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Issue: Space Western #44 Public Domain
Publication Date: June 1953
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Issues: #44 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: 7 (6 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 #1 published January 1991 as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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The Madman of Mars

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Stan Campbell (signed)
Inker(s): Stan Campbell ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, western
Feature(s): Spurs Jackson
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The Madman of Mars

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Gibson
Penciller(s): Stan Campbell (signed)
Inker(s): Stan Campbell ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, western
Feature(s): Spurs Jackson
Character(s): Hank Roper (Spurs' sidekick); Spurs Jackson; Strong Bow; General Carpenter; Doctor Phillips; Charlie Lane
Synopsis: Rockets bearing hydrogen bombs and originating from Mars are destroying major cities on Earth. Spurs Jackson is called in by General Carpenter to go discover the source of the Martian bombs. Nazis who travelled to Mars in 1935 are discovered to be sending the bombs.
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Pages: 8
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Spurs Sees Red!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Gibson
Penciller(s): John Belfi (signed)
Inker(s): John Belfi ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, western
Feature(s): Spurs Jackson
Character(s): Spurs Jackson; Pop McLeod; Janie McLeod; Colonel Steigev; Ben
Synopsis: When a flying saucer lands at the McLeod farm, Pop McLeod leaves his daughter Jane in the house while goes out to investigate. He is shot by a sniper, so Jane goes to Spurs for help. Spurs investigates, discovering the saucer is of Soviet design. Colonel Streigov plans to use the saucer-plane, with a max speed of 650 mph, to set the populace into a panic of alien invasion. Spurs manages to capture Steigov and his men, setting Pop free in the process.
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Pages: 6
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Visit in Spaceman's Gulch!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Belfi ?
Inker(s): John Belfi ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Spaceman's Gulch
Character(s): Spurs Jackson; Hank Roper; Jovian Bandersnatch
Synopsis: The Jovian Bandersnatch is a creature native to the red spot on Jupiter, an enormous continent floating in gas. The J.B. has two propeller-like appendages on the side of its head to assist it in flying with its wings.
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Spurs Jackson and the Selenites!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Gibson
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, western
Feature(s): Spurs Jackson
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The Stone Men From Space

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Gibson
Penciller(s): John Belfi (signed)
Inker(s): John Belfi ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, western
Feature(s): Strong Bow
Character(s): Spurs Jackson; Rapid Fox; Queen Thula of Mars; Stone Man Ag; Stone Man Ob
Synopsis: Queen Thuvia is talking to Spurs, the Mayans Strong Bow, Rapid Fox about desert petrified logs. She gives Strong Bow a thuvia flower she says will grow in the desert then goes Mars. Strong Bow says the flower won't grow in desert and discards it. It instantly sprouts into a bush. The petrified wood turns into Stone Men, led by Ag. Conventional weapons don't work. Strong Bow contacts the Army for an a-bomb. They'll take an hour. Strong Bow and Rapid Fox fire arrows made of thuvia stems to create a forest to pen the Stone Men. Spurs returns in his rocket and drops an a-bomb on the Stone Men.
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The Menace of Comet 'X'

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Gibson
Penciller(s): John Belfi (signed)
Inker(s): John Belfi ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, western
Feature(s): Spurs Jackson
Character(s): Spurs Jackson; Queen Thula; Vodor; Korok
Synopsis: Spurs and his Space Vigilantes are contacted to investigate a dangerous comet. Spurs takes along Queen Thula of Mars. Spurs and the other vigilantes are captured, only to discover Spurs's old enemies, Korok, ex-Prime Minister of Mars, and Vodor from Venus are piloting the deadly comet toward Earth to devastate the planet. Mars is next.
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