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Issue: Black Diamond Western #32 Public Domain
Publication Date: March 1952
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Issues: #32 of 52 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagLev Gleason
Brand: Lev Gleason PublicationsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Lev Gleason Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Charles Biro; Bob Wood
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: full color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Charles Biro
Inker(s): Charles Biro
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Black Diamond
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Look Slimmer!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Empire Merchandising Co.
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Pages: 1
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The Greedy Paleface

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Luster
Inker(s): Al Luster
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Black Diamond
Character(s): Black Diamond [Bob Vale]; Reliapon (horse); Bumper; Mike O'Shea (crooked trader); Black Eagle
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: This is not signed, but is similar to Luster's art in many of the signed stories in this series. Long noses and small eyes, and especially the extremely broad brims of the hats, are all signs of Luster. He is credited to Black Diamond by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
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Pimple Misery?

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Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Purelon Laboratories
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Claude Moore (signed)
Penciller(s): Claude Moore (signed)
Inker(s): Claude Moore (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction, western
Feature(s): Straight as an Arrow
Character(s): Pocahontas; Chief Powhatan; Stinking Saddle Blanket (Kiowa brave)
First Line: The Indian tepee is the property of the squaw!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Claude Moore is credited to both writing and drawing fillers for Lev Gleason by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
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The Sioux Slaughter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dick Rockwell (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Rockwell (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Black Diamond
Character(s): Black Diamond [Bob Vale]; Reliapon (horse); Bumper; Black Hog
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Pages: 8
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Be a Radio-Television Technician

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Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mr. J.E. Smith
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Pages: 1
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From Shoo-Fly to Stand-by

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dick Rockwell [as DR] (signed) (illo)
Inker(s): Dick Rockwell [as DR] (signed) (illo)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Stubby Burroughs (prospector)
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Claude Moore
Penciller(s): Claude Moore
Inker(s): Claude Moore
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction, western
Feature(s): Sure as Shootin
Character(s): Horace Tabor; California Joe
First Line: An Army scout...
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Not signed, but art identical to signed work in the same series. Claude Moore is credited to both writing and drawing fillers for Lev Gleason by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
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500 Stamps For Only 10 cents

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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Several small advertisements.
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The Vicious Cheyenne Episode

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Wessler
Penciller(s): Al Luster
Inker(s): Al Luster
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Black Diamond
Character(s): Black Diamond [Bob Vale]; Reliapon (horse); Bumper; Chief Gray Eagle; Manangalaj (Gay Eagle's daughter); Dutch Henry (outlaw)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Not signed, but similar to Luster's art in many of the signed stories in this series. Long noses and small eyes, and especially the extremely broad brims of the hats, are all signs of Luster. He is credited to Black Diamond by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

Wessler script per biblio in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol. 20. No. 3, March 2009.
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Hey, You Skinny Bag of Bones!

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jowett Intitute
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Pages: 1
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It's Easy to Win Her!

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Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Plaza Book
Synopsis: How to get along with girls.
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Pages: 0.5
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Walkie Talkies

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Empire Merchandising Co.
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Pages: 1
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Mighty Electric Motor

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Empire Merchandising Co.
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Pages: 1
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Prizes For Everyone

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): American Seed Company, Inc.
Synopsis: Sell seeds and get prizes.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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