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Issue: Apache Trail #2 Public Domain
Publication Date: November 1957
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagFarrell
Indicia Publisher: Steinway Comic Pub. 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: 20 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Entire contents copyrighted 1957.
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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
Format Notes:  
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reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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This Man Belongs to Texas!

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Subject Matter
western
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Miscellaneous
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Start to Play Real Music on the Harmonica in 15 Minutes Flat!

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Tim Calhoun's Sliding Note Finder Harmonica
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Miscellaneous
1
inside front cover
Yellow, for Gold...And Cowards!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
western
Charlie Fellers; Juanito; Rod Fagin; Joe Abbott
A Mexican boy helps expose a thief in a mining camp.
Reprinting
FlagDeath Valley #4 published April 1954
was Hemp Necktie [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled
 
Miscellaneous
6
Original title: "Hemp Necktie."
100 Toy Soldiers $1.25

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Miscellaneous
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Ad for Josely Company's toy soldiers.
Between pages 1 and 2 of sequence 2.
Circus Boy Ice Cream Maker

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Miscellaneous
0.25
Sold by Josely Company.
Upper half of page between pages 4 and 5 of sequence 2.
[untitled]

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Miscellaneous
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Sold by Josely Company.
Upper half of page between pages 4 and 5 of sequence 2.
Popeye Flashlight

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Subject Matter
an ad for Josely Company's Popeye flashlight and 21" toy diesel truck
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Miscellaneous
0.25
Sold by Josely Company.
Lower half of page between pages 4 and 5 of sequence 2.
[untitled]

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Credits
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Miscellaneous
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Sold by Josely Company.
Lower half of page between pages 4 and 5 of sequence 2.
The Tallest Spar!

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Subject Matter
western
Red Hathaway; Mac Stone; Terry Collins; Danny MacFarland
A lumber camp feud endangers the lumberjacks.
Reprinting
FlagThe Fastest Gun Western #3 published January 1973
as The Tallest Spar! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDeath Valley #5 published June 1954
was Vengeance [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled
 
Miscellaneous
7
Original title: "Vengeance."
Nightmare Message!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Reprinting
FlagStrange Fantasy #2 [1] published August 1952
was Nightmare Message! [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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First page between pages 2 and 3 of sequence 6; second page between sequences 6 and 9
Build Your Own Cannon

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Miscellaneous
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Sold by Josely Company.
Between pages 5 and 6 of sequence 7.
Boss Lady!

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Subject Matter
western
Two-Gun Lil
Missy Lil Peters; Rita Adams; George (Rita and Missy Lil's brother); Sandy Diamond; Bush Peters; Sandy Diamond
Missy Lil Peters and Rita Adams are sisters. Lil is left in charge when their brother George leaves town for a few days. Bush Peters, a thug spurned by Missy Lil, gets a kerchief from her. He and his gang secretly watch as Sandy Diamond, a man wanted by the law, and Rita are kissing. Sandy swears off crime and asks Rita to marry. He is followed by Bush's gang and taken prisoner. He is told to play dead and hold Li's kerchief while Rita rides up. Bush convinces Rita that Lil killed Sandy. Lil says it was Bush's doing. The gang using the scene to rob the bank. Lil cleans up the gang.
Reprinting
FlagCrack Western #82 published January 1953
was Boss Lady! [Story on Interior Page(s)]edited reprint
 
Miscellaneous
5
Originally untitled with the first line being, "There is no fury like the fury of a woman who is out to exact revenge..."

Differences from original story: Missy Lil Peters is Two-Gun Lil and carries a pair of revolvers. There is no brother George, and Rita and Lil aren't called sisters. Rita tries to shoot Lil over Sandy's death. Bush rips a piece of Lil's dress, and kills Sandy. Rita tries to shoot Lil dead, but runs out of bullets.
250 Magic Tricks Revealed

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An ad for a magic tricks collection.
Upper half of page between pages 3 and 4 of sequence 9.
Medical Tablet Discovery

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Subject Matter
Tropisan Psoriasis Treatment
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Miscellaneous
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Ad for Tropisan Drug Company's Tropisan psoriasis treatment.
Lower half of page between pages 3 and 4 of sequence 9.
This Man Belongs to Texas!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
western
Matt Morgan; Tom Larson
An outlaw hides, pretending to be a law-abiding cowboy.
Reprinting
FlagDeath Valley #5 published June 1954
was Vengeance Killer [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled
 
Miscellaneous
6
Original title: "Vengeance Killer."
Boys! Girls! Enjoy Home Picture Shows

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Subject Matter
Comicscope
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Ad for Projector Sales' Comicscope projector.
Upper half of page between pages 2 and 3 of sequence 12.
Two-Tone Reversible Auto Seat Covers

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Credits
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Subject Matter
Cryden Sales Automobile Seat Covers
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Lower half of page between pages 2 and 3 of sequence 12.
Given!

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Credits
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Miscellaneous
1
Ad for Wilson Chemical Company's novelty sales.
Between pages 5 and 6 of sequence 12.
Add 4 "Power Packed" Inches of Muscle

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Miscellaneous
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Ad for Joe Weider's fitness program manual.
Inside back cover.
Now You Can Train Yourself for Top Pay in Auto Mechanics

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Subject Matter
Commercial Trades Institute
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Miscellaneous
1
Ad for Commercial Trades Institute's job training.
Back cover.

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