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Issue: Cowboy Western Comics #17 Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1948
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Issues: #17 of 23 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagCharlton
Brand: A Charlton MagazineView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Charlton Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Charles J. Levy; Charles Santangelo
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was ongoing
Format Notes:  
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reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as 2 Content Items in other Issues:
FlagCowboy Western #54 published April 1955 as Young Jesse James [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagCowboy Western #54 published April 1955 as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Jesse James (vignette); Annie Oakley (vignette); Wild Bill Hickok (vignette)
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Highwheeling

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, informational, non-fiction, western
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Jesse James
First Line: They're robbin' the bank!!
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Signed "TEX" alongside the left boot of the nearest rider. He is not credited to western at Charlton by Jerry Bails' Who's, but the artwork compares well with signed (Tex Blaisdell) work on "Prairie Kate" in St. John's "The Texan" #9.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Annie Oakley; Buffalo Bill Cody; Gus Unger (outlaw)
First Line: Hey, Pop! Get some hombres out here!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Orlando is credited on Charlton's Annie Oakley by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and the artwork here is identical to his signed story in Cowboy Western #18.
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Mistaken Identity

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Texas Trail
Character(s): Tex Trail; Pop Nugent; Marshal
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCowboy Western #54 published April 1955
as The Action Story of Wild Bill Hickok [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Lee Sherman is not credited to Cowboy Western by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and comparing his art in the signed story in #18, there can be no doubt. He is credited to Charlton's Tim McCoy Comics.
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Twain Shall Meet

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Billy Pilgrim; Paul Bunyan; Babe
First Line: Paul Bunyan? Why, son, Paul was the biggest man what ever lived!
Synopsis: How Paul Bunyan and his cow Babe dug the St. Lawrence River.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Only Harmon is credited on Charlton's Paul Bunyan by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. The inking is not exactly identical to the signed story in #19, but near enough to be likely.
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Pistol Pete

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, western
Character(s): Pistol Pete; Miss Hazie Mazie; Rattler Rogan
First Line: Oh, ah'm a lonesome cowboy...
Synopsis: Pistol Pete won't let some bullet holes keep him from serenading Miss Mazie.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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The Action Story of Wild Bill Hickok

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Wild Bill Hickok
Synopsis: Wild Bill's first fight with the McCandlas brothers.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Sheriff John Slaughter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, western
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: There appears to be a signature in the lower right corner, which is hard to read but appears to be "L.B."?
As the art is identical to Lee Sherman's work, the signature most probably is "L.S".
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A Tale of the Texas Rangers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Phantom Bandit; Tom Colt
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4

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