Sherman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): The Wyoming Kid
Character(s): The Wyoming Kid (intro)
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In Content Item: FlagSeriemagasinet #3/1959 published February 1959
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Cattle Detective

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stookie Allen
Penciller(s): Stookie Allen
Inker(s): Stookie Allen
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Stookie Allen
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, western
Feature(s): A Fact Feature
Character(s): Tom Horn; Matt Rash
Synopsis: How Tom Horn captured Matt Rash.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Printed on top half of page.
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Willie Wonder

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): S. P. Black
Penciller(s): S. P. Black
Inker(s): S. P. Black
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): S. P. Black
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Smith Brothers Cough Drops
Character(s): Willie Wonder; Trade Smith; Mark Smith
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: The actual names of the Smith Brothers are used in this ad. Printed on bottom half of page.
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Most Popular Boy

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stookie Allen
Penciller(s): Stookie Allen
Inker(s): Stookie Allen
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Stookie Allen
Subject Matter
Feature(s): High School "Champs" of America by Thom McAn
Character(s): Ronald Morlock
Synopsis: Feature on the most popular boy in his class at Belmont High School, Belmont, Mass.
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Pages: 1
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Be a Radio Technician

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): National Radio Institute
Character(s): J. E. Smith
Synopsis: Ad for a correspondence school that teaches radio repair.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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American Boys Bill of Rights

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
Synopsis: Ad for the new Daisy Handbook.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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