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Issue: Frontier Western #9
Publication Date: June 1957
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Issues: #9 of 10 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Prime Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 9 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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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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Mystery on Calamity Trail!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Coloring credit per Stan Goldberg.
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The Life and Death of the Abilene Kid!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): The Abeline Kid [Vance Beaudry]; Matt McCabe; Sheriff Dan Cotrell; Doc
First Line: It's the McCabe gang!
Synopsis: The Abeline Kid is shot during a bank holdup. Sheriff Cotrell has Doc take care of him, above the objections of townsfolk who want to simply let him die. He serves five years on the rock pile, and then goes looking for his old mentor, the outlaw Matt McCabe. No one will give him work, until he lights upon the ranch of ex-Sheriff Cotrell, who takes him in, When McCabe comes gunning for Cotrell the Kid saves him, sacrificing his own life in the bargain.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Fast Gun #12 published January 1958
as The Life and Death of the Abilene Kid [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: L-845
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The Easterner

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Henry Porter
First Line: I've often wondered...
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Pages: 1.67
Job Number: G-300
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The Bushwhacker

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Hondo Cole; Sheriff Dan Stack
First Line: Stack, I've been waitin' for yuh...
Synopsis: Hondo Cole escapes from custody and lays in ambush for Sheriff Stack. Just as his finger tightens on the trigger, he is bitten by a rattlesnake. In his death throes he vainly pleads for the sheriff to come back and save him.
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Pages: 4
Job Number: L-948
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His Guns Hang Low

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Marshal Cal Stone; Kyle Bannock
First Line: I'm just a cowhand!
Synopsis: Most people admire Sheriff Cal Stone, certain that he is brave, true and happy in his job. But just the opposite is true. He wishes people didn't fear his gunslining ways, that a woman would love him for what he is, and that he had been born normal like other men.
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Pages: 4
Job Number: L-923
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Mystery on Calamity Trail

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): John Caine; Blaine Farrell; Donald Bestor
First Line: It's the Camlamity Trail!
Synopsis: Cattle are being rustled and seemingly disappear into thin air. A Pinkerton man is sent for, and when the stage arrives there are two passengers. One is an agressive sharp shooter, the other a short, dumpy, meek-mannered man. People assume it is the former of these, Blaine Farell, who is the detective, but are amazed when the unlikely-looking man, Donald Bestor, proves to actually be from Pinkerton.
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Pages: 5
Job Number: L-896
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912.
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Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1956: Stan Lee, Editor; Martin Goodman, Managing Editor; Robert Froehlich, Jr., Business Manager.
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I Dare Yuh to Draw

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): The Utah Kid [Clay Sanders]; Hank Jelks; Frank Forbes; Molly Forbes
First Line: Hank Jelks an' his gang...
Synopsis: Gunslinger Utah Kid is hired whenever trouble comes round, but no one wants him settling in their community. He wanders around feeling lonely and dejected until he decides to buy a ranch under his given name of Clay Sanders. He courts Molly Forbes, but his refusal to wear guns generates a lot of speculation among members of the community. When an old adversary, Hank Jelks, come to town, Sanders tries to hide, but Jelks recognizes him and forces him to straps on guns. Sanders outdraws and outshoots them with ease, and he gains the respect of the community for both his skill and retraint.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Fast Gun #12 published January 1958
as I Dare You to Draw [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Job Number: L-894

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