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Issue: Frontier Western #2
Publication Date: April 1956
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Issues: #2 of 10 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Atlas [black & white]View Brand Images
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: 7 (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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
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Pages: 1
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Man With a Star!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Wade Thompson; Randy Holbrook; Mayor Porter; The Utah Kid
First Line: Having taken the oath...
Synopsis: Wade Thompson is appointed sheriff of Carson County and cleans up even the most petty of laws, to the extent that the townspeople are disgruntled because there is no room for even a little fun. That is, until he is willing to die to prevent the Utah Kid from robbing the bank.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Rawhide Kid #113 published July 1973
as Man With a Star! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Job Number: H-769
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Journey West

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Jasper Higgins; Swift Deer
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Pages: 1.66
Job Number: H-922
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The Rustler!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Character(s): Joe Dawson; Clay Harper; Dirk Yaeger
Synopsis: Joe Dawson and Clay Harper are close friends and neighbors, owning adjacent ranches. Dawson's foreman tells him some of his cattle have been rustled and blames Harper, but Dawson comes to realise that it is Yaeger who is the real villain.
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In Content Item: FlagGunhawks #5 published June 1973
as The Rustler! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGunhawks #5 published June 1973
as The Rustler! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Job Number: H-682
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No Place to Turn

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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Joe Dakota; Curly; Hank; Nancy; Ralph Nesbitt
First Line: His name was Joe Dakota...
Synopsis: Cowhand Joe Dakota is ambitious for money, breaks into the home of Ralph Nesbitt and shoots him. As he dies he names Dakota as his killer. Dakota escapes and makes his way back to town, expecting his friends and his girl Nancy to give him aid, but all hands are set against him.
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Pages: 4
Job Number: H-770
Disclose Notes: Frazetta's inks are evident in the two bottom panels on the first page.
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The Battle

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Genres: western
Character(s): Bull Malloy; Nancy Carter; her father; Frank Hilton
First Line: His name was Bull Malloy...
Synopsis: Hardcase Bull Malloy tries to court Nancy Dawson, but she rejects him. He rides off vowing they haven't heard the last of him. A new ranch hand, Frank Hilton, takes Nancy to the town's monthly square dance, but when Bull asks for a dance, Hilton orders her not to dance with anyone but him. Bull defends her rights by subduing Hilton, even with a gun trained on him. Her feelings towards Bull change and the couple are married.
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Pages: 4
Job Number: H-772
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A Coward in Town

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Genres: western
Character(s): Stanley Grew; Hoyt Rank
First Line: He wasn't the type of hombre...
Synopsis: Riding into a strange town, Stanley Grew makes an enemy of local bully Hoyt Rank. Despite taking a licking, Grew refuses to fight back, until he is pushed too far. Rank draws on him, but Grew's draw is lightning fast. Even so, Grew refuses to killy Rank, explaining that he has lived a life of gunfights and killings and vowed never to kill again. He rides on as quietly as he had arrived.
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Pages: 5
Job Number: H-943

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