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Issue: Bat Masterson #2
Publication Date: February 1960
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Issues: #2 of 8 Issues (14 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: Dell Western AdventureView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/17/1959
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Copyright © 1959, by Ziv Television Programs, Inc. Designed and produced by Western Printing & Lithographing Co. On-sale date from 1960 Books and Pamphlets, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Bat Masterson (photo of Gene Barry)
First Line: Bat raises cane with a crooked car game, and deals himself into a frameup!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Lead Souvenir / The Vanishing Gandy Dancers

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Bat Masterson [William Barclay Masterson]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Brief introduction to the two main stories. On inside front cover in black and white.
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The Lead Souvenir

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Bat Masterson [William Barclay Masterson]; Spike (villain)
Synopsis: Bat finds a wounded bank robber in the mesquite, addresses him as "boy," digs the bullet from the fellow's spine, gives it to him, the fellow says, "It will make a souvenir!" A week later, Bat spots the fellow, thinks to himself, "the boy in the brush." The fellow gets a message to Bat enabling him to foil the bank robbers.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: BAT M. #2-602
Disclose Notes: Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott states: "The Boy in the Brush. 13p. For Bat Masterson, stock. Sent July 18, 1959." Synopsis' story quotes explain both the working title and the title change.
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Animal Friend

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): U.S. Marshal Jeff Radin; Scag Waller (villain, death)
Synopsis: A wounded marshal and a wounded cougar go after the same man.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Copyright, 1959, by Western Printing & Litho Co.
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The Red Hot Ringer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): "Softspoken" Smith
Character(s): "Softspoken" Smith [Sam Smith]; Jerry; Ben; Catamount (horse)
Synopsis: A blacksmith figures a man on a horse that lost a shoe is a bank robber.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Copyright, 1959, by Western Printing & Litho Co.

Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott states: "Soft Spoken Smith. 4p. For Bat Masterson, stock. Sent August 7, 1959."
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The Vanishing Gandy Dancers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Bat Masterson [William Barclay Masterson]; General Walsh; Red Wolf; Larry; Jennings; Hokey (villain); Flash Carruthers (villain)
Synopsis: Bat is hired to locate some missing railroad workers.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: Bat Masterson's full name is used in this story.

Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott states: "The Vanishing Gandy Dancers. 14p. For Bat Masterson, stock. Sent July 31, 1959."
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Bisbee, Arizona

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Roaring Towns of the Old West
Character(s): Mr. Goldwater; Mr. Castaneda; Mrs. Anna Roberts
Synopsis: The 'Black Ghosts' reign of terror robbing the citizens of Bisbee, Arizona.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On inside back cover in black and white.

Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott states: "Roaring Towns of the Old West. cover #4 for Bat Masterson, stock. Sent August 10, 1959."
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The Saline Pueblos

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Landmarks of the Old West
Synopsis: The history of the Saline Pueblos in New Mexico.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott states: "Landmarks of the Old West. cover #3 for Bat Masterson, stock. Sent August 10, 1959."
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This Is a Beaverbear

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kraft Caramels
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover; alternate back cover with text article (see sequence 7).

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