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Issue: Space Western #43 Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1953
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Issues: #43 of 6 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagCharlton
Brand: A Capitol PublicationView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Capitol Stories, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Alfred V. Fago
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was ongoing
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FlagExtinct #2 published January 1992 as Spurs Jackson and His Space Vigilantes Battle the Red Menace Beyond the Moon [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Beyond the Moon

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Stan Campbell (signed)
Inker(s): Stan Campbell (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, western
Feature(s): Spurs Jackson and His Space Vigilantes
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover art is an homage to the cover of The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #8/3/1952.
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Menace of the Meteor Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Gibson
Penciller(s): Stan Campbell
Inker(s): Stan Campbell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, western
Feature(s): Spurs Jackson and His Space Vigilantes
Character(s): Spurs Jackson; Hank Roper; General Joyce; Meteor Men
Synopsis: When the Army is on maneuvers in the Arizona desert, they find themselves in the midst of a meteor shower. When some of the meteors prove to be low-minded creatures composed of rock and metal, impervious to bullets and explosions, it's up to Spurs Jackson to halt the invasion of the Meteor Men.
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Pages: 8
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The Battle of Spaceman's Gulch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Gibson
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, western
Feature(s): Hank Roper
Character(s): Hank Roper; Spurs Jackson; Strong Bow; Jawa the Artopod from Neptune
Synopsis: Spurs Jackson and Strong Bow go on a mission to investigate explosions seen on the moon, leaving Hank Roper to meet a group of costumed science fiction fans invited by Spurs for a nearby local convention. Expecting the fans to show up in costume and an airplane mocked-up to appear like a rocket ship, Hank is surprised when a real alien from Neptune named Jawa shows up instead. Jawa is an artopod, as are his crew of scouts preparing for an invasion of Earth. Hank must think quickly to outwit Jawa and his insectoid friends.
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Pages: 6
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Visit Spurs Jackson at his Spaceranch in Spaceman's Gulch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Gibson
Penciller(s): Stan Campbell?
Inker(s): Stan Campbell?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, western
Feature(s): Spurs Jackson and His Space Vigilantes
Character(s): Spurs Jackson; Saturlope
Synopsis: Spurs Jackson collects and explains the alien creature called the Saturlope. Saturlopes live on the moonlets that compose the rings of Saturn, and eat the only food source available there-mineral rocks.
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Spurs Jackson and the Vanishing Water

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Gibson
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, western
Feature(s): Spurs Jackson and His Space Vigilantes
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Pages: 2
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Beyond the Moon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Gibson
Penciller(s): Stan Campbell
Inker(s): Stan Campbell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, western
Feature(s): Spurs Jackson and His Space Vigilantes
Character(s): Spurs Jackson; Hank Roper; Strong Bow; Professor Omok; Lousak
Synopsis: The Soviets are using flying saucers as guided missile transport ships to take slaves to work on Mines on the Moon. The discs are sent from a secret Soviet base orbiting just beyond the moon, where it cannot be seen. Lousak is the Soviet official in charge of the orbiting space post.
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In Content Item: FlagExtinct #2 published January 1992
as Spurs Jackson and His Space Vigilantes Battle the Red Menace Beyond the Moon [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Space Prospectors!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: informational, science and technology
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Trip to Mercury

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Gibson
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, western
Feature(s): Strong Bow
Character(s): Strong Bow; Axar, Master of Mercury; Princess Karna; Laughing Frog
Synopsis: Strong Bow goes with Laughing Frog and another member of his Mayan tribe. They go to a Mayan pyramid in Mexico where legend has it was the last place Princess Karna was seen centuries earlier. Strong Bow and his tribesmen discover a spaceship inside the pyramid that takes Strong Bow to Mercury, where he is captured by Axar. Breaking free, he rescues Princess Karna who has not aged due to the atmosphere of Mercury.
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Pages: 6

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