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Publisher: DC

Title: Western Comics
Issue: 1
Page Count: 52
Publish Date: January-February 1948
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Contributors: Editor: Whitney Ellsworth (editor); Jack Schiff (assistant editor); Murray Boltinoff (art); George Kashdan (story)

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Western Comics #1 CGC 7.0 Crippen D
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Story Title: Boss of Gila Gap - cover
Features:The Cowboy Marshal
Pages:1
Pencils:Howard Sherman
Inks:Howard Sherman
Letters:Ira Schnapp
Genre:western-frontier


Story Title: How to Get a Roadmaster for Christmas - advertisement
Features:Roadmaster
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Synopsis:Ad for the new Roadmaster Bicycle available from The Cleveland Welding Co.


Story Title: The Boss of Gila Gap! - comic story
Features:The Cowboy Marshal
Pages:10
Pencils:Ed Smalle Jr.
Inks:Ed Smalle Jr.
Genre:western-frontier


Story Title: Easy New Wheaties Contest! - advertisement
Features:Wheaties
Pages:1
Pencils:Creig Flessel
Inks:Creig Flessel
Letters:typeset
Synopsis:Contest that invites entrants to submit a model name for the new Admiral Radio-Phonograph.


Story Title: The Bronc They Couldn't Bust! - comic story
Features:Rodeo Rick
Pages:8
Pencils:Howard Post (signed)
Inks:Howard Post (signed)
Letters:Ira Schnapp
Genre:western-frontier


Story Title: Gunfighter! - comic story
Features:A Fact Feature
Pages:0.5
Pencils:Stookie Allen
Inks:Stookie Allen
Letters:Stookie Allen
Genre:non-fiction; western-frontier
Characters:Bill Tilghman
Synopsis:A short feature about the life of Bill Tilghman, one of the lawmen of the Old West.


Story Title: Rescue from the Wreck - advertisement
Features:Bright Star Batteries
Pages:0.5
Synopsis:A man and his son rescue a man from a wrecked automobile.


Story Title: Jesse James Rides Again! - comic story
Features:Vigilante
Pages:12
Pencils:Mort Meskin
Inks:Mort Meskin
Letters:Ira Schnapp
Genre:western-frontier


Story Title: Famous Erector - advertisement
Features:The A. G. Gilbert Company
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Synopsis:Ad for Erector sets with examples of what can be built from various sets.


Story Title: Texas Ranger - comic story
Features:A Fact Feature
Pages:1
Pencils:Stookie Allen
Inks:Stookie Allen
Letters:Stookie Allen
Genre:non-fiction; western-frontier
Characters:Frank Hamer
Synopsis:A summary of Texas Ranger Frank Hamer's career.


Story Title: Tables Turned Double - text story
Pages:1.67
Pencils:Raymond Perry
Inks:Raymond Perry
Letters:typeset
Genre:western-frontier
Characters:Don Stuart; Blackie Dawson
Synopsis:A cowboy has problems when he captures a bank robber.


Story Title: Editorial Advisory Board - promo (ad from the publisher)
Pages:0.33
Letters:typeset


Story Title: The Jailbreaker! - comic story
Features:The Wyoming Kid
Pages:10
Pencils:Howard Sherman
Inks:Howard Sherman
Letters:Ira Schnapp
Genre:western-frontier
Characters:The Wyoming Kid (intro)


Story Title: Cattle Detective - comic story
Features:A Fact Feature
Pages:0.5
Pencils:Stookie Allen
Inks:Stookie Allen
Letters:Stookie Allen
Genre:non-fiction; western-frontier
Characters:Tom Horn; Matt Rash
Synopsis:How Tom Horn captured Matt Rash.


Story Title: Willie Wonder - advertisement
Features:Smith Brothers Cough Drops
Pages:0.5
Pencils:S. P. Black
Inks:S. P. Black
Letters:S. P. Black
Characters:Willie Wonder; Trade Smith; Mark Smith


Story Title: Most Popular Boy - advertisement
Features:High School "Champs" of America by Thom McAn
Pages:1
Pencils:Stookie Allen
Inks:Stookie Allen
Letters:Stookie Allen
Characters:Ronald Morlock
Synopsis:Feature on the most popular boy in his class at Belmont High School, Belmont, Mass.


Story Title: Be a Radio Technician - advertisement
Features:National Radio Institute
Pages:1
Pencils:? (photograph)
Inks:? (photograph)
Letters:typeset
Characters:J. E. Smith
Synopsis:Ad for a correspondence school that teaches radio repair.


Story Title: American Boys Bill of Rights - advertisement
Features:Daisy Air Rifles
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Synopsis:Ad for the new Daisy Handbook.


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