tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11565193713614103692024-03-12T10:55:55.095-04:00Western Comics AdventuresTales of the Old West in pictorial form, whether you call them comic books or graphic novels. Return with us now to The Thrilling Days of Yesteryear, when men were REAL men, women were REAL women,
and EVERYBODY carried guns!Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.comBlogger215125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156519371361410369.post-44762551352622715842024-02-14T07:00:00.013-05:002024-02-14T07:00:00.122-05:00Romance on the Range ADVENTURES IN ROMANCE "Stopgap: the Saga of Coby Nash"<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Though not <i>strictly</i> a "Western romance" title...</span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC79EJGXL_-_FREO2hAqgreI1Gd3EQQM1zDshHf6fljYiEzo6njhQksAFhf6ytokEZry_VvYE70oHLB3xLddfj79Q7xx-feWTISPXgxhjqau0AADwKgBuVc38ej_SyL_yPQpiG1sbe0XSzz5YXbBkthNhjt2MCIvvsY6llpwokIFxQR5BNA2NHq-qr/s1100/AdventuresInRomance01p1314.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC79EJGXL_-_FREO2hAqgreI1Gd3EQQM1zDshHf6fljYiEzo6njhQksAFhf6ytokEZry_VvYE70oHLB3xLddfj79Q7xx-feWTISPXgxhjqau0AADwKgBuVc38ej_SyL_yPQpiG1sbe0XSzz5YXbBkthNhjt2MCIvvsY6llpwokIFxQR5BNA2NHq-qr/s16000/AdventuresInRomance01p1314.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size: medium;">...<b><i>St John's</i></b> anthology <b>Adventures in Romance</b> was an attempt to mix several genres with romance...including contemporary high adventure, swashbuckling pirates, and, as you'll see, Westerns...to attract <i>both</i> male <i>and</i> female readers!</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFCBW7_CLBx9YPvhLC-UHYNPJCrLUrRCyhO0H-P88KdtpxiEdGsdcnWDOKuOPoVs2KFKy7CYP_hgRPXwdH4H-nyYdAMBxx9zDM1axcvBsmDnke0G5LHcRCoKKc2mRlN__Au9RvPSloysaDfNy5rYTcQ30inJqr6GKPiE1j_KHBTZ4E2ya1aU1w43WU/s800/AdventuresInRomance01p15.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFCBW7_CLBx9YPvhLC-UHYNPJCrLUrRCyhO0H-P88KdtpxiEdGsdcnWDOKuOPoVs2KFKy7CYP_hgRPXwdH4H-nyYdAMBxx9zDM1axcvBsmDnke0G5LHcRCoKKc2mRlN__Au9RvPSloysaDfNy5rYTcQ30inJqr6GKPiE1j_KHBTZ4E2ya1aU1w43WU/s16000/AdventuresInRomance01p15.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhF5sthLjV_i3T6n5D6ayPYyG-drxBZ_GATxCT363_AR1Rk5B6BglJ10w2youAjQAzgMkbKScbnloS0qjC46CJeWllAGNtu4qBLd-xvkZTcx6ncTaQ3ohzymw8kfKRSIL4I1MCOuEGoYJB58eoElvcjP62KAxKCm-YHF6gJkrMllkP_c6cJw58ibOP/s815/AdventuresInRomance01p16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="815" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhF5sthLjV_i3T6n5D6ayPYyG-drxBZ_GATxCT363_AR1Rk5B6BglJ10w2youAjQAzgMkbKScbnloS0qjC46CJeWllAGNtu4qBLd-xvkZTcx6ncTaQ3ohzymw8kfKRSIL4I1MCOuEGoYJB58eoElvcjP62KAxKCm-YHF6gJkrMllkP_c6cJw58ibOP/s16000/AdventuresInRomance01p16.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZ_z773MAsRsQpAnXmLHqqCDgReUpo_t_qEZCysdZjNYm75Rnhr_u4ndsz2ZOjFKZCY-5NyOhlXZNXNlZeZdy1Wv18M3b2Rb6PnDtsAJ7Jnd7jRFohCdSJBL1UlVJAtLilaJuohwQDDudlS_E2cl43cjlQHv0Oc0ugbfDPzuF3CmZ_A8OTQq3KYlR/s800/AdventuresInRomance01p17.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZ_z773MAsRsQpAnXmLHqqCDgReUpo_t_qEZCysdZjNYm75Rnhr_u4ndsz2ZOjFKZCY-5NyOhlXZNXNlZeZdy1Wv18M3b2Rb6PnDtsAJ7Jnd7jRFohCdSJBL1UlVJAtLilaJuohwQDDudlS_E2cl43cjlQHv0Oc0ugbfDPzuF3CmZ_A8OTQq3KYlR/s16000/AdventuresInRomance01p17.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiILMsOJQz-_ql47pqfXXj9u33OojIOreGoxHhPaQcUmEF3br1mkJUclrdA3RHiwx8k13rZQMIgSClpOTo-sb2q0zt8OECcpRME2D1lKDNy14XxTd9NhM_vFirFd1ttAiEc071kX4-x0ziFiRYyU2c2JuGgofsME-aao9zLzkr9nes-a2lCIs3K1YSX/s800/AdventuresInRomance01p18.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiILMsOJQz-_ql47pqfXXj9u33OojIOreGoxHhPaQcUmEF3br1mkJUclrdA3RHiwx8k13rZQMIgSClpOTo-sb2q0zt8OECcpRME2D1lKDNy14XxTd9NhM_vFirFd1ttAiEc071kX4-x0ziFiRYyU2c2JuGgofsME-aao9zLzkr9nes-a2lCIs3K1YSX/s16000/AdventuresInRomance01p18.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjarMIMnObV1qlQowzUrz-x_snprPMTijFMrccwLQYfXn7Vwcd-wdr_X8q_K5XoMh8XqcofRbhMGE6PPh2Hfn3Cjc0aXot67CNA12i2xrbsRwTnllX7xKrAcS9x03L5ofzgf2QMq5Xxf3rxmqCREq2Zuumen8GiSN3UtEcgoAf3QPbIyEYz3U6eFVsR/s800/AdventuresInRomance01p19.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjarMIMnObV1qlQowzUrz-x_snprPMTijFMrccwLQYfXn7Vwcd-wdr_X8q_K5XoMh8XqcofRbhMGE6PPh2Hfn3Cjc0aXot67CNA12i2xrbsRwTnllX7xKrAcS9x03L5ofzgf2QMq5Xxf3rxmqCREq2Zuumen8GiSN3UtEcgoAf3QPbIyEYz3U6eFVsR/s16000/AdventuresInRomance01p19.jpg" /></a><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8iWSc7pMOKebXDDn6lk65_2Dopin-DfnVs_x2ghIpRe-0IWm3fARKGFNW4t_Up-vhgB4papAQX1PuxJCnqmO3bYLuTgyZPJR0oGzlTCXF6mNUZRE-XxTuSGFH4D7qaPNxxBwR9Vx9wTgnk2WstgO45d6Ltp790brbMCKW9FadWwM2qL_dWIWN5SyH" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="840" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8iWSc7pMOKebXDDn6lk65_2Dopin-DfnVs_x2ghIpRe-0IWm3fARKGFNW4t_Up-vhgB4papAQX1PuxJCnqmO3bYLuTgyZPJR0oGzlTCXF6mNUZRE-XxTuSGFH4D7qaPNxxBwR9Vx9wTgnk2WstgO45d6Ltp790brbMCKW9FadWwM2qL_dWIWN5SyH=s16000" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Despite running romance strips in almost <i>every</i> genre (except horror and sci-fi), the book only lasted <i>two </i>issues.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Illustrator Leonard Starr spent a decade in comics before moving on to newspaper comic strips, first as an assistant on <b>Flash Gordon</b>, then as the creator/writer/artist of the long-running <b>Mary Perkins: On Stage</b>!<br />He's best known to contemporary audiences as the creator/writer/designer of the animated TV series <b>ThunderCats</b>!</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span><b><span style="color: red;">Please Support Western Comics Adventures</span></b></span></div><div><i><span><b>Visit </b></span></i><span><b>Amazon</b></span><i><span><b> and Order...</b></span></i></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p style="font-size: medium;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhG-sZGBI1eWrnjvDblUY9jEoyJ63vMeEgUskrDkEpj_kpWCSe6lffmujVti9dJ5E-_Gs3OYxXe22aX1pq3F91OOVAt7HaoOUCyTsHJiqlh25o3LLJwW9lNTfypg0fNYRMvG2URIDCuBlyd4_Jeem5_G0a0nTNmioXY0yiOeOhFjH_pFt5OCuvgn2ta" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="564" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhG-sZGBI1eWrnjvDblUY9jEoyJ63vMeEgUskrDkEpj_kpWCSe6lffmujVti9dJ5E-_Gs3OYxXe22aX1pq3F91OOVAt7HaoOUCyTsHJiqlh25o3LLJwW9lNTfypg0fNYRMvG2URIDCuBlyd4_Jeem5_G0a0nTNmioXY0yiOeOhFjH_pFt5OCuvgn2ta=w451-h640" width="451" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://amzn.to/3ZvNB9C" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cowgirl Bride</a></b></span></div></div></div></span></b></div></div></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156519371361410369.post-73451206437849451272024-02-02T07:00:00.152-05:002024-02-03T12:09:31.189-05:00FESS PARKER: DANIEL BOONE "Murderer's Cave"<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Yes, the cover title actually <i>was</i> <b>Fess Parker: Daniel Boone</b>...</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglTkbFVHQxbxhb1554VhGubyvCZVmy0xSajT1fwNwmNfmN5kQyzymc-hsiQgziill9bp-2RM4uDDOKJynr1G3NoVpKWTKjrQQ8XMQPKTJ94ZfpG55YRBLJMvubFHcf0Ko02O3AL7FE9D7mE4s-ccaunxRnVHN1WX78_u9jqWOBtwq6qwfsI-cFw-7W9jU/s568/40399.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="400" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglTkbFVHQxbxhb1554VhGubyvCZVmy0xSajT1fwNwmNfmN5kQyzymc-hsiQgziill9bp-2RM4uDDOKJynr1G3NoVpKWTKjrQQ8XMQPKTJ94ZfpG55YRBLJMvubFHcf0Ko02O3AL7FE9D7mE4s-ccaunxRnVHN1WX78_u9jqWOBtwq6qwfsI-cFw-7W9jU/w450-h640/40399.jpg" width="450" /></a><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>...because, by the time this TV show debuted in 1964, there had been </span><i>several</i><span> other comic book series about the legendary frontiersman and the comic's publishers wanted readers to know <i>this</i> comic was based on the TV series starring the guy who previously-played </span><i><b>Davy Crockett</b></i><span>!</span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLX6X96dPATYT6T1G_eWM2XD0_1cM7xvkiyP4rSLb3xOvrBGwVydbpzNX00jRahQlkJSzKxaFTeUpodmja71J7ed6fNmuKVd24knT8GLBJidSQtxN7mJ4Ei_KxPTp9PblQjJsqZHZyaVNk7OkYwEapaNz4sdTgRpxeZPnMe9WFAAZUps-hCKm3BO53aIo/s750/DanielBoone02-23.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLX6X96dPATYT6T1G_eWM2XD0_1cM7xvkiyP4rSLb3xOvrBGwVydbpzNX00jRahQlkJSzKxaFTeUpodmja71J7ed6fNmuKVd24knT8GLBJidSQtxN7mJ4Ei_KxPTp9PblQjJsqZHZyaVNk7OkYwEapaNz4sdTgRpxeZPnMe9WFAAZUps-hCKm3BO53aIo/s16000/DanielBoone02-23.jpg" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmn8BAeTAIlVUuGc3_yNMj8_WWqbs3_7QZtgNmo3H8wrfIw7nJ3YK9sykc3RHBz7wzD5Ov-mJzqzOGYcuuN9RTYiKhDV70_vDcnlqJ99Q9s5G1diK0vcYJ7ZlU02QM53mKOYMceXWyGjmI59TFnvLJsSK2Pf3C4xUVbKo4KQLYZ9l222c7apHoRZ47v9k" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmn8BAeTAIlVUuGc3_yNMj8_WWqbs3_7QZtgNmo3H8wrfIw7nJ3YK9sykc3RHBz7wzD5Ov-mJzqzOGYcuuN9RTYiKhDV70_vDcnlqJ99Q9s5G1diK0vcYJ7ZlU02QM53mKOYMceXWyGjmI59TFnvLJsSK2Pf3C4xUVbKo4KQLYZ9l222c7apHoRZ47v9k=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFmGKAUJMLl1-DT_TSgleYnXNYx9Mh2Aqs26hoZlVkcnSMZeqTT_5WZfDSEcFMna6JRcpA8o5Hls_-qkoMofzkiWQGQEz24d1QW1WIV9vtM-OmaFAO8oRt7lzEm-wq6apg8z6QHMq-HWS05INJ01wt63ZYvs1oKh1hc7Vap-GHeYl69Y6NCu-nJcTh934" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFmGKAUJMLl1-DT_TSgleYnXNYx9Mh2Aqs26hoZlVkcnSMZeqTT_5WZfDSEcFMna6JRcpA8o5Hls_-qkoMofzkiWQGQEz24d1QW1WIV9vtM-OmaFAO8oRt7lzEm-wq6apg8z6QHMq-HWS05INJ01wt63ZYvs1oKh1hc7Vap-GHeYl69Y6NCu-nJcTh934=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFxe7GUzjxyiG1q8b5Uj6GbhQC7iKTpCYxONT-mQ4diizlgaKs_K0bRO5Zxx7eUl63XOD5SscWC3sP3bgQNmoPoPqd9nIFiy-U6p5CD-DeY2TbZb9Ava0PXMUKIlKOTekQvo6WzHbNBmbkGpw3XwkU2OT85ElLNBd001XeTr53IfuclrZN4ravh2H3-iY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFxe7GUzjxyiG1q8b5Uj6GbhQC7iKTpCYxONT-mQ4diizlgaKs_K0bRO5Zxx7eUl63XOD5SscWC3sP3bgQNmoPoPqd9nIFiy-U6p5CD-DeY2TbZb9Ava0PXMUKIlKOTekQvo6WzHbNBmbkGpw3XwkU2OT85ElLNBd001XeTr53IfuclrZN4ravh2H3-iY=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhOH08dwz1JddT2OgqxLsBOT_vIVOz8K55Yz090AjvtjvVpgCfElmqMXtFwweJAerndV2IN0A1obGzgSydKFsKqHLwgFv_XItBvJ6wBwDd7mWJeALdSfliKhGO6h65AfScwaLMwBY7xTMn1hs7ofw0MCy3WVmc7AP6T-fSSn-VX_NEfULNTWVBSaedOqc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhOH08dwz1JddT2OgqxLsBOT_vIVOz8K55Yz090AjvtjvVpgCfElmqMXtFwweJAerndV2IN0A1obGzgSydKFsKqHLwgFv_XItBvJ6wBwDd7mWJeALdSfliKhGO6h65AfScwaLMwBY7xTMn1hs7ofw0MCy3WVmc7AP6T-fSSn-VX_NEfULNTWVBSaedOqc=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1lN_zDr8OsC4BtHnTl-oTTQ0synhPEKAP51Jjn4_U7vahNOnLU5T9OXGomUZPUlu9EfOE4Rhy8LaoyM9tfjRVkNjZXiqzVvxzzmbXeYVYIWsTUlu0s8juFgNHBMUIS34XDRCATxsjgRGFzH25i0KpVUsBL9fs8FJZvYnlV63fW5CVc6g3HfN3A1PpNMs" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="749" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1lN_zDr8OsC4BtHnTl-oTTQ0synhPEKAP51Jjn4_U7vahNOnLU5T9OXGomUZPUlu9EfOE4Rhy8LaoyM9tfjRVkNjZXiqzVvxzzmbXeYVYIWsTUlu0s8juFgNHBMUIS34XDRCATxsjgRGFzH25i0KpVUsBL9fs8FJZvYnlV63fW5CVc6g3HfN3A1PpNMs=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg61Zk_t3Pl3klRzz11drRjEuDnHJIcWoIsuiTbN_WEhpgS01fFImIGuJrLuA3gfdaxtjDobgeBm2knWMKDhfQDLKlwCLplvqHreeXl7z5cmgNnbC_u_G5Z8eqaSDAJOW9uOXq-ifN-ppvHIqCwKO-PgNCNbqZxea8ay_yfReXlMRrFBF6gpVBzsbe9uK4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg61Zk_t3Pl3klRzz11drRjEuDnHJIcWoIsuiTbN_WEhpgS01fFImIGuJrLuA3gfdaxtjDobgeBm2knWMKDhfQDLKlwCLplvqHreeXl7z5cmgNnbC_u_G5Z8eqaSDAJOW9uOXq-ifN-ppvHIqCwKO-PgNCNbqZxea8ay_yfReXlMRrFBF6gpVBzsbe9uK4=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoecrKPnQPnfrKBRdmYuzr5Qjy44N0n4vMW_AvYBjjJuSuL-YlhfmQlk6STlP4ZbKbLypUnQsqqfKmqS_VyeK4tqBfvTb9LfvuzOiJdR5u7lE4-V3g0g0UX8Q_4u9Y6Q78hVpNqBYMvczhelH8PNCdK7n-3oT2970PKqTePpPDqFnH7Oi5jxCN56m4I4g" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoecrKPnQPnfrKBRdmYuzr5Qjy44N0n4vMW_AvYBjjJuSuL-YlhfmQlk6STlP4ZbKbLypUnQsqqfKmqS_VyeK4tqBfvTb9LfvuzOiJdR5u7lE4-V3g0g0UX8Q_4u9Y6Q78hVpNqBYMvczhelH8PNCdK7n-3oT2970PKqTePpPDqFnH7Oi5jxCN56m4I4g=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgKiigo10xmExhevfH0cuIZDrWIu0SIcauYmcM2D11-IvaUCY9h_cW-kWqHJ015CKr0UFsSTVyW4BbIwBavsXYdeOzgPETlDsmNAqZGDZUQvI3u7w8EgZUQMngCLPOCRLSEAMBMZfWhnjafZxvaMNs_vGwDOHGP_7JyHgIEWCSNk2zJRZDKvManncldKVo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgKiigo10xmExhevfH0cuIZDrWIu0SIcauYmcM2D11-IvaUCY9h_cW-kWqHJ015CKr0UFsSTVyW4BbIwBavsXYdeOzgPETlDsmNAqZGDZUQvI3u7w8EgZUQMngCLPOCRLSEAMBMZfWhnjafZxvaMNs_vGwDOHGP_7JyHgIEWCSNk2zJRZDKvManncldKVo=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSnWX8hfsuqhCTDfhdJTe_7gFqZzz0RjWV78kRHvRzzozsTwTgQCQdt88So_ih5Wx2ujLX-0LS5X-2sXxMgPNz8O30C7AxeN5qNdm8ti-QbPBhntRl-lMEnDMKmJM_s4yCpyPMtxDRu3C1oVtBOhwWPEKVkWZ7-5O2x3nQc-kkAZXMx-5W-TctKMa6TAk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSnWX8hfsuqhCTDfhdJTe_7gFqZzz0RjWV78kRHvRzzozsTwTgQCQdt88So_ih5Wx2ujLX-0LS5X-2sXxMgPNz8O30C7AxeN5qNdm8ti-QbPBhntRl-lMEnDMKmJM_s4yCpyPMtxDRu3C1oVtBOhwWPEKVkWZ7-5O2x3nQc-kkAZXMx-5W-TctKMa6TAk=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSbdc1pPbDqeJDwbtyJrIStBIRmKbsUC4JSZFkPbfOY7batwN6z0GYNsMP8u0pZAEmFPenqFxrB-J7kTCAa7rU9iHAmj8zpEL7QBOQGW4dv_f2Ky0zEgurkILawm4jHRFbwOLpwcnLthzMXTUGbe6wnR7mnQIwdfmT298bt2G8A9ChN13hTidHT6ipLLU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSbdc1pPbDqeJDwbtyJrIStBIRmKbsUC4JSZFkPbfOY7batwN6z0GYNsMP8u0pZAEmFPenqFxrB-J7kTCAa7rU9iHAmj8zpEL7QBOQGW4dv_f2Ky0zEgurkILawm4jHRFbwOLpwcnLthzMXTUGbe6wnR7mnQIwdfmT298bt2G8A9ChN13hTidHT6ipLLU=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxsFSPHZVKd5FD4cangkJ1CU_KZSKIsLh2eNRaB_enHuifFcmaA-OdsjdgtqDtnHYArOwP-vdvlpqXrf4--ZfQURsAjlt4Myzub5yRScY32mHu0bNsnyFnbey2xjZXx2TGiWG-tYPaRaSn0mt8cT-aLqxkzctTWIi04tg1AQjynBxsyJmadiLfAICpPIQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxsFSPHZVKd5FD4cangkJ1CU_KZSKIsLh2eNRaB_enHuifFcmaA-OdsjdgtqDtnHYArOwP-vdvlpqXrf4--ZfQURsAjlt4Myzub5yRScY32mHu0bNsnyFnbey2xjZXx2TGiWG-tYPaRaSn0mt8cT-aLqxkzctTWIi04tg1AQjynBxsyJmadiLfAICpPIQ=s16000" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">As this never-reprinted tale from <b><i>Gold Key's</i> Fess Parker: Daniel Boone</b> #2 (1965) demonstrates, racism was a part of the fabric of America from the very beginning!<br /><div style="text-align: left;">Admittedly, the authorities are <i>British</i>, since the story takes place before the American Revolution, but even our Declaration of Independence calls Native Americans “the merciless Indian savages whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes, and conditions.”<br />So it's not surprising the judges take the word of disreputable, uneducated White settlers instead of the sworn testimony of <a href="https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,899866,00.html" target="_blank">an <i>Oxford University graduate</i> who was half-Cherokee/half-British</a>!<br />It's rumored that this story, written and illustrated by Fred Fredricks, was based on an unused TV series plot.<br />It certainly reads as more sophisticated than the usual comic based on a movie or TV show.<br />Note: writer-artist Fredricks had produced <i>all </i>the stories in issues 1 and 2 (including this one).<br />Issue #3 had one story by him...which was partially-redrawn, and then he was gone from the series which ran another twelve issues.<br /><div style="text-align: center;">Coincidence?</div></div></span><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #990000;">Please Support Western Comics Adventures</span></span></b></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Visit </i>Amazon<i> and Buy...</i></span></b></div></span></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqAz8mKvUCwKmfIFkogl8RcpZ6epUjqDjD9On_4WZ9dKFYP0hPcrT-HRv-p5ZeIImSoo_PJ-EsLnIdjD_4WBkJfhOGiWrubIoIueRzBo0FX1aChuiz4j_ll82TB6fJS2FwGvuCM3XpKJ8h8CNZFVBCNx93JE8uuu-HA7QnzRPA8zlhV0Zp4BSQAQbzC2o" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="482" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqAz8mKvUCwKmfIFkogl8RcpZ6epUjqDjD9On_4WZ9dKFYP0hPcrT-HRv-p5ZeIImSoo_PJ-EsLnIdjD_4WBkJfhOGiWrubIoIueRzBo0FX1aChuiz4j_ll82TB6fJS2FwGvuCM3XpKJ8h8CNZFVBCNx93JE8uuu-HA7QnzRPA8zlhV0Zp4BSQAQbzC2o=w515-h640" width="515" /></a></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://amzn.to/3HMjRya" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Daniel Boone</span></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://amzn.to/3HMjRya" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>50th Anniversary Complete Series</i></span></a></b></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Paid Link</span></b></div></span></b><p></p><p></p>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156519371361410369.post-33976448627859114932024-01-20T07:00:00.001-05:002024-01-20T07:00:00.137-05:00RED MASK...or...MAVERICK??? Either Way, He's the "Man Who Lost Yesterday!"<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We told you the tale of how 1940s Western movie star <i>Tim Holt</i> became comic book hero <i>"Red Mask"</i> <b><a href="https://westerncomicsadventures.blogspot.com/2012/05/tim-holt-becomes-red-mask.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></b>!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcPZtRClGciasm5-tSklwcheKgKtjKz6tuvhyphenhyphenqSBGyASuZhj5VDn0gSFfh5Avxi8c255nfY2Vph7pS79jBHn9Ot8r83IRJu9G47IROfm_DyhrhOxv9epCaCenHrqx7OgOrEO6nO_9ynrmcxQ795-BFV8eBw-krFnTg6FNLRabg_KTWOoLCm_TF6he8ziE/s750/TimHolt37-16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcPZtRClGciasm5-tSklwcheKgKtjKz6tuvhyphenhyphenqSBGyASuZhj5VDn0gSFfh5Avxi8c255nfY2Vph7pS79jBHn9Ot8r83IRJu9G47IROfm_DyhrhOxv9epCaCenHrqx7OgOrEO6nO_9ynrmcxQ795-BFV8eBw-krFnTg6FNLRabg_KTWOoLCm_TF6he8ziE/s16000/TimHolt37-16.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But that Masked Western Hero went through <i>another</i> metamorphosis, which we'll detail at the end of this story!</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJ2t4wR_qGsCPisnCUchvNj2mWELCa5jqQg2iaFQ6kg_a1wR59QSHIZw3nixTG84PO4u_mbkH3WN2WD1VFGOrR96aLWz4wEB6QJ1NC4bzYuw4n0RfQ3T4VYv1oGW7xU0bCkBUijnYeP_uNLJg7B55RENwVY8AaY4N9KdZpIhPnpzCVQQFcEKgtfFZ7_2E" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="745" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJ2t4wR_qGsCPisnCUchvNj2mWELCa5jqQg2iaFQ6kg_a1wR59QSHIZw3nixTG84PO4u_mbkH3WN2WD1VFGOrR96aLWz4wEB6QJ1NC4bzYuw4n0RfQ3T4VYv1oGW7xU0bCkBUijnYeP_uNLJg7B55RENwVY8AaY4N9KdZpIhPnpzCVQQFcEKgtfFZ7_2E=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRlwzyOJdknTdjSZ8iH1bDHM9L5ocXmweK5Eb6ZA9AUpntBabbRbRoepg43lu6Cc1FvZWuHJURZX4oU-_LmUz91Y0Z-cWdkyQGxj-CU_eRkBiSunGmtnZe8E-siN-X2YMPG7XomkGIq6ne6nufTq8iDXSEdA0FoujRWARuAtaJYn9GmeSo_VKM11sFnWs" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRlwzyOJdknTdjSZ8iH1bDHM9L5ocXmweK5Eb6ZA9AUpntBabbRbRoepg43lu6Cc1FvZWuHJURZX4oU-_LmUz91Y0Z-cWdkyQGxj-CU_eRkBiSunGmtnZe8E-siN-X2YMPG7XomkGIq6ne6nufTq8iDXSEdA0FoujRWARuAtaJYn9GmeSo_VKM11sFnWs=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhv_xe5rpjV90kxpJwheG_eioDWMXkDUbrXjCdPg8ybU9zdNImliKGAnvaHzp-sJ4FtokC1NJ4W6opwkLTK65psRGDsWKryIWkIcVz5SAA_qAl3_UTkOqnOoUjgd3ToQ0Lsbj6hkAFd_rBV9Q66XHwLsHlfkSPnTh7SPil03Jk9qlyWGnHnjYcOTcav0lU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhv_xe5rpjV90kxpJwheG_eioDWMXkDUbrXjCdPg8ybU9zdNImliKGAnvaHzp-sJ4FtokC1NJ4W6opwkLTK65psRGDsWKryIWkIcVz5SAA_qAl3_UTkOqnOoUjgd3ToQ0Lsbj6hkAFd_rBV9Q66XHwLsHlfkSPnTh7SPil03Jk9qlyWGnHnjYcOTcav0lU=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhd56b8j_YXXrwMYm2ID77-oEWyEm436mjrDexYxmp2hURzCsWDmouJKVXk2kuySBCSENn6VcgJoGA0UtGJ1dirovRDBD61LiATDNeBReWEdveJoK8VeReb0gKO7ZbRsfnbPR8U_Y8nTZTNCWuNHfygrtl7_uSwjf72-jlxtqWunNDu_QF017H4WIMFsq4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="745" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhd56b8j_YXXrwMYm2ID77-oEWyEm436mjrDexYxmp2hURzCsWDmouJKVXk2kuySBCSENn6VcgJoGA0UtGJ1dirovRDBD61LiATDNeBReWEdveJoK8VeReb0gKO7ZbRsfnbPR8U_Y8nTZTNCWuNHfygrtl7_uSwjf72-jlxtqWunNDu_QF017H4WIMFsq4=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjfZTWoTzDq2kSNTfo5xlXPOxNbWtWRlk4c69_JnBvHnkJjdF3mmenIl9MkjSwv0zFm-EOs7vR_9ryZ1p0tAYrChqbww1R7HddGWTcnPCtiFvtWP6GZ5Aq0HsTI-OqnKcAJ5hC9YXnIWy676ANhFOoZwgoAtZ7fVPZm15C7JZX8NWv9yDvXTOy7JMYwGW0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="745" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjfZTWoTzDq2kSNTfo5xlXPOxNbWtWRlk4c69_JnBvHnkJjdF3mmenIl9MkjSwv0zFm-EOs7vR_9ryZ1p0tAYrChqbww1R7HddGWTcnPCtiFvtWP6GZ5Aq0HsTI-OqnKcAJ5hC9YXnIWy676ANhFOoZwgoAtZ7fVPZm15C7JZX8NWv9yDvXTOy7JMYwGW0=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNnk_o3MfgYGoWJE_TiAuDJqc1SnbjDVGCCWyqG2v0_SQzmSo-pUybwgojpCgcWL35s1oQHdR2UdXxaxqWY2xHhSP6CC-IKY1JJxTklUF8dZIed3wBFA2UALDJmUDsRJUmx37OJG-X1anQExBoYk5Wm5Mg6ciSmByQEnYLM2Tc_5gFSd0bUbNHY36VM0c" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="735" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNnk_o3MfgYGoWJE_TiAuDJqc1SnbjDVGCCWyqG2v0_SQzmSo-pUybwgojpCgcWL35s1oQHdR2UdXxaxqWY2xHhSP6CC-IKY1JJxTklUF8dZIed3wBFA2UALDJmUDsRJUmx37OJG-X1anQExBoYk5Wm5Mg6ciSmByQEnYLM2Tc_5gFSd0bUbNHY36VM0c=s16000" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">While this somewhat-cliched story of amnesia and imposters from <b><i>Magazine Enterprise's</i> Tim Holt</b> #37 (1953) is a decent enough tale, what happened next was downright pitiful!</div><div style="text-align: left;">In 1971, fledgling comic publisher <i><b>SkyWald</b></i>, desperate for filler for their comics, used photostats and printing films from defunct comics publishers to add reprints behind 20-page new stories in their double-sized 52-page, 25-cent books!<br />In some cases, they used the material without <i>any</i> change.<br />In this case, <b>Butch Cassidy</b> #1 (1971), they re-titled the tale's lead character, <i>and</i> re-colored the story.<br />However, as you'll see, neither the editor nor proofreader did a very good job, as most of the captions and word balloons identifying the hero as "Red Mask" <i>weren't</i> altered!<br />Even the first paragraph calls him <i>both</i> "Maverick" <i>and</i> "Red Mask"...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSZsSD9ccGy8vsnPMnLRD2wNWNCTic4jSDoCCC9KgMoEO1XWlenkxT62HjnxTMwPkn9X2U6RhiKHc_nBk5ezvtMugB0NKJTtjh69Yd1zA-dVYoBbp6LMG3Ca8NjhLXB9hpWU2luPjHCz4qUI2QKLP0V96hmbaCEdmuhPA3WYkUGPUg7pwnpjCB-OHzgQ0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="755" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSZsSD9ccGy8vsnPMnLRD2wNWNCTic4jSDoCCC9KgMoEO1XWlenkxT62HjnxTMwPkn9X2U6RhiKHc_nBk5ezvtMugB0NKJTtjh69Yd1zA-dVYoBbp6LMG3Ca8NjhLXB9hpWU2luPjHCz4qUI2QKLP0V96hmbaCEdmuhPA3WYkUGPUg7pwnpjCB-OHzgQ0=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJGDDOT-ahZJ9-HSqOT-uAqeW5QWL0ZksVYacFWZ7khyf2Z1v3c8pVSomkdwyLghxv62rcjuoZZEHzloDM4OZV0dfMsfmgsoKJQtpHj-wxB0LCL_8hWU4fGLqrnfZX-Na0E4x08PWC4PH1KvoK7wps0sglSLJ4qqg54AhR2vGXnj_KvdEw3-uQVpxla5Y" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJGDDOT-ahZJ9-HSqOT-uAqeW5QWL0ZksVYacFWZ7khyf2Z1v3c8pVSomkdwyLghxv62rcjuoZZEHzloDM4OZV0dfMsfmgsoKJQtpHj-wxB0LCL_8hWU4fGLqrnfZX-Na0E4x08PWC4PH1KvoK7wps0sglSLJ4qqg54AhR2vGXnj_KvdEw3-uQVpxla5Y=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-4gqAd4p7hznUhwG-u27gq_Bu7wnsBtBt-0PoQLrLlCew8WzDLIJhUlgbTRLk4akHV4rS31j5tfUSB5A1ygqpZRUSTO7-P2ZBPhTUIXe0etot_PkhJ-xQ_JKJzuiWYDFCzOtpItbDWWnX226poO06n0fr2VxnQfMMQ6krN8sgi_hiDwjJuFzXS-gi8BY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-4gqAd4p7hznUhwG-u27gq_Bu7wnsBtBt-0PoQLrLlCew8WzDLIJhUlgbTRLk4akHV4rS31j5tfUSB5A1ygqpZRUSTO7-P2ZBPhTUIXe0etot_PkhJ-xQ_JKJzuiWYDFCzOtpItbDWWnX226poO06n0fr2VxnQfMMQ6krN8sgi_hiDwjJuFzXS-gi8BY=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLHK042DYulPjkReUO_SXrsuk7Mx8-GNhywpXVdOlNHy2WynL0bnsWeA2315Zh9abIKNS0rrFxzuiIztLo1Q-6I4r6PrnN6cHgEKn2-jAP7MxuDd6gVo0RUH_pnPNI-0DszopravozTVD7Eqf7E7s6dsVzd4dO0y3VY2S_ge0cW8GdZxd3JTmsjP76Sd0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLHK042DYulPjkReUO_SXrsuk7Mx8-GNhywpXVdOlNHy2WynL0bnsWeA2315Zh9abIKNS0rrFxzuiIztLo1Q-6I4r6PrnN6cHgEKn2-jAP7MxuDd6gVo0RUH_pnPNI-0DszopravozTVD7Eqf7E7s6dsVzd4dO0y3VY2S_ge0cW8GdZxd3JTmsjP76Sd0=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwmhGsL7nEQ6pNv2vOzZGf5LT8oOsfOzvOgTViI9pDlGOnXoA6g8RIXkXK3igfdf2NRGuirPsbZYNIcDX8f5ZTIoRYDjti3hQFmgq0zEEwhor32G49cZXHjvWXSqQYRtJ4OEaPVvVVNoFoaNAWkSxVkJCkCCQsNZkafA-Sg24ibujT-Gd4D_1ECLz-INI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwmhGsL7nEQ6pNv2vOzZGf5LT8oOsfOzvOgTViI9pDlGOnXoA6g8RIXkXK3igfdf2NRGuirPsbZYNIcDX8f5ZTIoRYDjti3hQFmgq0zEEwhor32G49cZXHjvWXSqQYRtJ4OEaPVvVVNoFoaNAWkSxVkJCkCCQsNZkafA-Sg24ibujT-Gd4D_1ECLz-INI=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZG-He4gX5V-_BYGiPtfteHYrc2yZxKI7C-nDjBcDWjDLis_zaERCXHmDwwLE415UY1QyXD3vBcpoqBdX0Mh51p0o92nSngFhpxpbV3c9cMwG7B-F69tDx2JDEawwbohzvjprjH8Id_4mf5jn1rcUGaaroKyPjsRrn12OAv-IonB4M9oLTXxfb8M2_w2Y" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZG-He4gX5V-_BYGiPtfteHYrc2yZxKI7C-nDjBcDWjDLis_zaERCXHmDwwLE415UY1QyXD3vBcpoqBdX0Mh51p0o92nSngFhpxpbV3c9cMwG7B-F69tDx2JDEawwbohzvjprjH8Id_4mf5jn1rcUGaaroKyPjsRrn12OAv-IonB4M9oLTXxfb8M2_w2Y=s16000" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Note:</b> <i><b>Skywald</b></i> reprinted other <i><b>Red Mask</b></i> stories without trying to re-name the character!</div></span></div><p></p>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156519371361410369.post-49440432881212432572023-12-22T07:00:00.013-05:002023-12-22T07:00:00.135-05:00Christmas on the Prairie SUPER-STAR HOLIDAY SPECIAL Jonah Hex in "Fawn and the Star"<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Unseen since publication in 1980...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3o3W4uenQdNf43hChxeqJLED38DsFqFztjZ2y_v2vd21P5SYOKxdMl701dL3a_rxSdG3rNgJOzmWJqw8ZFjKoKND6CYuHKSQG0gqTBWGpXgHaTupAm3xaA35aJzR1SN6v8-Kbfj-mye5ySf2o8hekltFCv2bNsbbdms-2w1jHM6rgWKG4RlQFDugMEKo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3o3W4uenQdNf43hChxeqJLED38DsFqFztjZ2y_v2vd21P5SYOKxdMl701dL3a_rxSdG3rNgJOzmWJqw8ZFjKoKND6CYuHKSQG0gqTBWGpXgHaTupAm3xaA35aJzR1SN6v8-Kbfj-mye5ySf2o8hekltFCv2bNsbbdms-2w1jHM6rgWKG4RlQFDugMEKo=s16000" /></a></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: center;">...this over 40 year-old Yuletide tale offers us insight into how and why <i><b>Jonah Hex</b></i> turned into who he was!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrMoJj6V35SJsd7JzAiH2v63SHzORG06HHEYNmLx9Ro_HM4Wlxiwo1dqIzbhmMXqdkk53DdaaWXPqwVAvhfCR2DbXvlJIy6KaRNVr8KyZel21-fo6y8Iw45o0YvlTgm0a6AIH1FHFonF8cbaMtAkrekFNAXVtPGzHCwgMOKQfWDqXRv5mlPXPJKKoCrJw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrMoJj6V35SJsd7JzAiH2v63SHzORG06HHEYNmLx9Ro_HM4Wlxiwo1dqIzbhmMXqdkk53DdaaWXPqwVAvhfCR2DbXvlJIy6KaRNVr8KyZel21-fo6y8Iw45o0YvlTgm0a6AIH1FHFonF8cbaMtAkrekFNAXVtPGzHCwgMOKQfWDqXRv5mlPXPJKKoCrJw=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjx8ylQC8fFyFwtBBzlHTYFbIebcS9KSH46bIafaEKeKCtfyj_yNh6PQu-qGGnYXxBFAlQTLjMhZ-OlFff17wksP7P-pxOdGYdGKEo2Kmc6C6V5x0rvMmzLYOcAAjjMlwQ1t02LTKiApYiRpqG6p3k5ZndrzUwNs1_II2_yJxMFXgC4jkR754k9f1B0kK4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjx8ylQC8fFyFwtBBzlHTYFbIebcS9KSH46bIafaEKeKCtfyj_yNh6PQu-qGGnYXxBFAlQTLjMhZ-OlFff17wksP7P-pxOdGYdGKEo2Kmc6C6V5x0rvMmzLYOcAAjjMlwQ1t02LTKiApYiRpqG6p3k5ZndrzUwNs1_II2_yJxMFXgC4jkR754k9f1B0kK4=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjK3O2VqrPrbzcg4OIi-_vULhB5tcd0xdzU1mvvjpHZ2wFE4FQcc5dU6ffPIKin68RV7g7FsRUaP1J3VNWNH8a0GREffUe4yWMGcS-nyV2ELHoefUIcntJNtAilYe65m0S5uuE4PEDBfkuobT3CFu2tUStFaFK02I1LnKdPsikTOoM7lZQOFXf-7OAvjzI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjK3O2VqrPrbzcg4OIi-_vULhB5tcd0xdzU1mvvjpHZ2wFE4FQcc5dU6ffPIKin68RV7g7FsRUaP1J3VNWNH8a0GREffUe4yWMGcS-nyV2ELHoefUIcntJNtAilYe65m0S5uuE4PEDBfkuobT3CFu2tUStFaFK02I1LnKdPsikTOoM7lZQOFXf-7OAvjzI=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEieI292ToD8X770zv6CATwxRwyClY81STcvuqKhgSw5DXx1zAuIv7prM4nzGiQfZf5jy_gIM98QUKAPnd1bz8IrG_cVL5BN3BVFVcByfMFkIDUOJg2sZoWZAQ6ekXZ6VvXB7jB4C69tQD5xidNu6EpACUihOHhrFgwQWCxY9QIf4ahD_sp7yi4YdPc6DkY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEieI292ToD8X770zv6CATwxRwyClY81STcvuqKhgSw5DXx1zAuIv7prM4nzGiQfZf5jy_gIM98QUKAPnd1bz8IrG_cVL5BN3BVFVcByfMFkIDUOJg2sZoWZAQ6ekXZ6VvXB7jB4C69tQD5xidNu6EpACUihOHhrFgwQWCxY9QIf4ahD_sp7yi4YdPc6DkY=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjq_nYcK-uJe1rETBs64dhVtfmFH9x0O8W3s4nl-Dx7lpL-5qPFCH98rXvoSblpkGTgt7YQfp_s0EijC4DmCvoV2mvUgeb1Mk7MyQirRdAFc7JQWh_1W_AfdR-l0YtoWthvJAxEvyWg_Uv9Vbdy8UHryctOemXrXcQ0IH-wDhDPxIGdFJS3gkh9WJWuvs0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjq_nYcK-uJe1rETBs64dhVtfmFH9x0O8W3s4nl-Dx7lpL-5qPFCH98rXvoSblpkGTgt7YQfp_s0EijC4DmCvoV2mvUgeb1Mk7MyQirRdAFc7JQWh_1W_AfdR-l0YtoWthvJAxEvyWg_Uv9Vbdy8UHryctOemXrXcQ0IH-wDhDPxIGdFJS3gkh9WJWuvs0=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzWcxPwwa9JVR8hlEu-pw3zzl1-_x0aSOvg4eNF3AquWV31Y_gk63iUmBQdJnln8bWCBgTfeVJud_0VWU4AGPPb9W77z4T6qn4rXEvF7T6txJzI-ARcm_nYSdwF9pIJzvXbxziMhWsYjDok3ArlXqfJixv1rQ0C0jMQ8HFb5vNHgJW-y8kIdq5HctRbCk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzWcxPwwa9JVR8hlEu-pw3zzl1-_x0aSOvg4eNF3AquWV31Y_gk63iUmBQdJnln8bWCBgTfeVJud_0VWU4AGPPb9W77z4T6qn4rXEvF7T6txJzI-ARcm_nYSdwF9pIJzvXbxziMhWsYjDok3ArlXqfJixv1rQ0C0jMQ8HFb5vNHgJW-y8kIdq5HctRbCk=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_MyfYfw68GsDX6WzZmyMJnH3eNnVt7mX0G-y6CJ7lgzZWZTntfZh1TR5IagUpJTbtJGMOeLhR6feSG_kLVKvCAbns_aEQ1Wa86lG6E8F_dTy-iTsnqQ4nc9I_FrmuL5fQvPJmQYwx6cQAa4aXaMfuWAz6PtUu4lP7dPItWi8HFUTm9YSYbD_YNNXe3P0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_MyfYfw68GsDX6WzZmyMJnH3eNnVt7mX0G-y6CJ7lgzZWZTntfZh1TR5IagUpJTbtJGMOeLhR6feSG_kLVKvCAbns_aEQ1Wa86lG6E8F_dTy-iTsnqQ4nc9I_FrmuL5fQvPJmQYwx6cQAa4aXaMfuWAz6PtUu4lP7dPItWi8HFUTm9YSYbD_YNNXe3P0=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVGbY9hy8cpUd5UeJhQaN4Y6lTUU_O8p2jQaEXE5nEQVDAgg7KuxukNqHhMqUl8MPS3LXJTLPpFokvaUvKNdS90xdoNrUPoAaYyfozQgM0u7mddAZS65_Vx4f39fpkHRR2Ce88S-kLWJuXTd1ZI9ebzs6VeC8Odg14RwOCUrB_QWFByrLePbeg4fMQv7M" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVGbY9hy8cpUd5UeJhQaN4Y6lTUU_O8p2jQaEXE5nEQVDAgg7KuxukNqHhMqUl8MPS3LXJTLPpFokvaUvKNdS90xdoNrUPoAaYyfozQgM0u7mddAZS65_Vx4f39fpkHRR2Ce88S-kLWJuXTd1ZI9ebzs6VeC8Odg14RwOCUrB_QWFByrLePbeg4fMQv7M=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyqXDLzZbwdm46cEw91zN-xssY2X6_4zxPNK4n7FdhreVHF1G8eN_IgJrKq-0WzJIf6--wy3yinSW2PrmM7rzKb2jhTeDR69ThF8CGVR_TGsxzfvtJJhyj4H25KcBB5ZzzntrF8ZpoKnAbTHKK0npwxkWBTuJcpRNRSg7BdPanTuJHD5hGeXGpLVdy7aE" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyqXDLzZbwdm46cEw91zN-xssY2X6_4zxPNK4n7FdhreVHF1G8eN_IgJrKq-0WzJIf6--wy3yinSW2PrmM7rzKb2jhTeDR69ThF8CGVR_TGsxzfvtJJhyj4H25KcBB5ZzzntrF8ZpoKnAbTHKK0npwxkWBTuJcpRNRSg7BdPanTuJHD5hGeXGpLVdy7aE=s16000" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Written by Michael Fleisher, penciled by Dick Ayers, and ined by Romeo Tanghal, this story appeared in </span><b style="font-size: large;">DC Special</b><span style="font-size: medium;"> #21 (1980): </span><b style="font-size: large;"><i>Super-Star Holiday Special</i></b><span style="font-size: medium;">, an anthology featuring all-new Xmas tales starring </span><i style="font-size: large;"><b>Batman</b></i><span style="font-size: medium;">, </span><b style="font-size: large;"><i>Superboy</i></b><span style="font-size: medium;"> and the </span><i style="font-size: large;"><b>Legion of Super-Heroes</b></i><span style="font-size: medium;">, </span><b style="font-size: large;"><i>Sgt Rock</i></b><span style="font-size: medium;">, </span><b style="font-size: large;"><i>Jonah Hex</i></b><span style="font-size: medium;">, and the hosts/stars of </span><i style="font-size: large;"><b>DC's</b></i><span style="font-size: medium;"> mystery comics.</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #38761d;">MERRY</span> <span style="color: red;">CHRISTMAS!</span></span></b></div></div><p></p>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156519371361410369.post-7247296373632637722023-10-17T07:00:00.003-04:002023-10-20T17:04:53.580-04:00Halloween on the Prairie GUNSMOKE "The Thing!"<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>While this comic's </span><a href="https://westerncomicsadventures.blogspot.com/search/label/Masked%20Marvel%20III" target="_blank">backup series <i>Masked Marvel</i>, featured a costumed hero <i>pretending</i> to be a ghost</a><span>...</span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKHJftysh9Ww2FQgTkQEziqXNeJ4soDAlOGxTMN7ZTj4Q7xa0EY9KFZorWOgdsOp0s-UfHQbjUzOHNYjUVYriIRQzLEwK7TpwhyphenhyphenLslmYDT42DknXFQXDY5Uppkp8jtc56g48LsEBZsgvwioGbU8rwshYjIFh-aEhOp-C1la0I3gLHVSngwn-m7aYQ1Etc/s736/GunSmoke16-01.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKHJftysh9Ww2FQgTkQEziqXNeJ4soDAlOGxTMN7ZTj4Q7xa0EY9KFZorWOgdsOp0s-UfHQbjUzOHNYjUVYriIRQzLEwK7TpwhyphenhyphenLslmYDT42DknXFQXDY5Uppkp8jtc56g48LsEBZsgvwioGbU8rwshYjIFh-aEhOp-C1la0I3gLHVSngwn-m7aYQ1Etc/s16000/GunSmoke16-01.jpg" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>...the title strip's protagonist faced an </span><i>actual</i><span> supernatural threat, albeit, not the one shown on this purely-symbolic cover by H C Kiefer!</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWxBtMf5fzYycl3On8qJ5E83Cjz1jTSM8dUk5UZqp8LBWTArLzyiiNZRp4Dd6ng5hZ8GFFp2pjEIqWpZdiLNY8a6rEJCZIo_HfLQr_xnAyN3X2ZzCzZ5rw3rcOBU2NkENV2GEKXY4oBzBtf1yUr96Zn7l_Z54y950nDuYltKEO8T4g6nKoHA19bH8Z7BE/s775/GunSmoke16-03.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWxBtMf5fzYycl3On8qJ5E83Cjz1jTSM8dUk5UZqp8LBWTArLzyiiNZRp4Dd6ng5hZ8GFFp2pjEIqWpZdiLNY8a6rEJCZIo_HfLQr_xnAyN3X2ZzCzZ5rw3rcOBU2NkENV2GEKXY4oBzBtf1yUr96Zn7l_Z54y950nDuYltKEO8T4g6nKoHA19bH8Z7BE/s16000/GunSmoke16-03.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjXVWRFIJe6OLCtMWGaINXCRlBPX2Z22OxpcJ_tWjRUYUCVGN9fKLg8WJXMhSWprvadWN_0ZfS9siB5sYimBJYIBlSpLhlM9w0qlz4npvAJywsilMv-cBgy-CmYfzBSVYAByLh1fd9LCaSz6qJUEtmG7JQYL-la5iWKc_rAXfgXJR58LbOKFSCS42UyJA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjXVWRFIJe6OLCtMWGaINXCRlBPX2Z22OxpcJ_tWjRUYUCVGN9fKLg8WJXMhSWprvadWN_0ZfS9siB5sYimBJYIBlSpLhlM9w0qlz4npvAJywsilMv-cBgy-CmYfzBSVYAByLh1fd9LCaSz6qJUEtmG7JQYL-la5iWKc_rAXfgXJR58LbOKFSCS42UyJA=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhx_Ql32ZhZiMO5ULx-NyhB90KX93hzVHtTDntmyZG-UKW-Bw1xVPAmcy2J8o83SZP49ukONNnhnctWIzGgUIxXrYp9k3BYBvUKI5f7QpUm_W8CbU4CEGqqpo2CgxURT_aH4CE_DCCc3rrc8iCe7oUDNqSA8XD361GB4I4T5-AT1oZIY_35KZAKL-prlMI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhx_Ql32ZhZiMO5ULx-NyhB90KX93hzVHtTDntmyZG-UKW-Bw1xVPAmcy2J8o83SZP49ukONNnhnctWIzGgUIxXrYp9k3BYBvUKI5f7QpUm_W8CbU4CEGqqpo2CgxURT_aH4CE_DCCc3rrc8iCe7oUDNqSA8XD361GB4I4T5-AT1oZIY_35KZAKL-prlMI=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHJXWpSJ8s9h3JQ9UZK2Zd8P9-h0QAZ-QCZipvs3zjePKpf9OwYj9K_nv6BXK1yAxoe8KUe_SKAZCvFre5yvdR--TI4CxCXXKwPfEsw90okrfrLGzmosCvtuHntf-BDbUI5ymNSV_MzlyfkgBcc4ezlQLRTTXhD95LrLJ1_yfG2kIODM1Xa6ppkwcTeC0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHJXWpSJ8s9h3JQ9UZK2Zd8P9-h0QAZ-QCZipvs3zjePKpf9OwYj9K_nv6BXK1yAxoe8KUe_SKAZCvFre5yvdR--TI4CxCXXKwPfEsw90okrfrLGzmosCvtuHntf-BDbUI5ymNSV_MzlyfkgBcc4ezlQLRTTXhD95LrLJ1_yfG2kIODM1Xa6ppkwcTeC0=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgsszlxeH3roCdawR7Mg9IBfmPy9zuiHpPbCbBi1mnh-3lL_2kTtJ9AL1FtuCjjtwIUXQQyS6oRp8nGhEdafOWLe60BI9PGbBpmoJjlaWFsSWKCTb1buNB0gtROFUUdu08-ZtGSUsT_G9Y30ye5IfexbCVCszdcrnjCu5NMVR2kNfxNizJBu08y1MdvDyU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgsszlxeH3roCdawR7Mg9IBfmPy9zuiHpPbCbBi1mnh-3lL_2kTtJ9AL1FtuCjjtwIUXQQyS6oRp8nGhEdafOWLe60BI9PGbBpmoJjlaWFsSWKCTb1buNB0gtROFUUdu08-ZtGSUsT_G9Y30ye5IfexbCVCszdcrnjCu5NMVR2kNfxNizJBu08y1MdvDyU=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyaflfSCwDIyucp8-DID4QoJkcDcyfJ7OKfLilO7t7njSHEOcDmZftwN02J9mbxZp2aQ-v7FVcjbsFzOYs7ZmWnxCd1K3Wa4Lz86OriQ16EtZBhoALSCf-AnYe8aHS5OZuIFNrdwQEnpvBVv78z23hjp9ccGKi5IkxF48Elyk0FHJ6tjWe4-vfqP_uTqw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyaflfSCwDIyucp8-DID4QoJkcDcyfJ7OKfLilO7t7njSHEOcDmZftwN02J9mbxZp2aQ-v7FVcjbsFzOYs7ZmWnxCd1K3Wa4Lz86OriQ16EtZBhoALSCf-AnYe8aHS5OZuIFNrdwQEnpvBVv78z23hjp9ccGKi5IkxF48Elyk0FHJ6tjWe4-vfqP_uTqw=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdvF5o9dmnAptxCu1BXeJRf0t7lGTfN516p6KFmu4gh7plCsxRfK4oIC3wAb08yv11S4aa5BSgZovNXE5UyBIzxfLCqnxzZsSh5nHjGtKjgeyf8rY3Kn_VdjMe51o3iEZO3OfiUnDMUqVhUc9mlqot-L6PABlXx_fvA44Si-OwAhNb0GNtyOM8S0uojhU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdvF5o9dmnAptxCu1BXeJRf0t7lGTfN516p6KFmu4gh7plCsxRfK4oIC3wAb08yv11S4aa5BSgZovNXE5UyBIzxfLCqnxzZsSh5nHjGtKjgeyf8rY3Kn_VdjMe51o3iEZO3OfiUnDMUqVhUc9mlqot-L6PABlXx_fvA44Si-OwAhNb0GNtyOM8S0uojhU=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBXwR6GTWC8y0aS_hPJJKtkow7EXtHywI9LJ6r_SLocspxNuHSt4W2gBADW6iQxqxbOQgmb1KiqJIo8h50spg5X93eQ-JFt8PeTYAO6-P54hsXeRR8mGqEgMoD52QyHaq-6TQ_ImDbzA9TxV5EjyXbNVjfSTVs0A13v0-xDdwDtds6wW0M3kWqpMbb8Y4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBXwR6GTWC8y0aS_hPJJKtkow7EXtHywI9LJ6r_SLocspxNuHSt4W2gBADW6iQxqxbOQgmb1KiqJIo8h50spg5X93eQ-JFt8PeTYAO6-P54hsXeRR8mGqEgMoD52QyHaq-6TQ_ImDbzA9TxV5EjyXbNVjfSTVs0A13v0-xDdwDtds6wW0M3kWqpMbb8Y4=s16000" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Bet you didn't see <i>that</i> plot-twist coming, did ya?</div></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Illustrated by Doug (</span><b>Jonny Quest</b><span>) Wildey, this never-reprinted tale appeared in </span><b><i>Youthful's</i> Gunsmoke</b><span> #16 (1952), the final issue of the series.</span></span><br /></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Please Support Western Comics Adventures</span></b></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Visit </span></b></i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Amazon</span></b><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> and Order...</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81sZAcREjmL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="516" height="640" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81sZAcREjmL.jpg" width="413" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2yGWUZQ" target="_blank">Wicked West</a></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><a href="https://amzn.to/2yGWUZQ" target="_blank">Volume 1</a></i></b></span></div></div></div><p></p>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156519371361410369.post-81040180890043666492023-10-01T07:00:00.022-04:002023-10-01T07:00:00.136-04:00Halloween on the Prairie "WereWolf Goes West"...in B/W AND Color!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Two years ago, <a href="https://westerncomicsadventures.blogspot.com/2021/09/halloween-on-prairie-tales-of-horror.html" target="_blank">we presented "Vampire Goes West"</a>...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-82bC7AqrPGI/UHIhyge0-rI/AAAAAAAAObU/73DZ1FDL-80/s0/MT24-20.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-82bC7AqrPGI/UHIhyge0-rI/AAAAAAAAObU/73DZ1FDL-80/s1600/MT24-20.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">...so, this time, it's a lycanthrope in the Weird West during the Halloween season...with a surprise guest-star tossed-in!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kfnYOtFz9wc/UHIh1VILVCI/AAAAAAAAObQ/4XC85iaRb-c/s0/MT24-21.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kfnYOtFz9wc/UHIh1VILVCI/AAAAAAAAObQ/4XC85iaRb-c/s16000/MT24-21.jpg" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Appearing in the HTF tabloid <b>Monster Times</b> #24 in 1973 (where it was printed at full original art size), this tale <span style="text-align: center;">featuring a cameo by the Masked Rider of the Plains and his Faithful Indian Companion </span>was penned by Nicola Cuti and rendered by Frank Brunner.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Then, we discovered it had been reprinted in <b>Eclipse's Unknown Worlds of Frank Brunner</b> #2 (1985)...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3MNM12tqey_xBosBEbWOW8ILxj1BTlk9Swd46G1VftcvalzUY_n3ZqM2fLogBolzG4_IZ-NoRmWpIudNz7mxGj_uiSmMzJ8wm0_RD6MWGtRGB5LERs7s0tfwNxuqLo0EzzcNKeNnf_Vw/s1600/uwfb02-20.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3MNM12tqey_xBosBEbWOW8ILxj1BTlk9Swd46G1VftcvalzUY_n3ZqM2fLogBolzG4_IZ-NoRmWpIudNz7mxGj_uiSmMzJ8wm0_RD6MWGtRGB5LERs7s0tfwNxuqLo0EzzcNKeNnf_Vw/s16000/uwfb02-20.jpg" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">...in full, bloody cool, color!</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMFBFmfY_iciBYZGoBVCjBUFgs3c_pzhGrQsf1-wHcmACRMuiSh_CVmPp1ZISgbNzVAA5Dtnn6cqDVU6MokIgJ455PgrEabYVf38M2wW1PdE_C04_EOFfvoJpjQ_fYJ_Zh0cN5V-pu-Hs/s1600/uwfb02-21.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMFBFmfY_iciBYZGoBVCjBUFgs3c_pzhGrQsf1-wHcmACRMuiSh_CVmPp1ZISgbNzVAA5Dtnn6cqDVU6MokIgJ455PgrEabYVf38M2wW1PdE_C04_EOFfvoJpjQ_fYJ_Zh0cN5V-pu-Hs/s16000/uwfb02-21.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's a Halloween season treat (no trick) to you, faithful readers!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Please Support Western Comics Adventures</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Visit </span></b></i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Amazon</span></b><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> and Order...</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81sZAcREjmL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="516" height="640" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81sZAcREjmL.jpg" width="412" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2yGWUZQ" target="_blank">Wicked West</a></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><a href="https://amzn.to/2yGWUZQ" target="_blank">Volume 1</a></i></b></span></div></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156519371361410369.post-57338820664455367132023-02-14T07:00:00.007-05:002023-02-14T07:00:00.174-05:00Romance on the Range ROMANCES OF THE WEST "Cowboy or the Playboy?"<div style="text-align: center;">Did she want a man...or a <i>real</i> man?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_8wGATL_ZMj_BfMQCjrE1ZgzCvHRHiv0RbTJqYANx1BHaIcNVtwTlK_aoUb0M0TCMm2EcOGg79GeaWkecA1Gp2ob1qk1sfe8VW7DxgEvffHtNofllBJ8DwSjZ1CyWt3Yn-RD80mSJ5xM/s1600/RomancesOfTheWest1_28.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_8wGATL_ZMj_BfMQCjrE1ZgzCvHRHiv0RbTJqYANx1BHaIcNVtwTlK_aoUb0M0TCMm2EcOGg79GeaWkecA1Gp2ob1qk1sfe8VW7DxgEvffHtNofllBJ8DwSjZ1CyWt3Yn-RD80mSJ5xM/s1600/RomancesOfTheWest1_28.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This "modern" Western tale (set in the then-present day of 1949) has the answer!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm-UJmenmFKpf0BUfUfvbUV5Q4l-AfqujCB3Bn0KXlxRN12M2iW-4MT1mTZQvyilViGVRreVnqj6M_F02VSdVeY5iPqxOJxkj6pfnSKB6fqUzRw7h38fPUhUOYGyNInjeFFPM9XiTXNH0/s1600/RomancesOfTheWest1_29.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm-UJmenmFKpf0BUfUfvbUV5Q4l-AfqujCB3Bn0KXlxRN12M2iW-4MT1mTZQvyilViGVRreVnqj6M_F02VSdVeY5iPqxOJxkj6pfnSKB6fqUzRw7h38fPUhUOYGyNInjeFFPM9XiTXNH0/s1600/RomancesOfTheWest1_29.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3SS9LsTMFaBYmJ2TcaEGmOsiePsufR5D-UGBoRfFIkpfUtr5mIsfetkgAoc0UCrlpvXf1iBbTNFEVOlEVP1fl4Mxk-hjrKh7XPuxw9QGQ4yM9paO-vE3xgiWg3ryXoDMl6QHu0pUAQR0/s1600/RomancesOfTheWest1_30.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3SS9LsTMFaBYmJ2TcaEGmOsiePsufR5D-UGBoRfFIkpfUtr5mIsfetkgAoc0UCrlpvXf1iBbTNFEVOlEVP1fl4Mxk-hjrKh7XPuxw9QGQ4yM9paO-vE3xgiWg3ryXoDMl6QHu0pUAQR0/s1600/RomancesOfTheWest1_30.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisEh7DVijY5JZuwhQSB1qh6O8iKm7MKsnn-NsGnftRyd5l7Oxa22RD2MP59QZDZMg5ZoJU65uojn8BMVwYs65-5llldFy4qRnLl9RiMHZcAABK5_hKEph_GVmV4EzRW6bgJMDUivy1WfU/s1600/RomancesOfTheWest1_31.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisEh7DVijY5JZuwhQSB1qh6O8iKm7MKsnn-NsGnftRyd5l7Oxa22RD2MP59QZDZMg5ZoJU65uojn8BMVwYs65-5llldFy4qRnLl9RiMHZcAABK5_hKEph_GVmV4EzRW6bgJMDUivy1WfU/s1600/RomancesOfTheWest1_31.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0laZGCiFDwke7deY3a2p52onKesIrQo_dnOlAMhHRZdvOGufdn6pHYNfCyTqW_I-guIbaWFA28nsmb6On4G3R31bCjgQLK6GN4nC9aSHXXALdz_IS9sVp3Q3CdYDwB75YIpj6-D_ieSo/s1600/RomancesOfTheWest1_32.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0laZGCiFDwke7deY3a2p52onKesIrQo_dnOlAMhHRZdvOGufdn6pHYNfCyTqW_I-guIbaWFA28nsmb6On4G3R31bCjgQLK6GN4nC9aSHXXALdz_IS9sVp3Q3CdYDwB75YIpj6-D_ieSo/s1600/RomancesOfTheWest1_32.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2No1j19toerNsmdG6bbmZcII6w-4i2h5atLrMlsLrKCyGKYuwexQnLmcCRCADUh2iQT5sCb2roNf1YIiQWaVjQaxREzX2l40OIR55ZGeqRLz_ch2eFCTQnpuWR7sChZ2JNm31jfY-fW0/s1600/RomancesOfTheWest1_33.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2No1j19toerNsmdG6bbmZcII6w-4i2h5atLrMlsLrKCyGKYuwexQnLmcCRCADUh2iQT5sCb2roNf1YIiQWaVjQaxREzX2l40OIR55ZGeqRLz_ch2eFCTQnpuWR7sChZ2JNm31jfY-fW0/s1600/RomancesOfTheWest1_33.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP9wzTgd2ZYrt3zm9UHBWbOH0tHhH4E0-wT9ZoWHdyZ0BntgWLFX6dknqkPZu1xmDCHdJSgWWEOMh06pUn-0tFL_wFsH5l127wAXvnx8rqQiE8ghOuuAwuIYH1bP8IpxRVS7jMmvTYgCc/s1600/RomancesOfTheWest1_34.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP9wzTgd2ZYrt3zm9UHBWbOH0tHhH4E0-wT9ZoWHdyZ0BntgWLFX6dknqkPZu1xmDCHdJSgWWEOMh06pUn-0tFL_wFsH5l127wAXvnx8rqQiE8ghOuuAwuIYH1bP8IpxRVS7jMmvTYgCc/s1600/RomancesOfTheWest1_34.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjZ8nZPKe40wu0zUwrAPPI_oe6veuOqvPbBe2CKqPYTiVcS1fy8FvtwX_DhgUhaAsigD_Qq3BpJsVKHxg2MwweeR3cpK43x1pJq2EiaNBTMpknN57jRc6jmpR8hYhMIaLO4ElFJoYExoI/s1600/RomancesOfTheWest1_35.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjZ8nZPKe40wu0zUwrAPPI_oe6veuOqvPbBe2CKqPYTiVcS1fy8FvtwX_DhgUhaAsigD_Qq3BpJsVKHxg2MwweeR3cpK43x1pJq2EiaNBTMpknN57jRc6jmpR8hYhMIaLO4ElFJoYExoI/s1600/RomancesOfTheWest1_35.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimntMcr63l06Lg6D7T43zHIsbl6012dRgbIJna0tjw_GzTjzJTmIs-gjL4pNVXbqxXQ3lAxfJQCwpg-y6lYQJtCrmx_rhatmbsRzK0aA6rGZSat7Jp1sLT1t1HcYABsq6VP7EqLidlEjY/s1600/RomancesOfTheWest1_36.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimntMcr63l06Lg6D7T43zHIsbl6012dRgbIJna0tjw_GzTjzJTmIs-gjL4pNVXbqxXQ3lAxfJQCwpg-y6lYQJtCrmx_rhatmbsRzK0aA6rGZSat7Jp1sLT1t1HcYABsq6VP7EqLidlEjY/s1600/RomancesOfTheWest1_36.jpg" /></a></div><div>This never-reprinted tale from <b><i>Timely's</i> Romances of the West</b> #1 (1949) was one of <b><i>Marvel</i></b> mainstay John Buscema's earliest assignments, and only his <i>second</i> romance tale!</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156519371361410369.post-65330858562307300522023-02-01T07:00:00.026-05:002023-02-02T11:54:32.369-05:00Do You Know About LOBO...the FIRST Black Character to Star in His Own Mainstream Comic?<div style="text-align: center;">In 1966, the year <i><b>The Black Panther</b></i> debuted in <i style="font-weight: bold;">Marvel's</i><b> Fantastic Four </b>#52<b>.</b>..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf0a0SGP4be3OndB_ehRMv-fh77cmtqIzeTmYvQyzD-jNN_g_Q10Mk73w4_gOAYJMYZx588MoKut6_gu5KD5EDQpVuRrv4u0zLnXN0X-KaSZsde-JGB83AYqjiUKveZ_Ecwah28IS9H1BW/s0/Lobo1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf0a0SGP4be3OndB_ehRMv-fh77cmtqIzeTmYvQyzD-jNN_g_Q10Mk73w4_gOAYJMYZx588MoKut6_gu5KD5EDQpVuRrv4u0zLnXN0X-KaSZsde-JGB83AYqjiUKveZ_Ecwah28IS9H1BW/s0/Lobo1.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">...<b>Dell Comics</b> went them one better, introducing the <i>first</i> Black hero to get his own comic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkAbYeV_qsyO9udp2q5Y-rXgXRTPfp7Oo8PWOq7t3qG362TUTIRHrLNZRCN6Q-VcdOWdBwhqvA6ldOcqAMiW-Y4fKttqbHcLK7JLFzZGNrGjXVOxWdTvULMg4rF-zxcO0ORlmgMO9Ljwc/s0/Lobo2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkAbYeV_qsyO9udp2q5Y-rXgXRTPfp7Oo8PWOq7t3qG362TUTIRHrLNZRCN6Q-VcdOWdBwhqvA6ldOcqAMiW-Y4fKttqbHcLK7JLFzZGNrGjXVOxWdTvULMg4rF-zxcO0ORlmgMO9Ljwc/s640/Lobo2.jpg" width="438" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Other Black characters had their own </span><i style="text-align: left;">series</i><span style="text-align: left;"> (one one-shot features) in anthology titles, but </span><span style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">Lobo</span><span style="text-align: left;"> was the </span><i style="text-align: left;">first</i><span style="text-align: left;"> to have his name AS the comic's title!</span></div><div><b>Lobo</b> combined a couple of popular plot concepts...</div><div><i>Man on the Run for a Crime He Did NOT Commit</i></div><div>Exemplified by then-hit tv series <b>The Fugitive</b>, Lobo was framed, but couldn't prove his innocence.</div><div><i>Lone Western Hero</i></div><div>A loner wandering the Old West, righting wrongs was an especially popular genre in tv Westerns.</div><div>Variations on the theme included gamblers (<b>Maverick<img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=atomic00-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000A0GXGA" style="border: medium none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="1" /></b>) and martial-arts experts (<b>Kung Fu<img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=atomic00-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000X07TLA" style="border: medium none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="1" /></b>)</div><div><b><i>Note:</i></b> the tv series <b>Branded<img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=atomic00-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B002XY5EAC" style="border: medium none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="1" /></b> also combined both the <i>Loner</i> and <i>Man Framed</i> themes!</div><div>...as well as a <i>new</i> concept:</div><div><i>Prominent Black character</i></div><div>Black characters (except for sterotypes like <b>Amos 'n Andy</b><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=atomic00-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001JP656I" style="border: medium none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="1" />) were few and far between on tv until the mid-1960s, and even then only as supporting characters (usually servants).</div><div>1960s urban dramas like <b>Naked City</b><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=atomic00-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0007WFXUI" style="border: medium none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="1" /> and <b>East Side, West Side</b>, which dealt with current social themes had Black guest stars including James Earl Jones and Diana Sands, but no Black regulars.</div><div><b>Star Trek<img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=atomic00-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001DHXT6G" style="border: medium none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="1" /></b> (1966) had both a Black regular character (<a href="http://atocom.blogspot.com/2009/11/fantastic-femmes-nyota-uhura-past.html" target="_blank">Lt. Nyota Uhura</a>) and Black actors in prominent roles as scientists and high-placed officers (admirals, etc,).</div><div>But, at that point, there were <i>no</i> tv series with a Black lead or Black title character!</div><div>(<a href="http://atocom.blogspot.com/2009/02/fantastic-femmes-diahann-carroll.html">Diahann Carroll's</a> groundbreaking series <b>Julia</b> didn't debut until 1968, two years later!)</div><div>So, <b>Lobo</b> was, to say the least, a daring experiment, albeit one with as many popular themes as possible to maximize sales potential!</div><div><i><b>Dell</b></i><i> </i>writer/editor Don (DJ) Arneson and artist Tony Tallarico felt the time was right, and managed to convince their publisher to take a chance.</div><div>You can read Arneson's tale of <b>Lobo's</b> creation <a href="http://www.registercitizen.com/article/RC/20150629/NEWS/150629585" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</div><div>Unfortunately, it didn't work.</div><div>Many vendors refused to put a comic with a Black hero on their racks, and the book had an almost 90% return rate.</div><div><span><b>Lobo</b></span> the comic ran <i>only</i> two issues.</div><div>It's rumored that a script and unfinished art exist for a third issue, but that's never been confirmed.</div><div>You can read both issues of <b>Lobo</b> <a href="http://westerncomicsadventures.blogspot.com/2012/02/lobo-sga-begins-and-first-signs-of.html" target="_blank"><b><i>HERE</i></b></a> and <a href="http://westerncomicsadventures.blogspot.com/2013/02/lobo-king-of-west.html" target="_blank"><b><i>HERE</i></b></a>.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-large;"><b>Please Support<i> Western Comics Adventures!<br /></i></b></span><b style="font-size: xx-large;">Visit Our...</b></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIABRFNpmvRNMp3jt56EATAlmkCC9DVC968hhk4SLDOq0Dz6Z0K5KF2uIsgsd7Q1t3hh1SkbztGKiHNObfxeRIDb6m385fyFH7K09wLNV8L8mM29g1LuogllD66iTWVQcEl9ZObYg5180/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIABRFNpmvRNMp3jt56EATAlmkCC9DVC968hhk4SLDOq0Dz6Z0K5KF2uIsgsd7Q1t3hh1SkbztGKiHNObfxeRIDb6m385fyFH7K09wLNV8L8mM29g1LuogllD66iTWVQcEl9ZObYg5180/s16000/549_550x550_Front_Color-Khaki.png" style="cursor: move;" /></a></div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.cafepress.com/atocom/9809101" target="_blank">Lobo Comics Collectibles Shop</a></span></b></div></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156519371361410369.post-54230528721786169982022-11-02T07:00:00.034-04:002022-11-02T15:48:00.718-04:00TALES OF THE GHOST RIDER "A Thirst for Blood!"<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;">Besides frightening and apprehending owlhoots and blackguards...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiklV3NGsBoyZlF0N3ZxPLsYKoTmp_qUbGNEOoKQuX1Zy2Ydlz8SNeTxBQ97xckWquHEHA8XCb0i7HsqW2E9T7ms6ER__suSsaOnF9LWKTz9TtYPb4l9O5lZZkfk58jILCYxTzb9pxzoCm2HHSFQPf7S8N1S8tf5SiQtkcce-7NXmF3nOZYX3w3ZxA9" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiklV3NGsBoyZlF0N3ZxPLsYKoTmp_qUbGNEOoKQuX1Zy2Ydlz8SNeTxBQ97xckWquHEHA8XCb0i7HsqW2E9T7ms6ER__suSsaOnF9LWKTz9TtYPb4l9O5lZZkfk58jILCYxTzb9pxzoCm2HHSFQPf7S8N1S8tf5SiQtkcce-7NXmF3nOZYX3w3ZxA9=s16000" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">...the original <i><b>Ghost Rider</b></i> also narrated a series of supernatural-themed Western tales he didn't actually appear in!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-ekyZ9F59o5WoV2EFE8yVEQe9ZVRRa3iAE61xOYMmeYvlY5qbFaQ4nGlMrdXYBXi81N-MxvW146KckiYKTdCl8VXghTkKne__9DEaOjI4Q8hekA67IJub-9j080b1Y-E3msXr8oHmLSaBtvuXkMV6os7iLpdSmLNbv6aJVkqyMjtDBKF8LTxJFGdD" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-ekyZ9F59o5WoV2EFE8yVEQe9ZVRRa3iAE61xOYMmeYvlY5qbFaQ4nGlMrdXYBXi81N-MxvW146KckiYKTdCl8VXghTkKne__9DEaOjI4Q8hekA67IJub-9j080b1Y-E3msXr8oHmLSaBtvuXkMV6os7iLpdSmLNbv6aJVkqyMjtDBKF8LTxJFGdD=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgF62BH7Fnooz2-SaJLRHqhFq1xr2xDFQ5DVpp2RSzZ0kV7E8UeLNHV20kD0nOr4gvAWZdsa7r9DfH9SR3wzwr0wiBtKMeKmYxK6F0RogyU8eEvQrqqVfttQ2v2ZxVd5K-VS0orUcLRY1Wts0jHZeaptzmTlhg9EdXdvuupOcu2Z39EAgHNBP7enjXG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgF62BH7Fnooz2-SaJLRHqhFq1xr2xDFQ5DVpp2RSzZ0kV7E8UeLNHV20kD0nOr4gvAWZdsa7r9DfH9SR3wzwr0wiBtKMeKmYxK6F0RogyU8eEvQrqqVfttQ2v2ZxVd5K-VS0orUcLRY1Wts0jHZeaptzmTlhg9EdXdvuupOcu2Z39EAgHNBP7enjXG=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzWwW9LHvDvKXFC0i1HQkXqV3cTzrhRlf6g4WrSWE9_cxgOn0GaDk3RD1I8NUObBMRk893gZgM9GN65JbHudOvEiHciezNcofxM9pH1CjrPjufwYoM1tupvS6gLANNE7iIHvLZVqGZ-Cf44f93g4rL-bdoXcnWMfUAiSZDRnyVA_lXJpxabmUsCGW3" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzWwW9LHvDvKXFC0i1HQkXqV3cTzrhRlf6g4WrSWE9_cxgOn0GaDk3RD1I8NUObBMRk893gZgM9GN65JbHudOvEiHciezNcofxM9pH1CjrPjufwYoM1tupvS6gLANNE7iIHvLZVqGZ-Cf44f93g4rL-bdoXcnWMfUAiSZDRnyVA_lXJpxabmUsCGW3=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhweS--5cotZNOx7fvxMsjhzIvQpn3jdsbUbzqInAg-qlX5dfG946A-o0QDvKpyEC0HRmmmbCax_QiKrdMyk2oeC9jY9Bqb1Z3kaBBNW95RYhdNoQ1CkezPdIO4tLaofsTaoToVqIr6XzE1NCkU_s09H4DNwgqmf_MqJilHdgJYflkk5lYaso0LDtUF" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhweS--5cotZNOx7fvxMsjhzIvQpn3jdsbUbzqInAg-qlX5dfG946A-o0QDvKpyEC0HRmmmbCax_QiKrdMyk2oeC9jY9Bqb1Z3kaBBNW95RYhdNoQ1CkezPdIO4tLaofsTaoToVqIr6XzE1NCkU_s09H4DNwgqmf_MqJilHdgJYflkk5lYaso0LDtUF=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2M9EwTN2DM25qJ4v5WYucFmbezqmXtqDPFYu9nGd2m08B5wHR6WW3I7VKLUP1LtmbEzcAH2kvLWf3A9yc3DAaioUfffY6a4l4zobg1WF3nRsLbAk8X24IhrtvHtM2weAr9bRGholt7_pFaaHOZ4gehjPExIugAcBvmOjeDoTnRXUOOv4q7wy7o1Cc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2M9EwTN2DM25qJ4v5WYucFmbezqmXtqDPFYu9nGd2m08B5wHR6WW3I7VKLUP1LtmbEzcAH2kvLWf3A9yc3DAaioUfffY6a4l4zobg1WF3nRsLbAk8X24IhrtvHtM2weAr9bRGholt7_pFaaHOZ4gehjPExIugAcBvmOjeDoTnRXUOOv4q7wy7o1Cc=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYYy6AfbNGsCm4Brebg66CrgwTtJWGEAy7kHT1BmdJ6EiOv28SQcONVT3ky8Hj1I8CfBd9cA3v8EkT0gknnSEitGg7yUlHW1jsThdP5ziYyit6gr2iabQC5nCKIc67elz-1NRrHJrPg9mYsXwX9boawUMmStidTh-PzF6WM2NDNwkyVpGbXu9NaL1W" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYYy6AfbNGsCm4Brebg66CrgwTtJWGEAy7kHT1BmdJ6EiOv28SQcONVT3ky8Hj1I8CfBd9cA3v8EkT0gknnSEitGg7yUlHW1jsThdP5ziYyit6gr2iabQC5nCKIc67elz-1NRrHJrPg9mYsXwX9boawUMmStidTh-PzF6WM2NDNwkyVpGbXu9NaL1W=s16000" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This chapter of the ongoing <b>Tales of the Ghost Rider</b> strip from <b><i>Magazine Enterprises'</i> Ghost Rider</b> #8 (1953), like almost all of the <b><i>Tales</i></b> series, has <i>never</i> been reprinted!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pity, because it's pretty damned good!</div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Please Support Western Comics Adventures</b></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://i3.cpcache.com/product/379249574/ghostly_rider_t.jpg?color=BlackWhite&height=525&width=525&r=636110872858527543" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i3.cpcache.com/product/379249574/ghostly_rider_t.jpg?color=BlackWhite&height=525&width=525&r=636110872858527543" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Visit the</b></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.cafepress.com/atocom/6664863" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Original</i> Ghost Rider</b></span></a> <a href="http://www.cafepress.com/atocom/6664863" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Store!</b></span></i></a></div></div></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156519371361410369.post-31020184939890577282022-10-26T07:00:00.047-04:002022-10-28T13:06:17.271-04:00ORIGINAL GHOST RIDER "Talking Head!"<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;">It wasn't just cowboys and owlhoots who preyed upon peoples' superstitions and fears in the Weird West!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-c4zJ0Fe9Oi7gnN1T7gFeuqkXj2aUscQq6pupy4c616vTzJ1W9rMZPXPMC9ysfyIiYza1TOHQdZK3M228TSKiFnoXg86GiQsBPCkOntQ9YCb2e3JKDnQAvctb7e0PbzUrieWLn3or18vmHGLAvyDNEL55G8zWWtLwnmgfO3wNeCgx6LCjU1m4JCty/s775/BotW04-10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-c4zJ0Fe9Oi7gnN1T7gFeuqkXj2aUscQq6pupy4c616vTzJ1W9rMZPXPMC9ysfyIiYza1TOHQdZK3M228TSKiFnoXg86GiQsBPCkOntQ9YCb2e3JKDnQAvctb7e0PbzUrieWLn3or18vmHGLAvyDNEL55G8zWWtLwnmgfO3wNeCgx6LCjU1m4JCty/s16000/BotW04-10.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">Native Americans <i>also</i> took advantage of them!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIpRHr6_YyULJbtqAPafZaYPHyqTR4LmYKOwdQrc27zLl6ZBDzH20mMq6vCTW3ZJTanTqWd9M82v5nqCYzvf5F-uowjnxuIxmnsdDY9atCHFHzah5uE-Uld1rSpiUECuv1hWYA_rXmLQ2a3HDlyCguJnuwBkoIC_EQMYw8QsmRUOemKdUvOkRcSMwz" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIpRHr6_YyULJbtqAPafZaYPHyqTR4LmYKOwdQrc27zLl6ZBDzH20mMq6vCTW3ZJTanTqWd9M82v5nqCYzvf5F-uowjnxuIxmnsdDY9atCHFHzah5uE-Uld1rSpiUECuv1hWYA_rXmLQ2a3HDlyCguJnuwBkoIC_EQMYw8QsmRUOemKdUvOkRcSMwz=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjw5uZ6GScmQW1Y44w6EGmcCosOj6efXLzBSJDxZENBnY087VSaeql0neKMP_Zg_lH1RDd2uG3dff_hjnm2dFIqjSNkrIK0r-H3wLh5BDzc8tw2yfMEc8O_DMtc7dz5TehYYNK3H9wvvUOvzvJORuzA4Fj3h7q6aaunXdgsrZj1Qp2cpBVYIwPIDtiR" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjw5uZ6GScmQW1Y44w6EGmcCosOj6efXLzBSJDxZENBnY087VSaeql0neKMP_Zg_lH1RDd2uG3dff_hjnm2dFIqjSNkrIK0r-H3wLh5BDzc8tw2yfMEc8O_DMtc7dz5TehYYNK3H9wvvUOvzvJORuzA4Fj3h7q6aaunXdgsrZj1Qp2cpBVYIwPIDtiR=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_kMZuIMB90uxVE9gYUTNN94IAhL2-W-0Bc2QsSiAMEJwNHfZhJddeWVY0igmwDT5vHsLo6hLHQ4ckg1KqmHxV4cWaCCOUf1ZzizYZIsgx4hv8-LsXtu_bahhWIA1pzlzuKsW_5F1xA1Jf-HTELjcam937BfHjCepCaqYU_5sOUC0Aq1XRGpDMIb8n" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_kMZuIMB90uxVE9gYUTNN94IAhL2-W-0Bc2QsSiAMEJwNHfZhJddeWVY0igmwDT5vHsLo6hLHQ4ckg1KqmHxV4cWaCCOUf1ZzizYZIsgx4hv8-LsXtu_bahhWIA1pzlzuKsW_5F1xA1Jf-HTELjcam937BfHjCepCaqYU_5sOUC0Aq1XRGpDMIb8n=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgljP8flEq9xv_UMogh00jVT6eY2P_GpdkAooXNZ6B7aPdEdjgj6GjBIpfGJVWgDk2Wi5LOA_viWv_Lcnrc1O-rqopP1_2kx30FkqUNgAIXsLtK6Pb1-lE8zXoOuBrsIGV7IFGfLacyc6BVtSlMf2tlLPCeapIPYapN116n9P6jWoFs77tqKYL4x2ZL" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgljP8flEq9xv_UMogh00jVT6eY2P_GpdkAooXNZ6B7aPdEdjgj6GjBIpfGJVWgDk2Wi5LOA_viWv_Lcnrc1O-rqopP1_2kx30FkqUNgAIXsLtK6Pb1-lE8zXoOuBrsIGV7IFGfLacyc6BVtSlMf2tlLPCeapIPYapN116n9P6jWoFs77tqKYL4x2ZL=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKMzsb07Yf_NHq1sVhKDHtZQGpQ3WkX-c_CyO4oQEV5oblEuBgshDTOCGHor_VaLzT_LSaPRHYAndWXSygocm1ToTQOe4mBYVG9rdmAKbiJVXknOlHsK5BGkWncLxHrWK5PSKNeYWUEnJKvPgNN1PTEIxRvq7duI9MQUzdjTvO8ezXFg73lC--Rv-H" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKMzsb07Yf_NHq1sVhKDHtZQGpQ3WkX-c_CyO4oQEV5oblEuBgshDTOCGHor_VaLzT_LSaPRHYAndWXSygocm1ToTQOe4mBYVG9rdmAKbiJVXknOlHsK5BGkWncLxHrWK5PSKNeYWUEnJKvPgNN1PTEIxRvq7duI9MQUzdjTvO8ezXFg73lC--Rv-H=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3viZgW7csvxDdLvzVXx7RkW8JiOgQhHbx_aw0PTVUU00MqAKFmWdy2Zs1dghU8FfM1P_hN18tFmhasRk6eoaM7Vt14UD6h499t_BFuA4UBmjF1UPh61W1JBBNSwqf4nZXVKB31JLd2StB8aESd8H_c5cvP9IE8lZObKknM8UjqJE2VE8ZLZ4ES4km" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3viZgW7csvxDdLvzVXx7RkW8JiOgQhHbx_aw0PTVUU00MqAKFmWdy2Zs1dghU8FfM1P_hN18tFmhasRk6eoaM7Vt14UD6h499t_BFuA4UBmjF1UPh61W1JBBNSwqf4nZXVKB31JLd2StB8aESd8H_c5cvP9IE8lZObKknM8UjqJE2VE8ZLZ4ES4km=s16000" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Penciled by co-creator Dick Ayers and inked by Ernie Bache, this tale from <b><i>Magazine Enterprises'</i> Best of the West</b> #4 (1952) wasn't the only time the baddie was a Native American, nor the only time the evildoer was a woman!<br />In the Old West (as well as today), crime was an equal-opportunity business!</div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">Next Week:</span></b></div><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;"><i>A Dia De Muertos Treat!</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">A Tale of the Ghost Rider...</span></b></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;"><i>featuring </i>actual <i>ghosts, </i>not<i> tricksters!</i></span></b></div></i></span></b><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Please Support Western Comics Adventures</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://i3.cpcache.com/product/379249574/ghostly_rider_t.jpg?color=BlackWhite&height=525&width=525&r=636110872858527543" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i3.cpcache.com/product/379249574/ghostly_rider_t.jpg?color=BlackWhite&height=525&width=525&r=636110872858527543" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Visit the</b></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.cafepress.com/atocom/6664863" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Original</i> Ghost Rider</b></span></a> <a href="http://www.cafepress.com/atocom/6664863" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Store!</b></span></i></a></div></div></div></div><p></p>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156519371361410369.post-57166346559889004952022-10-19T07:00:00.061-04:002022-10-19T07:00:00.162-04:00ORIGINAL GHOST RIDER "Monster in the Mist!"<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;">Monsters and creatures abounded in the Old West...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWhDFUmx_Ps5n4irurD56wb6ot1zZZIApSCtyMFCx8OpA5bls9iUWJn27eNYEqRyz1OIHdKAIjnJDFwLKo90D7NcnvGFScRrx1obxGYkMWINiCC8w92Ns1k-MvP2sEe2HfDbB2tzkdXpxZJeQre8Iq2DPnYkA7DyJS7T6zelnSsltEYtxPIlo6lR0V" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWhDFUmx_Ps5n4irurD56wb6ot1zZZIApSCtyMFCx8OpA5bls9iUWJn27eNYEqRyz1OIHdKAIjnJDFwLKo90D7NcnvGFScRrx1obxGYkMWINiCC8w92Ns1k-MvP2sEe2HfDbB2tzkdXpxZJeQre8Iq2DPnYkA7DyJS7T6zelnSsltEYtxPIlo6lR0V=s16000" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">...as this never-reprinted tale from <i><b>Magazine Enterprises'</b></i> anthology <b>Best of the West</b> #2 (1951) shows!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg072nSHeD8EVQACIa1eU331ndCkQo751yF5_Oy-PrBqMPDXuX-qOsv_7xbCDey5XT0jOuJm4TQXnmxL3JsD0qWR6WtBHVATjgfcu5mnieyqaqJyd6zVSyNrxIL3AS3SB7aaGtcIuEdtSdSyzNoT2kLgHXuc4FTA7ZzZgqPcDjhlY3tWMHgxYTcGirg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg072nSHeD8EVQACIa1eU331ndCkQo751yF5_Oy-PrBqMPDXuX-qOsv_7xbCDey5XT0jOuJm4TQXnmxL3JsD0qWR6WtBHVATjgfcu5mnieyqaqJyd6zVSyNrxIL3AS3SB7aaGtcIuEdtSdSyzNoT2kLgHXuc4FTA7ZzZgqPcDjhlY3tWMHgxYTcGirg=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlYj5HwFtT5VRJNph5c-7V37XBQQYvX37WWtZR3HQYhV07X17XAzaWD1cnv2o2zdqXG5rD1qf11S4N0xZ8BwJRoB2HoPt1Ekgycv-GdsNVKgy5NRn8vnfcM3qehbwtTQgPCtsuNuIsgJHeXQvIkgaXspPrUmiVj-FoM0n0gYjBvGYJTnku0JQz0MNN" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlYj5HwFtT5VRJNph5c-7V37XBQQYvX37WWtZR3HQYhV07X17XAzaWD1cnv2o2zdqXG5rD1qf11S4N0xZ8BwJRoB2HoPt1Ekgycv-GdsNVKgy5NRn8vnfcM3qehbwtTQgPCtsuNuIsgJHeXQvIkgaXspPrUmiVj-FoM0n0gYjBvGYJTnku0JQz0MNN=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhosVOESd1MT_Llocuy2uV-Y4RGwVov3Asxfg9df_FgLNV8dfwewOH5xoLlIY9ktpo8wd6R7sexxkNcKpSO6lYcrt64e30bxjbVR7z7YNwliJmo14u3bSjYZGoDnBG67k4FVVfOhpCNdVULe09bhwpxzNWIGP14KhULM1-rPdQUHWQ1HFe3jV04K4Ks" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhosVOESd1MT_Llocuy2uV-Y4RGwVov3Asxfg9df_FgLNV8dfwewOH5xoLlIY9ktpo8wd6R7sexxkNcKpSO6lYcrt64e30bxjbVR7z7YNwliJmo14u3bSjYZGoDnBG67k4FVVfOhpCNdVULe09bhwpxzNWIGP14KhULM1-rPdQUHWQ1HFe3jV04K4Ks=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnaXcovmBNG5zEMab3I54aaQn28FG5XQ1CVGHpZBm7Mqhk1bQOQvLwWGmVaJtzKRjxM91rd-Y_PpVPXTis30BmyxBwkcYNtdIbxmpR50aO949W5EucyXYRFlsYX7xDCQE9YYjSbJmLCi_4kjl7SsvzpKUaEUhWUtvNeUXEePmekrzQIMr64YtiDcAR" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnaXcovmBNG5zEMab3I54aaQn28FG5XQ1CVGHpZBm7Mqhk1bQOQvLwWGmVaJtzKRjxM91rd-Y_PpVPXTis30BmyxBwkcYNtdIbxmpR50aO949W5EucyXYRFlsYX7xDCQE9YYjSbJmLCi_4kjl7SsvzpKUaEUhWUtvNeUXEePmekrzQIMr64YtiDcAR=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNaWtLlpOxbr-ucTQE4nyrIlP-QvTs_S_CeVwXoWWt2SLxjKcm79hOSukpVK03XHIIRJVnjtXxSB8TCIuU058eQNBKHWzVpCYfm_yv3nfe1uRaumpYIDrTtWPdZFSIPPaIDLi8-y4PN8hrpSOchtqp6Nes0ihySmbAVYeBmLL1d0xglU2Seof6_O6h" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNaWtLlpOxbr-ucTQE4nyrIlP-QvTs_S_CeVwXoWWt2SLxjKcm79hOSukpVK03XHIIRJVnjtXxSB8TCIuU058eQNBKHWzVpCYfm_yv3nfe1uRaumpYIDrTtWPdZFSIPPaIDLi8-y4PN8hrpSOchtqp6Nes0ihySmbAVYeBmLL1d0xglU2Seof6_O6h=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkGttHyXWB4ffLfDUBvLEO1ErFdFXaNjgviBeP2EEus4wa6h6ZnhZRepHkWqvw1iEpqrzltmlGIsTqX7A0cYAdgYVoFyj5qyxLhytolFNBaNTTxBk2rDeAzeVSU7_b70IoGxBx5V1XljCWYvFD2zbW54GBDWZkReT-n3NcXN0yxofPwkJ1KLbXwJXz" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkGttHyXWB4ffLfDUBvLEO1ErFdFXaNjgviBeP2EEus4wa6h6ZnhZRepHkWqvw1iEpqrzltmlGIsTqX7A0cYAdgYVoFyj5qyxLhytolFNBaNTTxBk2rDeAzeVSU7_b70IoGxBx5V1XljCWYvFD2zbW54GBDWZkReT-n3NcXN0yxofPwkJ1KLbXwJXz=s16000" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Best of the West</b> was a bi-monthly anthology title featuring new tales of four <i><b>ME</b></i> Western characters who already had their own books...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4iElVusS_nTd7wHwYaGC7X9PWR99xG9AASikV6aZJp7ukO-Psyd6Eo3Igt7fmxjrNYhk-dyOmSlXYOrSATns6vgkZnGr4YsWd2A4TLlz_uPunbmPCl6-ht5xxK6cPfN5lH4ecBgPoDjJUiqIYNR41EwFJ-l3pki9EQu1YagfxDzZIh3iY5vkh2kho" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="569" data-original-width="400" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4iElVusS_nTd7wHwYaGC7X9PWR99xG9AASikV6aZJp7ukO-Psyd6Eo3Igt7fmxjrNYhk-dyOmSlXYOrSATns6vgkZnGr4YsWd2A4TLlz_uPunbmPCl6-ht5xxK6cPfN5lH4ecBgPoDjJUiqIYNR41EwFJ-l3pki9EQu1YagfxDzZIh3iY5vkh2kho=w451-h640" width="451" /></a></div>...done by the various series' usual creative teams to maintain consistency and continuity with the "parent" books!<br />It lasted from the end of 1951 to the beginning of 1954.<br /><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Please Support Western Comics Adventures</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://i3.cpcache.com/product/379249574/ghostly_rider_t.jpg?color=BlackWhite&height=525&width=525&r=636110872858527543" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i3.cpcache.com/product/379249574/ghostly_rider_t.jpg?color=BlackWhite&height=525&width=525&r=636110872858527543" /></a></div><div><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Visit the</b></span></i></div><div><a href="http://www.cafepress.com/atocom/6664863" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Original</i> Ghost Rider</b></span></a> <a href="http://www.cafepress.com/atocom/6664863" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Store!</b></span></i></a></div></div></div></div></div><p></p>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156519371361410369.post-36670422373571460332022-10-12T07:00:00.048-04:002022-10-12T07:00:00.156-04:00ORIGINAL GHOST RIDER "Spirit Spurs"<p style="text-align: center;">Our Halloween journey through the Weird West continues...<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibSG-59J7z8yt6SdGEXuYwyHQWGbfKEc9milI5BW_ko8Eo2VBzhVbiFnNfrv36pfAaFdoxAm-oAlP9SdZGnG11bfeuUkA2rJkm6Yev4weVcS5KeRZzUE1Mr3DkrRpwFt3yk5migfPI_5BOcvJhY6DdGLVWZt9yMC9MLvjTUlNZQ6T3vQnUA9mk_yTI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibSG-59J7z8yt6SdGEXuYwyHQWGbfKEc9milI5BW_ko8Eo2VBzhVbiFnNfrv36pfAaFdoxAm-oAlP9SdZGnG11bfeuUkA2rJkm6Yev4weVcS5KeRZzUE1Mr3DkrRpwFt3yk5migfPI_5BOcvJhY6DdGLVWZt9yMC9MLvjTUlNZQ6T3vQnUA9mk_yTI=s16000" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">...with the frontier's first masked "mystical" manhunter...who now faces a monster!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1nQcWlsZX-ba1PJIdy5ljhl6auD_QWVtDFK1q3euG4lAk3gxHkUT9_b-YNSM3KIJwuCtGKQn8uLdp3x1UWg8P3UW7rXStR6w2ua7Rw5sjBE_Y3fNvpg0iiMpzqsVbx8TSC1zW9uZcBa_Ql8l8t727zc91IpvHQmpxBatUTmb5h-TqwXvIe9FPbAsB" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1nQcWlsZX-ba1PJIdy5ljhl6auD_QWVtDFK1q3euG4lAk3gxHkUT9_b-YNSM3KIJwuCtGKQn8uLdp3x1UWg8P3UW7rXStR6w2ua7Rw5sjBE_Y3fNvpg0iiMpzqsVbx8TSC1zW9uZcBa_Ql8l8t727zc91IpvHQmpxBatUTmb5h-TqwXvIe9FPbAsB=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwY796x1KQIfKdLkg7-_529BqUtkmbXceCxRBF9BDrcpcLHbUNwXDtQo-M7Cx3Jijn8vv6EcQQrqaU0LwH4O9kX_m_LhijGLo7CD2TBDXGW7ZOGH92YuP81TBDDsAlrHxkC1zLXUfCvEAC1Z64gn7Eujp05vqntGg017NWdTIrf_YwXwclddT7p5ds" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwY796x1KQIfKdLkg7-_529BqUtkmbXceCxRBF9BDrcpcLHbUNwXDtQo-M7Cx3Jijn8vv6EcQQrqaU0LwH4O9kX_m_LhijGLo7CD2TBDXGW7ZOGH92YuP81TBDDsAlrHxkC1zLXUfCvEAC1Z64gn7Eujp05vqntGg017NWdTIrf_YwXwclddT7p5ds=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfj9X33CNvMYraCcXX6iyG78cRXlEaaw3e7XPtZANTqBITwHR1s_OscMZQJRkqzCmKx9C0DlsahYO971Zu9dsNo8M6a37DliY1p_-WHuK5Fr7LZZAj9sc5JGid1ERU_yvBIT7_es8qjLsV_i2rL9fAc6TCds-P0EkSd_tKHI3bwM0I9Jcogqss9nhD" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfj9X33CNvMYraCcXX6iyG78cRXlEaaw3e7XPtZANTqBITwHR1s_OscMZQJRkqzCmKx9C0DlsahYO971Zu9dsNo8M6a37DliY1p_-WHuK5Fr7LZZAj9sc5JGid1ERU_yvBIT7_es8qjLsV_i2rL9fAc6TCds-P0EkSd_tKHI3bwM0I9Jcogqss9nhD=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWmm8ZCUq-J_DU8nAsjhyRiDqXWUAqxhKOObqgBDxFSgPbDf_iBznmsQgXzsMSx7zv3kP2eNfLMR192R5zYAvS50XOy6zDOAs0_VL-ym6EDh65oJWeQyYtrO_9M-sXAc3jMfaZ70rXEKltOEsTboyYuaUVXmnKaQTWe6FMuJf5lJhEP8MrKIsjC-N3" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWmm8ZCUq-J_DU8nAsjhyRiDqXWUAqxhKOObqgBDxFSgPbDf_iBznmsQgXzsMSx7zv3kP2eNfLMR192R5zYAvS50XOy6zDOAs0_VL-ym6EDh65oJWeQyYtrO_9M-sXAc3jMfaZ70rXEKltOEsTboyYuaUVXmnKaQTWe6FMuJf5lJhEP8MrKIsjC-N3=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6AHN6ROWGkxvQ76yz8Cs8Fm-VF-ym9BYTW2yPouc6W9U-1HH4t6Jd1z-_tQ7v3ClTORanEy--5A_Z06U6K7z1gLPHnmcx3v4R4E46doe5aX0FCJ-W7KYX9CpS8CZE_8PCA3WcF3UdTDX0BZ-IGJikfeXI7tllUi59NSx77p6fa9KNnvRBEuJD7nex" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6AHN6ROWGkxvQ76yz8Cs8Fm-VF-ym9BYTW2yPouc6W9U-1HH4t6Jd1z-_tQ7v3ClTORanEy--5A_Z06U6K7z1gLPHnmcx3v4R4E46doe5aX0FCJ-W7KYX9CpS8CZE_8PCA3WcF3UdTDX0BZ-IGJikfeXI7tllUi59NSx77p6fa9KNnvRBEuJD7nex=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvdZkuJzjHtxrwvM02GePeWFXCfUjJA3BC3rg1fdvYA1n5ldjDR3Sei9Cn7UCVimjnqBwV7xMW3JBbqdOPPx2ygk2XK8a4v2mqd8Z3Fkm_OhvZRYzcA1yRbcGkx2X8ugObqYXEBPoD7xGFZyyt_9-_csuGZVIWgRiFJ4eJdQkNBIwWyEg_YPOVmI_O" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvdZkuJzjHtxrwvM02GePeWFXCfUjJA3BC3rg1fdvYA1n5ldjDR3Sei9Cn7UCVimjnqBwV7xMW3JBbqdOPPx2ygk2XK8a4v2mqd8Z3Fkm_OhvZRYzcA1yRbcGkx2X8ugObqYXEBPoD7xGFZyyt_9-_csuGZVIWgRiFJ4eJdQkNBIwWyEg_YPOVmI_O=s16000" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">As this <i>never-reprinted</i> tale from <b><i>Magazine Enterprises'</i> Ghost Rider</b> #10 (1952) shows, the <i><b>Ghost Rider</b></i> wasn't the only person to prey upon superstitious settlers' fears!</div><div style="text-align: left;">You should note the sheriff is extremely-skeptical about such creatures...and doesn't consider <i><b>GR</b></i> to be supernatural, even after his "escape"!</div></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Please Support Western Comics Adventures</b></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://i3.cpcache.com/product/379249574/ghostly_rider_t.jpg?color=BlackWhite&height=525&width=525&r=636110872858527543" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i3.cpcache.com/product/379249574/ghostly_rider_t.jpg?color=BlackWhite&height=525&width=525&r=636110872858527543" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Visit the</b></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.cafepress.com/atocom/6664863" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Original</i> Ghost Rider</b></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.cafepress.com/atocom/6664863" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Store!</b></span></i></a></div></div></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156519371361410369.post-16177364536023594472022-10-05T07:00:00.004-04:002022-10-10T09:35:25.823-04:00ORIGINAL GHOST RIDER "Freaks of Fear!"<p style="text-align: center;">When the star of the comic you're guest-starring in gives you the cover spot...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVjRbL1O1CYPQg_ICdx3r0I8lz-4hxQkBNaz2hAd3JkLqQcKbVU1ptUKdRsbzPsmstWskpA_u2V2JSOh2YvRqdxqdbuOcg0IrsZqlEzccjGS67iWxMnY9trAm1lcWCB0vtlM6sR_1zGsd7Xfvkn1WvS8oh7nuA6upSlKDPd-X6EiFFANDALkqP3Qiq" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="777" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVjRbL1O1CYPQg_ICdx3r0I8lz-4hxQkBNaz2hAd3JkLqQcKbVU1ptUKdRsbzPsmstWskpA_u2V2JSOh2YvRqdxqdbuOcg0IrsZqlEzccjGS67iWxMnY9trAm1lcWCB0vtlM6sR_1zGsd7Xfvkn1WvS8oh7nuA6upSlKDPd-X6EiFFANDALkqP3Qiq=s16000" /></a><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">...you<i> know</i> you've got a tale that's something <i>special!</i></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEis6a0D-cKIYL4bo65fh4HJrXgdUF3W0ttg1IWvLSB9oYvLFgq9cdtDaOrxSFeOuluqWFeAxg0Yh-TAhl4kjL2lDgruij2c2ZObotQd-bks0eg4tk9OkL9nK9GtVCF2U3dkblwSITdq35gxKohPPAZNh4BFH4XfqO8S0agS7ZOenkFQGq3HeFJx5Udo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEis6a0D-cKIYL4bo65fh4HJrXgdUF3W0ttg1IWvLSB9oYvLFgq9cdtDaOrxSFeOuluqWFeAxg0Yh-TAhl4kjL2lDgruij2c2ZObotQd-bks0eg4tk9OkL9nK9GtVCF2U3dkblwSITdq35gxKohPPAZNh4BFH4XfqO8S0agS7ZOenkFQGq3HeFJx5Udo=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJtQPn_IaWkeb093jHEhLEXO0mQBx_1fgagXRT90oeioHxypJRZ8rh3NoYzpI86aaC8_x5u3c_LpfyGMXJZRdlmgSNt8y4d9-do0z0QMmAfdRECBRdVt6toL-rQnApDETYN7Y4vAvmL5tIRSni38Ogk6crirKKJWObgzamI4pqLAscRcmnVXlWpLJN" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJtQPn_IaWkeb093jHEhLEXO0mQBx_1fgagXRT90oeioHxypJRZ8rh3NoYzpI86aaC8_x5u3c_LpfyGMXJZRdlmgSNt8y4d9-do0z0QMmAfdRECBRdVt6toL-rQnApDETYN7Y4vAvmL5tIRSni38Ogk6crirKKJWObgzamI4pqLAscRcmnVXlWpLJN=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiL8NHZJIPq2z0mbhFxYmwpItkQi8BxOfMu-OcwFK4A1voxx1TjSteANNTflRsoUQ6jaF7-NDt3QJhAorl0Uv-mV1LeGM7zXwI7tOCZEjp0T3w0MBLBs_d23GUMdAB3uEWxG4H-XHhqs98YdZMmoGDfYXpDuB0Wrl9Mr58FkQMLMdZluNSqCWuIkNbi" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiL8NHZJIPq2z0mbhFxYmwpItkQi8BxOfMu-OcwFK4A1voxx1TjSteANNTflRsoUQ6jaF7-NDt3QJhAorl0Uv-mV1LeGM7zXwI7tOCZEjp0T3w0MBLBs_d23GUMdAB3uEWxG4H-XHhqs98YdZMmoGDfYXpDuB0Wrl9Mr58FkQMLMdZluNSqCWuIkNbi=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0h5jXe7eds_laUzZmDnAPHhh44uC0PRSYiwUg3Z-V8nGPLlK1R00Pl5NDPzCaHR6TlttPJzJpmWbAorGRAVIb-kXFjHjeL8LK9jAL_HlfBaSJnunGz8wkWAhciFX-eSe-djOxmKAE8bnUR6kZhPzkSX9cLTP7YWTquoGm0yE9qMiZFzZrVLuVE-0y" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0h5jXe7eds_laUzZmDnAPHhh44uC0PRSYiwUg3Z-V8nGPLlK1R00Pl5NDPzCaHR6TlttPJzJpmWbAorGRAVIb-kXFjHjeL8LK9jAL_HlfBaSJnunGz8wkWAhciFX-eSe-djOxmKAE8bnUR6kZhPzkSX9cLTP7YWTquoGm0yE9qMiZFzZrVLuVE-0y=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPtQgzDNe65XZbTJ5deM1Z1nUkMxTNYAWq0XQSYvFOmtYHlOxDpQZNx8AqUKd-ZYsnZmXT_rHR9-NRrk7wSpItjpBUI1_JjCjC8yq_9VmHuuFyGh94IpWmqpRDWhQA6o65Jqo5p-9z8MLI48i9xuu-xq8sFSu1ytv9Zac-CmspvAYeyEhcvnrvlwb-" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPtQgzDNe65XZbTJ5deM1Z1nUkMxTNYAWq0XQSYvFOmtYHlOxDpQZNx8AqUKd-ZYsnZmXT_rHR9-NRrk7wSpItjpBUI1_JjCjC8yq_9VmHuuFyGh94IpWmqpRDWhQA6o65Jqo5p-9z8MLI48i9xuu-xq8sFSu1ytv9Zac-CmspvAYeyEhcvnrvlwb-=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg9cl0--3UwFJeyUIt12alnprdXFTtSh7gVjHozin5VXSDkNI5FnUscnRMXKixYoReZO7MRMRL_0NlSIBP8nH5q5k7QUhckPEAC8ZF2Efzo-sc5BDFFSKBVMmN5ZPWOtKQ619nXL7hfY0HPDbB0HMCSsIFzN2qpV271WRwoH2eZPJRBTQSKG6fSqyWO" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg9cl0--3UwFJeyUIt12alnprdXFTtSh7gVjHozin5VXSDkNI5FnUscnRMXKixYoReZO7MRMRL_0NlSIBP8nH5q5k7QUhckPEAC8ZF2Efzo-sc5BDFFSKBVMmN5ZPWOtKQ619nXL7hfY0HPDbB0HMCSsIFzN2qpV271WRwoH2eZPJRBTQSKG6fSqyWO=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgxM_wrRX5ckhhJ7F40GeaW0GfVrz6v8ZpRi2I0AMXoJchjSeX8GB9iboll3z2qfqoj-yMSM3tzOyMJhtrcFPEbuEisc15ruqyuWU2MK6Xt9Ee9dhwWUo8fDk_XPnKPVXkPxLmS4Q57JioR_fzEDXiUQDz3KjSa9znpxJMDNFRxrbFf_wPRQ9TAG5V9" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgxM_wrRX5ckhhJ7F40GeaW0GfVrz6v8ZpRi2I0AMXoJchjSeX8GB9iboll3z2qfqoj-yMSM3tzOyMJhtrcFPEbuEisc15ruqyuWU2MK6Xt9Ee9dhwWUo8fDk_XPnKPVXkPxLmS4Q57JioR_fzEDXiUQDz3KjSa9znpxJMDNFRxrbFf_wPRQ9TAG5V9=s16000" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Penciled by co-creator Dick Ayers and inked by Ernie Bache, this never-reprinted (in color) tale from <b><i>Magazine Enterprises'</i> Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders</b> #15 (1952) was the last of a three-issue run as a secondary feature to boost sales on the title.<br />In fact, they even tried adding horror elements to the lead feature...<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiw3D0i_UujpOJ2aHGBKY7VAm-TBZ8_L3-dG-UtodGWDCoMqrK60f6rtd2UcrV52gAdWVbhmDcp7sFR9GzKvP32yWObk7nCBY9f5G3YoN3uM8ZZVVVRIUxmtMAogrT_PgFpRUZYdMMWkvKxzt8VhthNuDzuQx_xsfXXG82BdWYckPL8X4pedQxVpsSC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="400" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiw3D0i_UujpOJ2aHGBKY7VAm-TBZ8_L3-dG-UtodGWDCoMqrK60f6rtd2UcrV52gAdWVbhmDcp7sFR9GzKvP32yWObk7nCBY9f5G3YoN3uM8ZZVVVRIUxmtMAogrT_PgFpRUZYdMMWkvKxzt8VhthNuDzuQx_xsfXXG82BdWYckPL8X4pedQxVpsSC=w447-h640" width="447" /></a></div></div>...which wasn't very successful!<br />This was while the <b><i>Ghost Rider</i></b> was appearing both in his own comic <i>and</i> the anthology title <b>Best of the West </b>which also featured the <b>Durango Kid</b>, <b>Tim Holt/RedMask</b>, and <b>Straight Arrow</b>, all of whom had their own books!<br /><i><b>Trivia: </b></i>The <b>B-Bar-B Riders</b> comic was based on a <b><i>Mutual Network</i></b> radio series that ran from 1948 to 1955.<br /></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Please Support Western Comics Adventures</b></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://i3.cpcache.com/product/379249574/ghostly_rider_t.jpg?color=BlackWhite&height=525&width=525&r=636110872858527543" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i3.cpcache.com/product/379249574/ghostly_rider_t.jpg?color=BlackWhite&height=525&width=525&r=636110872858527543" /></a></div><div><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Visit the</b></span></i></div><div><a href="http://www.cafepress.com/atocom/6664863" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Original</i> Ghost Rider</b></span></a></div><div><a href="http://www.cafepress.com/atocom/6664863" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Store!</b></span></i></a></div></div></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156519371361410369.post-71015796087249455052022-09-28T07:00:00.011-04:002022-10-04T14:18:41.495-04:00Ride the Halloween Night with the Classic GHOST RIDER in October!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY1e_2x0UWzkcOpLBN7PFIxm4yvszn0W3Dl4W6I6PhagZ8raeYL8fdmpNOIN1BM8jTi_LGrWXnSuzWeRJcWwTubH_nrLSPGrk6OblFA9Xd-ytM9z7XdLeuS-Vo6uC3Af3CP8ClXzMOzFIv/s0/GhostRider.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY1e_2x0UWzkcOpLBN7PFIxm4yvszn0W3Dl4W6I6PhagZ8raeYL8fdmpNOIN1BM8jTi_LGrWXnSuzWeRJcWwTubH_nrLSPGrk6OblFA9Xd-ytM9z7XdLeuS-Vo6uC3Af3CP8ClXzMOzFIv/w446-h640/GhostRider.jpg" width="446" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">He began life in the late 1940s as </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-align: left;">The Calico Kid</span><span style="text-align: left;">, a masked hero whose secret identity was a lawman who felt justice was constrained by legal limitations. (There were a </span><span style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">lot</span><span style="text-align: left;"> of those heroes in comics and pulps of the 40s including our own </span><a href="http://www.cafepress.com/atocom/5342484" style="font-style: italic; text-align: left;" target="_blank">DareDevil</a><span style="text-align: left;"> and </span><a href="http://shop.cafepress.com/atocom-beetle" style="font-style: italic; text-align: left;" target="_blank">Blue Beetle</a><span style="text-align: left;">!)</span></div><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">But, with masked heroes in <span style="font-weight: bold;">every</span> genre doing a slow fade-out after World War II, and both the western <span style="font-weight: bold;">and</span> horror genres on the rise, the character was re-imagined in 1949 as comics' first horror / western character!</div></span><b style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://westerncomicsadventures.blogspot.com/search/label/Ghost%20Rider" target="_blank">The Ghost Rider</a></b> himself was <span><i>not</i></span> a supernatural being.</div></b><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">He wore a phosphorescent suit and cape, making him glow in the dark, appearing as a spectral presence to the (mostly) superstitious cowboys and Indians he faced.</div></span><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">Since the inside of the cape was black, he'd reverse it, and appear in the dark as just a floating head, usually scaring a confession or needed information out of owlhoots.</div></span><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">Note: some covers, like the one here, show the inside of the cape to be <span style="font-weight: bold;">white</span>! Chalk it up to artistic license (and face it, it looks damned cool).</div></span><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">BTW, the artistically-astute among you can tell that cover above was by the legendary <span style="font-style: italic;">Frank Frazetta</span>!</div></span><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">He did several of them, three of which are included in <a href="https://www.cafepress.com/atocom/6664863" target="_blank">our digitally-restored and remastered kool kollection!</a></div></span><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">In the series' early days the villains were standard owlhoots or, like <a href="http://westerncomicsadventures.blogspot.com/search/label/Ghost%20Rider" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">the Rider</a>, people <span style="font-weight: bold;">pretending</span> to be supernatural beings.</div></span><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">That changed around 1952, when he started facing occasional <span style="font-weight: bold;">real</span> mystic menaces including Indian spirits, vampires, and even <a href="http://westerncomicsadventures.blogspot.com/2011/10/original-ghost-rider-ghost-rider-vs.html" target="_blank">the <b>Frankenstein Monster</b></a> (though <span style="font-weight: bold;">not</span> the long-running one from <b><i>Prize Comics</i></b>.)</div></span><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">Unfortunately, it was about this point in time that the less-than esteemed Dr. Wertham began his crusade against comics in general and horror comics in particular...</div></span><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">By 1954, <a href="http://westerncomicsadventures.blogspot.com/2011/10/original-ghost-rider-ghost-rider-vs.html" target="_blank"><b>The Ghost Rider</b></a> had lost his series. <br />The next year he disappeared entirely.</div></span><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">If you're a fan of horror, masked heroes, Westerns, or all three genres, take a long, lingering look at <b>The Ghost Rider's</b> <a href="http://westerncomicsadventures.blogspot.com/search/label/Ghost%20Rider" target="_blank">previously re-presented adventures</a>, on this blog.<br />And, beginning next Wednesday, and running through October, we'll run more tales, some never-reprinted since their first appearances in the 1950s!</div></span><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: x-large;">Don't Miss Them!</span></b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: x-large;"><i>You'll not see his like again!</i></span></b></div></b></span><p></p>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156519371361410369.post-82869233515042196562022-08-13T07:00:00.072-04:002022-08-13T09:02:16.833-04:00COWBOYS AND ALIENS Conclusion<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://westerncomicsadventures.blogspot.com/2022/08/cowboys-and-aliens-part-5.html" target="_blank">Just when it looks like our protagonists are doomed</a>...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1bv4ZYaVXbGcnl6EU91oBPKxhrDs5gK8ybJ7poVYZIpV4SzrhNBbS22g5RVNMsXmoCbJqJY078IBva3l9aEYHsFEY7W8JLsOiVWNrgY2Tb6plmgYYcLW5uoA_yUPTT8aFku5LvcIq-9UrOu5qAWyfrjrJn6nz52xR5rR3GEjqghW5djAAh3bt9zLp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="877" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1bv4ZYaVXbGcnl6EU91oBPKxhrDs5gK8ybJ7poVYZIpV4SzrhNBbS22g5RVNMsXmoCbJqJY078IBva3l9aEYHsFEY7W8JLsOiVWNrgY2Tb6plmgYYcLW5uoA_yUPTT8aFku5LvcIq-9UrOu5qAWyfrjrJn6nz52xR5rR3GEjqghW5djAAh3bt9zLp=s16000" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">...the cavalry comes over the hill!</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Well this <i>is</i> a Western!)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiL4lX12b0AlPVy1J2EA79BCzigc2XBztsgXotNs6fRask4mMJuhMnbIZmgvYYSwpd8dRdG8OVjJ3T-yCdpo0m_W8RmoxhyNrX6bfQE48R1mOLqtBhJ-cBtcdn0dupNJZVMsFJ5ybFd96JPem6Z-HDnwz3c3xQck9qZOdM8ydEKas3jUcC9r7fF6bnX" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="772" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiL4lX12b0AlPVy1J2EA79BCzigc2XBztsgXotNs6fRask4mMJuhMnbIZmgvYYSwpd8dRdG8OVjJ3T-yCdpo0m_W8RmoxhyNrX6bfQE48R1mOLqtBhJ-cBtcdn0dupNJZVMsFJ5ybFd96JPem6Z-HDnwz3c3xQck9qZOdM8ydEKas3jUcC9r7fF6bnX=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0LGjbau1Dty23xQEL8vYy_qvGPLlhgfBhYktSL7eBSCaNyWCJAHNQKljki8Wbswaf85dtVKXycE6GC7Plw0afyptCxfVWBybTyh4l3kZw5ATc-g4-NdtwGhDNyg9OoTB87LMQ4j2k0V7x_4SzXPmQBMtKxr6nq5Ykh-4ad8_vLDdmSKMeKIa5ZHFx" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="861" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0LGjbau1Dty23xQEL8vYy_qvGPLlhgfBhYktSL7eBSCaNyWCJAHNQKljki8Wbswaf85dtVKXycE6GC7Plw0afyptCxfVWBybTyh4l3kZw5ATc-g4-NdtwGhDNyg9OoTB87LMQ4j2k0V7x_4SzXPmQBMtKxr6nq5Ykh-4ad8_vLDdmSKMeKIa5ZHFx=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7ep0t_nb3WRqjkWGfDpOdVUamQG0tzDrGcE6pU7Ok8k4m_amDcfUdZVP8I4zpCRR77ETm1Em45Xb6sMqu8zrZrcqm_kwnWNt2ZmkD0D-_XX-JyzIfpspnHB36jQK1dDfn3xn3z2gm7iTCznQLZDNRvaKOW3hPGaovDpbEk7fBtGtNkdt7MgzqXPpn" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="862" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7ep0t_nb3WRqjkWGfDpOdVUamQG0tzDrGcE6pU7Ok8k4m_amDcfUdZVP8I4zpCRR77ETm1Em45Xb6sMqu8zrZrcqm_kwnWNt2ZmkD0D-_XX-JyzIfpspnHB36jQK1dDfn3xn3z2gm7iTCznQLZDNRvaKOW3hPGaovDpbEk7fBtGtNkdt7MgzqXPpn=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7vPerbp5faQa9Oyqe0Ev8RAeAXJA27vHLOQq6Sb8xZLsC8VLAF1QP2P7ESvd0Y6337cz2LXtVAren_qbX5xLx-hxxj3RUbNACjgGsOfOpMGyjDb2tLg4cf9fRZPaJN6u2jHp6pnSxv76311BF3v-zqwZzswHiK3PRoZcGd8OHBYPWBG1AD7pt57_3" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="862" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7vPerbp5faQa9Oyqe0Ev8RAeAXJA27vHLOQq6Sb8xZLsC8VLAF1QP2P7ESvd0Y6337cz2LXtVAren_qbX5xLx-hxxj3RUbNACjgGsOfOpMGyjDb2tLg4cf9fRZPaJN6u2jHp6pnSxv76311BF3v-zqwZzswHiK3PRoZcGd8OHBYPWBG1AD7pt57_3=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgbjBCaxoipyCRc_eveEni7EvCKO0_bkiDED9N_fPACf6HPcVzUNhIl304kS7K0IGbKCjpIbvw5gCAyfUCj4DB29HYg-Cyr84GMtLvAa4QmpvwkVdN13jnwcTQ-ecxh5FMtzW9F7XAE8F2tp0Gm_egHtK9USs7klkywkAgVdloPqI7UH5enzHsFRUYZ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="866" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgbjBCaxoipyCRc_eveEni7EvCKO0_bkiDED9N_fPACf6HPcVzUNhIl304kS7K0IGbKCjpIbvw5gCAyfUCj4DB29HYg-Cyr84GMtLvAa4QmpvwkVdN13jnwcTQ-ecxh5FMtzW9F7XAE8F2tp0Gm_egHtK9USs7klkywkAgVdloPqI7UH5enzHsFRUYZ=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0FzNVehFPwtjaqpu5TM45N5QPACkmzVKL1G4mrYZKnb-WYs9-Ad9mXdi_kk2miotCPyP6iiQHMaALKMuy7WrqJCZQtD-w2AwVeB2yhNZTBfGap4hF2fGaA41ex9o8iHai8bONQYX9K2Rrqlo28QHrCNy57cvdVzz9sNNErq-0gmF0lECHqEBMZULO" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="862" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0FzNVehFPwtjaqpu5TM45N5QPACkmzVKL1G4mrYZKnb-WYs9-Ad9mXdi_kk2miotCPyP6iiQHMaALKMuy7WrqJCZQtD-w2AwVeB2yhNZTBfGap4hF2fGaA41ex9o8iHai8bONQYX9K2Rrqlo28QHrCNy57cvdVzz9sNNErq-0gmF0lECHqEBMZULO=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjd8rjY1YwuofVWgiTfYUl6ZFMGa9WcayncaIt2SFigsdRs5nYNwt-bncdw8PZ3POn_cyQ2BqFcGkABod4M2SCekZvcRDGDZQhBBEqt-9pyffCyLsQInTemMBTr7MROhVD3wJ8etSImZkJauXl_nWB9jLVbWe-2E4rrCJ4jzL3B9zE8CdAKcq1VTGX4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="839" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjd8rjY1YwuofVWgiTfYUl6ZFMGa9WcayncaIt2SFigsdRs5nYNwt-bncdw8PZ3POn_cyQ2BqFcGkABod4M2SCekZvcRDGDZQhBBEqt-9pyffCyLsQInTemMBTr7MROhVD3wJ8etSImZkJauXl_nWB9jLVbWe-2E4rrCJ4jzL3B9zE8CdAKcq1VTGX4=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVsqc25NPZhinZAlem6MXRGQpz1ech_Amm7Ea8QF4A9FzUZZaYHLxiZb1Pc_SFkBF9E_nttsmyC7_rSS-pCsbMivB-YU6iWqUVctmz77MnFZzq1DCJUvYrnGZfmklxN_MwkZEDsYWqi_f1-kGF_qvVgzAvt0CLYBuaq3yoRCzHMiD2-ssTT0ZmAtQR" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="865" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVsqc25NPZhinZAlem6MXRGQpz1ech_Amm7Ea8QF4A9FzUZZaYHLxiZb1Pc_SFkBF9E_nttsmyC7_rSS-pCsbMivB-YU6iWqUVctmz77MnFZzq1DCJUvYrnGZfmklxN_MwkZEDsYWqi_f1-kGF_qvVgzAvt0CLYBuaq3yoRCzHMiD2-ssTT0ZmAtQR=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQ3H_crk3FgOut9QTYzXM11EU-4kz_pgfCjUjX_Bl1QMQRF4ZkdTfmEKYOdgi_zbVQVFpiS3wpgxK9ZXdW9y-UqOV2IDu6qrSlE82RQyj15IiOOcZFz-iIL6g-FWbi0OdRgCPrAkJkY5jLsTThOIVBt6u9HWH9hi-vskgHES7CWg_l7kqzgonHg58P" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQ3H_crk3FgOut9QTYzXM11EU-4kz_pgfCjUjX_Bl1QMQRF4ZkdTfmEKYOdgi_zbVQVFpiS3wpgxK9ZXdW9y-UqOV2IDu6qrSlE82RQyj15IiOOcZFz-iIL6g-FWbi0OdRgCPrAkJkY5jLsTThOIVBt6u9HWH9hi-vskgHES7CWg_l7kqzgonHg58P=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCPEFfk_oUV-nvOKUYJFZXGRJv3nDlen61E0S-RC0Fkz_HdVPlX_GNGF9lH4XqQwV35iLZanTq1xtcnSWbJeJ99-Elt2Qx3RhvOnmXLnXLhqNL4Kqd43dYWQ_vAeXbzRYxOup79uDeZ5OKZqC2slU5HCeKS4YUNqOyTRdc3gxw5W4SjG-q2L-FnoFr" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="866" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCPEFfk_oUV-nvOKUYJFZXGRJv3nDlen61E0S-RC0Fkz_HdVPlX_GNGF9lH4XqQwV35iLZanTq1xtcnSWbJeJ99-Elt2Qx3RhvOnmXLnXLhqNL4Kqd43dYWQ_vAeXbzRYxOup79uDeZ5OKZqC2slU5HCeKS4YUNqOyTRdc3gxw5W4SjG-q2L-FnoFr=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEih7k9rLohHFMHa7Ae7HHJ7VrtmL_taQE4_AZJIVpcXLPLgnuwmwuEDDdrFNOv_GurA19gJ83RSDJr9c_hLhPdhjT37WTpNc27kTN6t4xBWtLTf6KICIxUp3jRuhoDcsy5hIlQZZ4u8pM7d4bQAnSJbzlXCvt1zybzyFZtygIy9_KxjlfHxkgfPdFto" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="865" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEih7k9rLohHFMHa7Ae7HHJ7VrtmL_taQE4_AZJIVpcXLPLgnuwmwuEDDdrFNOv_GurA19gJ83RSDJr9c_hLhPdhjT37WTpNc27kTN6t4xBWtLTf6KICIxUp3jRuhoDcsy5hIlQZZ4u8pM7d4bQAnSJbzlXCvt1zybzyFZtygIy9_KxjlfHxkgfPdFto=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgD4Da7SEk_hZa_-jl9YZEggGrH02LfK4K6SefCnRCnlXOQqDcbpq2Uc3Smmx2D4wLaPAMxaanxsBEkQmcyoT5UlVlg3TASQ5It_QWIko3Ejv47ppZLYC65PTJxjG28sM7SpU679o6al_Qm6mkbv7Dlnqp1laRTUEn8gp5Mjb7WYaaadhyGl-s5D-Pc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="862" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgD4Da7SEk_hZa_-jl9YZEggGrH02LfK4K6SefCnRCnlXOQqDcbpq2Uc3Smmx2D4wLaPAMxaanxsBEkQmcyoT5UlVlg3TASQ5It_QWIko3Ejv47ppZLYC65PTJxjG28sM7SpU679o6al_Qm6mkbv7Dlnqp1laRTUEn8gp5Mjb7WYaaadhyGl-s5D-Pc=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7grmZaSaXLcUhy31zIsWqQuAV4lXoDEqp_sLE1cC49KY_mL7KTiMPjE6nCHiH8eXVlBdk5KcfvylLZqKKyJzTYLFG38nUVdYd63V0vJcJK5rjB4yZdkEHOZDMJ74Jy_mH_1G3cKDjF1pnk_gQcX8ibpvfKG7ddGWgfF8fgdqEJdCWAMcUNqi2sOkL" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="858" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7grmZaSaXLcUhy31zIsWqQuAV4lXoDEqp_sLE1cC49KY_mL7KTiMPjE6nCHiH8eXVlBdk5KcfvylLZqKKyJzTYLFG38nUVdYd63V0vJcJK5rjB4yZdkEHOZDMJ74Jy_mH_1G3cKDjF1pnk_gQcX8ibpvfKG7ddGWgfF8fgdqEJdCWAMcUNqi2sOkL=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmW2IR0GbXMLcFiHPrJ0YdgkHHnVjSYOoLBuuRTy54AFtC3NCf4_zvbX7SteTDiaPo-izl9Xcr8_3FOF33f0UXhhR-AgcX2pOjLwvdp50O191cLe-7VVhT8UndmostOBhumXSAs2wE5U8sznly4OfG49UFarJmxD1wk3_gbhhiiPID-ccpS5aJ6ivt" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="855" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmW2IR0GbXMLcFiHPrJ0YdgkHHnVjSYOoLBuuRTy54AFtC3NCf4_zvbX7SteTDiaPo-izl9Xcr8_3FOF33f0UXhhR-AgcX2pOjLwvdp50O191cLe-7VVhT8UndmostOBhumXSAs2wE5U8sznly4OfG49UFarJmxD1wk3_gbhhiiPID-ccpS5aJ6ivt=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzzJpKJ1kjtR35zaV_8UzGAVMpVsLcs7FH8onaSSO95zHWp5A7ujFX00Uy8ZdCkgAJ07pChFZt3flYfT1QBCFTVZV_rFqhThhWFCsTtYAZer4LsiEQzatGsfN22UNR3pa1X0hvpFWcaJ1P6pC284wfzbYZeXptNAM0_e3lAgq7U-yS8dcIRfotVr9P" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="855" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzzJpKJ1kjtR35zaV_8UzGAVMpVsLcs7FH8onaSSO95zHWp5A7ujFX00Uy8ZdCkgAJ07pChFZt3flYfT1QBCFTVZV_rFqhThhWFCsTtYAZer4LsiEQzatGsfN22UNR3pa1X0hvpFWcaJ1P6pC284wfzbYZeXptNAM0_e3lAgq7U-yS8dcIRfotVr9P=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlsjpV_UZbhVXTm7v7xXiMbG4Paa5qNEQ-Sv7h8adrNjWgOo3dGXeEDjLSrm0ie1XqJq5gA6ig38R3iu7z7J1aT8wb1XnUpzYwcU4Lc_l2zv36GQQyLtGNYUQbvNxRr5TgqpdHbwEtIb5bXZvioKM3wzgu3dG0_WRvxVdd-DUbVoX1sZG23jA80EJO" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlsjpV_UZbhVXTm7v7xXiMbG4Paa5qNEQ-Sv7h8adrNjWgOo3dGXeEDjLSrm0ie1XqJq5gA6ig38R3iu7z7J1aT8wb1XnUpzYwcU4Lc_l2zv36GQQyLtGNYUQbvNxRr5TgqpdHbwEtIb5bXZvioKM3wzgu3dG0_WRvxVdd-DUbVoX1sZG23jA80EJO=s16000" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">If ever there was a story crying out for a sequel, this is it!</div><div style="text-align: center;">And guess what?</div><div style="text-align: center;">There <i>is</i> an official sequel from <b><i>Platinum</i></b>...which never saw print...but was <i>published</i>...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>ON THE 'NET!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinNT9WOtCHQ6TarVHSlAxrZsc7Yz-tHFObh6dJ3IF02rhyEVOOnV5EcGvUuUZRyiPr2H0Q1TLfT0oc7G7beUqtbatIE_UdBOo0iscKsTkMshqaeaKFlkqI7UHe6GRDCfOXIKHYwsPcBVVKIBFJSVdhA6dKzimAl-2AyVH1ZxxPtkTuARHT8gWQ-cE_" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="530" data-original-width="700" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinNT9WOtCHQ6TarVHSlAxrZsc7Yz-tHFObh6dJ3IF02rhyEVOOnV5EcGvUuUZRyiPr2H0Q1TLfT0oc7G7beUqtbatIE_UdBOo0iscKsTkMshqaeaKFlkqI7UHe6GRDCfOXIKHYwsPcBVVKIBFJSVdhA6dKzimAl-2AyVH1ZxxPtkTuARHT8gWQ-cE_=w400-h303" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Click <b><a href="https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Cowboys_and_Aliens_II/4917110/" target="_blank">HERE</a></b> to Read it!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Note: though produced in 2007, it is, sadly, unfinished!</div></div><p></p><script type="text/javascript">
amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0";
amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true";
amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "atomic00-20";
amzn_assoc_search_bar_position = "bottom";
amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "search";
amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart";
amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon";
amzn_assoc_region = "US";
amzn_assoc_title = "Cowboys and Aliens Comics";
amzn_assoc_default_search_phrase = "cowboys aliens graphic novel";
amzn_assoc_default_category = "Books";
amzn_assoc_linkid = "2cc4469aee44f1ab9be9a8382b155a00";
amzn_assoc_default_browse_node = "283155";
</script>
<script src="//z-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/onejs?MarketPlace=US"></script>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156519371361410369.post-8661692522140478432022-08-12T07:00:00.105-04:002022-08-13T07:51:36.536-04:00COWBOYS AND ALIENS Part 5<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://atocom.blogspot.com/2022/08/cowboys-aliens-part-4.html" target="_blank">We Have Already Seen</a>...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjt8x8RSoaVf8bBUEUE94hQMjm6-V5LF0TqV8JXmcF-4WvWfaYoM3H2ntFgi0uu0i8dKUqOfVXOBFtWMpSYyZ60uqosqxvI54bLd6VH7nfzaUjCyXmokF7SsagMxHfmZgRwslYdFlFoae-EaP9h12hDR-PIH4PntEouNL6ED3GD6v0Ri7TKRNzgEgr-" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="733" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjt8x8RSoaVf8bBUEUE94hQMjm6-V5LF0TqV8JXmcF-4WvWfaYoM3H2ntFgi0uu0i8dKUqOfVXOBFtWMpSYyZ60uqosqxvI54bLd6VH7nfzaUjCyXmokF7SsagMxHfmZgRwslYdFlFoae-EaP9h12hDR-PIH4PntEouNL6ED3GD6v0Ri7TKRNzgEgr-=s16000" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Cover of the 2011 movie tie-in reprint of the 2006 graphic novel, featuring Daniel Craig as <i>Jake Lonergan</i> (the character is <i>Zeke Jackson</i> in the comic)!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">...after an escaped alien slave informs the now-allied cowboys and Indians that the shipwrecked ETs are setting up a beacon to summon reinforcements, the humans counterattack.<br />But a human traitor has "spilled the beans"...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyTfyLShoHSkpiGejQMsyiloQbLnBcTrBJF67dIsUqCQH3YkGAv_8QkVVoVBbH5pkWcUhFWTXb521XXowBlrh9IodS70D6CUuztYJyGM3kRmJGeEDXqKwi6f61Iw2HrgjhWoqCBcUd0phcJHk0qSAU6IeLtl0lxkF7nISqHg6YQ-4JySm-AAqvW4gG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="862" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyTfyLShoHSkpiGejQMsyiloQbLnBcTrBJF67dIsUqCQH3YkGAv_8QkVVoVBbH5pkWcUhFWTXb521XXowBlrh9IodS70D6CUuztYJyGM3kRmJGeEDXqKwi6f61Iw2HrgjhWoqCBcUd0phcJHk0qSAU6IeLtl0lxkF7nISqHg6YQ-4JySm-AAqvW4gG=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOxvghzN03qSOwcpQWxdD6Iz8FlM-KAF8h-9GxWdzWFi8QSff5BWAkOt7PR9gRgAv_T7VSiHCOkaEMa3Uc9dk1K8DbiG2hEnL78-NS5sfQ80IsEpuUdBw99deHmQGXMq0L6tDKX5WGAXRhklHbmPUDzg3veVgN2Lv-FUXomkW2eUZ_RLOhjxJr1XUv" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="868" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOxvghzN03qSOwcpQWxdD6Iz8FlM-KAF8h-9GxWdzWFi8QSff5BWAkOt7PR9gRgAv_T7VSiHCOkaEMa3Uc9dk1K8DbiG2hEnL78-NS5sfQ80IsEpuUdBw99deHmQGXMq0L6tDKX5WGAXRhklHbmPUDzg3veVgN2Lv-FUXomkW2eUZ_RLOhjxJr1XUv=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh02q-7T9nNYlSXp1BBfDREPramvNH-WT8H1u4qpskZwGv-D5wvnfdQQr7jnNzj4gVTCs1QwMqncAxcRrKeUbxwz-UE-vqA59tPjDg8HRHOJ8BRTmtA6iBji0Bh9aIQ0tXSP092N_tBqfLtBTZkMY3s3KTEQIhimJXHHVHxQHMEI6a-NIW-pEBluYF2" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh02q-7T9nNYlSXp1BBfDREPramvNH-WT8H1u4qpskZwGv-D5wvnfdQQr7jnNzj4gVTCs1QwMqncAxcRrKeUbxwz-UE-vqA59tPjDg8HRHOJ8BRTmtA6iBji0Bh9aIQ0tXSP092N_tBqfLtBTZkMY3s3KTEQIhimJXHHVHxQHMEI6a-NIW-pEBluYF2=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmIYhXhKjrkNKTPQlY72JJthfKeVlnAnrjQbKUnYhCT20O9jo4laXho1l5jROpkoulmHVnx1lKuBv26El_f3RpFd9B5DItITBHnE5xBnTlOkJagFjrHzmFjzbZZ1gN_yiAsQ_HOdiJr1BZLchuj5OoMYtWg0fmB3sfQG1Jg59P8o7v1gBxeij1asrn" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="877" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmIYhXhKjrkNKTPQlY72JJthfKeVlnAnrjQbKUnYhCT20O9jo4laXho1l5jROpkoulmHVnx1lKuBv26El_f3RpFd9B5DItITBHnE5xBnTlOkJagFjrHzmFjzbZZ1gN_yiAsQ_HOdiJr1BZLchuj5OoMYtWg0fmB3sfQG1Jg59P8o7v1gBxeij1asrn=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghpLQVTrdFbWeoo1kuu9hflSUM19gKK2fRo4n_lv8FF_ZWcd0mwmDTvxdU2IcsIKr3ego7xMA6hnyIOAkS00hNsBzYjkiJc55k1jWU7tEsujhSjGOONHEEC8MRY64SclvddhqmFMg1UWlTrpKt-xwXHEmQZQjF5SK0Y0NQsRkqBmO0lB0aj68sMbPM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="862" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghpLQVTrdFbWeoo1kuu9hflSUM19gKK2fRo4n_lv8FF_ZWcd0mwmDTvxdU2IcsIKr3ego7xMA6hnyIOAkS00hNsBzYjkiJc55k1jWU7tEsujhSjGOONHEEC8MRY64SclvddhqmFMg1UWlTrpKt-xwXHEmQZQjF5SK0Y0NQsRkqBmO0lB0aj68sMbPM=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglLpjVvzanG9JLdCcVl9OPVa9k8VsGiiDxHIais2aExYPQzsYozStoS9IXvD2-1y6LaR4UTogkeHCQwiOlEhtwdGQ2EM-KWWKTKUpGBaz4sOjmJz2HFxuj3h-FmL3H9v6y_eeJfOXLjw9w3KqR0qJpJaMTaoljGuFwoD2BJZMp2PVB0W5cekXRSWty" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="860" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglLpjVvzanG9JLdCcVl9OPVa9k8VsGiiDxHIais2aExYPQzsYozStoS9IXvD2-1y6LaR4UTogkeHCQwiOlEhtwdGQ2EM-KWWKTKUpGBaz4sOjmJz2HFxuj3h-FmL3H9v6y_eeJfOXLjw9w3KqR0qJpJaMTaoljGuFwoD2BJZMp2PVB0W5cekXRSWty=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEity4YK-JQEhgVShYisBBCvPkizH-U5ijFpGZPVp--H6eKZdBsN32IrenyWCzYyIFuhS4X-7bfRtyO2qTG10vAJSqvbst9tuxhdvvZ_dXT_9n1BOC37qGbreP-vmPmuhrb7HdSXSnM2hEm6I4Gha5CAg7rVk7hm6-w-IIjlsfp27bnDpoPSCv9W07NB" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="859" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEity4YK-JQEhgVShYisBBCvPkizH-U5ijFpGZPVp--H6eKZdBsN32IrenyWCzYyIFuhS4X-7bfRtyO2qTG10vAJSqvbst9tuxhdvvZ_dXT_9n1BOC37qGbreP-vmPmuhrb7HdSXSnM2hEm6I4Gha5CAg7rVk7hm6-w-IIjlsfp27bnDpoPSCv9W07NB=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyahm5k59VtJb_7XtDteplqZKNSeiX5scwOIUpRQU-5ud5iy2tXGxCeGOZToD_uVf1nQiVgYVUBydTVWmDuTaSKTVJIOzqIqYTnstNI3sbAo0Lul-zKjIL6Xjz_NomUl_Jp-hX3KPqe0oQfQpCega0RpAHcDoGx-tfjMUA6xzDjTfA2tGBgErO8swu" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="871" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyahm5k59VtJb_7XtDteplqZKNSeiX5scwOIUpRQU-5ud5iy2tXGxCeGOZToD_uVf1nQiVgYVUBydTVWmDuTaSKTVJIOzqIqYTnstNI3sbAo0Lul-zKjIL6Xjz_NomUl_Jp-hX3KPqe0oQfQpCega0RpAHcDoGx-tfjMUA6xzDjTfA2tGBgErO8swu=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTZ8p7MSP2sfVLoiivszjqKDansNJ4DzV5HRnHm0GC__4O1fPpYuNo4RySuwBW8hiS7uS9cgd1nf4FoWmPcq4na2wW_s9u3W0MbkQoAxOstwpbpp-ZY8nim5tv2rtxU6UEw4AXCoMkgPiQnXYOp322E7xBPtyvu2rEvQ7JO0qak2HF1uBbqM_sHYkQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="878" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTZ8p7MSP2sfVLoiivszjqKDansNJ4DzV5HRnHm0GC__4O1fPpYuNo4RySuwBW8hiS7uS9cgd1nf4FoWmPcq4na2wW_s9u3W0MbkQoAxOstwpbpp-ZY8nim5tv2rtxU6UEw4AXCoMkgPiQnXYOp322E7xBPtyvu2rEvQ7JO0qak2HF1uBbqM_sHYkQ=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiiLot0ftDF4Bi1_t748zUG1RxQaAgBd3y-VDkYgECaznnC-PQsIw47Tr-KOBT9If8NxEcsnUNxhpO2-RSkn4oPY9slYdx9ys31hyt6xKsiqn-XAc7A1ETsvvOn2wIZ_kwgMvijHphnQ3ZkuGdpK0tQecd6uoARfkkVcZJwrvUB6y_1d9qQSdNAVhdf" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="871" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiiLot0ftDF4Bi1_t748zUG1RxQaAgBd3y-VDkYgECaznnC-PQsIw47Tr-KOBT9If8NxEcsnUNxhpO2-RSkn4oPY9slYdx9ys31hyt6xKsiqn-XAc7A1ETsvvOn2wIZ_kwgMvijHphnQ3ZkuGdpK0tQecd6uoARfkkVcZJwrvUB6y_1d9qQSdNAVhdf=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHv7LDcLzqNyRWOvXYphSTf94eQ_7L5ck2f27U2DbYiO6OrQIyELFMwXf7gHrh27SFOPJuBXu01au4VyaPrlU7EpAxnLbLVDxZThlb2LZ3DgjgB7OsO8o08rkUyGoBV_dyflCeUeYg88V17zFebObU0XlDgR_Bx4xGkVeEr6gGF4uTRsdJjGf70QbR" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="787" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHv7LDcLzqNyRWOvXYphSTf94eQ_7L5ck2f27U2DbYiO6OrQIyELFMwXf7gHrh27SFOPJuBXu01au4VyaPrlU7EpAxnLbLVDxZThlb2LZ3DgjgB7OsO8o08rkUyGoBV_dyflCeUeYg88V17zFebObU0XlDgR_Bx4xGkVeEr6gGF4uTRsdJjGf70QbR=s16000" /></a></div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>The cavalry has arrived!</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Dare You <i>Not</i> Be Here Saturday to See What Happens Next?</span></b></div></div><p></p><script type="text/javascript">
amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0";
amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true";
amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "atomic00-20";
amzn_assoc_search_bar_position = "bottom";
amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "search";
amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart";
amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon";
amzn_assoc_region = "US";
amzn_assoc_title = "Cowboys and Aliens Comics";
amzn_assoc_default_search_phrase = "cowboys aliens graphic novel";
amzn_assoc_default_category = "Books";
amzn_assoc_linkid = "2cc4469aee44f1ab9be9a8382b155a00";
amzn_assoc_default_browse_node = "283155";
</script>
<script src="//z-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/onejs?MarketPlace=US"></script>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156519371361410369.post-50567249210057524442022-08-10T07:00:00.109-04:002022-08-11T21:11:46.619-04:00COWBOYS AND ALIENS Part 3<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://atocom.blogspot.com/2022/08/cowboys-aliens-part-2.html" target="_blank">When Last We Left our Protagonists</a>...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4hoxHoxO1r5-SSQLX_IET_94wpZbpn_mp31p9jCrJekRB43wYe7gBwNIWb5r5KZKWVpcyJqnD4h-CGPUAlKqQ122i6GFY1n-64YcKz0nBGcQzOE3JqYT3EF9XgaWbp-QfwtNwQvSY2rJjgMIOv_wy3evy40iXeI0MWfOckL5FFC2H_bC92E3jgk9D" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4hoxHoxO1r5-SSQLX_IET_94wpZbpn_mp31p9jCrJekRB43wYe7gBwNIWb5r5KZKWVpcyJqnD4h-CGPUAlKqQ122i6GFY1n-64YcKz0nBGcQzOE3JqYT3EF9XgaWbp-QfwtNwQvSY2rJjgMIOv_wy3evy40iXeI0MWfOckL5FFC2H_bC92E3jgk9D=s16000" /></a></div>...in 1873 Arizona, a battle between a wagon train heading for Silver City and Indians is interrupted by a crippled flying saucer crashing nearby!<br /><div style="text-align: left;">The surviving aliens decide to conquer the "primitive" humans while they await rescue by their fellow space travelers.</div><div style="text-align: left;">After quickly destroying a nearby US Army outpost, they head for the nearest group of structures, Silver City...where the wagon train has just arrived!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIVriQl9KMgNIe6AMmktDRFEbGk_KFqkXrO2m5mzU9db_GdBWMlLvirUzcbGAUCNMACNrsW19L0Oi9xNJvwip1bR8DVEIcZNyql9Y4OHm2ApUXoHcwnXhq3OPNu9lLB4KJ4liygbfXqfmiSoY7s91W7V3wAI1p_VWT3taaVpGqkfS7e1C_oCEZ669Q" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIVriQl9KMgNIe6AMmktDRFEbGk_KFqkXrO2m5mzU9db_GdBWMlLvirUzcbGAUCNMACNrsW19L0Oi9xNJvwip1bR8DVEIcZNyql9Y4OHm2ApUXoHcwnXhq3OPNu9lLB4KJ4liygbfXqfmiSoY7s91W7V3wAI1p_VWT3taaVpGqkfS7e1C_oCEZ669Q=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhO9LHjffOce3d09HmYc3RO83bZiBR7qgUhh9VsD4XAdlRQa-d8VUZL4s9LxyHHY7eiNCx9ylkhYMILzOsqGKJMVxYTgQ3oLhAOYtl0og2tqQmAqrsXiltydIzuXSiNdMCRJlBfLy8rfZ6EBxGT8Q9VSKy6TJ8wNzMCQ2S2QSUvhOrUK5pszGRci5An" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhO9LHjffOce3d09HmYc3RO83bZiBR7qgUhh9VsD4XAdlRQa-d8VUZL4s9LxyHHY7eiNCx9ylkhYMILzOsqGKJMVxYTgQ3oLhAOYtl0og2tqQmAqrsXiltydIzuXSiNdMCRJlBfLy8rfZ6EBxGT8Q9VSKy6TJ8wNzMCQ2S2QSUvhOrUK5pszGRci5An=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUX4KsAD2FILasUdUzNuYyuTHLJIx-C4zu08ICwLJXGHi9U5NveCgHNqWmIRzj8_S7VgrNpXcmXnd11OLO5KgAA7nPVkSTVFWmZJHBsz93Wm5dab4FJ7aXNj_H50GTbkz9fTUIi0kvQbJe_eZLEh6l5zpa6gmJIcQrjBv1v4Q0XwLUslq-1MhWYZwK" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUX4KsAD2FILasUdUzNuYyuTHLJIx-C4zu08ICwLJXGHi9U5NveCgHNqWmIRzj8_S7VgrNpXcmXnd11OLO5KgAA7nPVkSTVFWmZJHBsz93Wm5dab4FJ7aXNj_H50GTbkz9fTUIi0kvQbJe_eZLEh6l5zpa6gmJIcQrjBv1v4Q0XwLUslq-1MhWYZwK=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhn3G-ncJEVea3U-EpzgN9ZWV3kP2LUehQuLWpgXnND6NOItug8VBJ0nzsLOIZRxV5iz6pEKnZiqINQDyuwo-o3Tc9rnuWpZ6s5XwkEFmf2CwGAPIdp-T1udDzhvCIW8r1CdEBMu6yDtjkeqaef6SxL13HbXjrQUoiajEHzwf61W1hUiphwes9coS2R" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhn3G-ncJEVea3U-EpzgN9ZWV3kP2LUehQuLWpgXnND6NOItug8VBJ0nzsLOIZRxV5iz6pEKnZiqINQDyuwo-o3Tc9rnuWpZ6s5XwkEFmf2CwGAPIdp-T1udDzhvCIW8r1CdEBMu6yDtjkeqaef6SxL13HbXjrQUoiajEHzwf61W1hUiphwes9coS2R=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaa3BQD8P-7S3UuJPtv0qd7Cx76MkeP7fA7deYSgNSAL7_Fcq7E8y47_wIlBEYk0pss0NcJdhr6WO3_65QztYbbriFFehCvALYkB4rt1o_mQrobF5yejtp_oBQpxesmB4L3kUCwhsOS0kzTXz4cRmkaaPbAVjd3hY4865NrQhnZqOHji6Jvc0Uh4zN" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaa3BQD8P-7S3UuJPtv0qd7Cx76MkeP7fA7deYSgNSAL7_Fcq7E8y47_wIlBEYk0pss0NcJdhr6WO3_65QztYbbriFFehCvALYkB4rt1o_mQrobF5yejtp_oBQpxesmB4L3kUCwhsOS0kzTXz4cRmkaaPbAVjd3hY4865NrQhnZqOHji6Jvc0Uh4zN=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEio7jdI5_DEQM63Ylqonw0QnZFNZc8kZklh550cnn0A3S5_x7pZ2_3oLO2qH6Q6oToGNO8Qpz6X4mr4i0qx3-sDcbPTLWhYnd7_h9hmsomc7SDSy3AkTxORX9M34523QV14doVkurrihfpkQ8XMicJzJxgzDMKedW81zTijQ7kGbFqOcmaqHuTy3ifv" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEio7jdI5_DEQM63Ylqonw0QnZFNZc8kZklh550cnn0A3S5_x7pZ2_3oLO2qH6Q6oToGNO8Qpz6X4mr4i0qx3-sDcbPTLWhYnd7_h9hmsomc7SDSy3AkTxORX9M34523QV14doVkurrihfpkQ8XMicJzJxgzDMKedW81zTijQ7kGbFqOcmaqHuTy3ifv=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtbHn6nWfmcLKKM4cpDZ2I8pJMnqtbQnN_Kd3b-ZhlQXYL7NubQR9JLYmZF6IGwAGgQvNCX3RAIN5Np-QQKhzk2Zzv4JDjdjXHJM3qwbVLOfWfxUlNR3KxLyVwWx41diRYOD-l8rN2m8FIJ9Ezu0sd9yWhAzaT_pO6Rq7mkNkdwOPRyTVEWYxUMsWv" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtbHn6nWfmcLKKM4cpDZ2I8pJMnqtbQnN_Kd3b-ZhlQXYL7NubQR9JLYmZF6IGwAGgQvNCX3RAIN5Np-QQKhzk2Zzv4JDjdjXHJM3qwbVLOfWfxUlNR3KxLyVwWx41diRYOD-l8rN2m8FIJ9Ezu0sd9yWhAzaT_pO6Rq7mkNkdwOPRyTVEWYxUMsWv=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoAvsI534ZtMkRClQIe4-AkE34BKuAEk9ObioK611_jdGZezv6j17uV4q0Jiil-wXyFhAVu-ot6nWs93XRfXri2gMCFwwn05m8Tq7ooaT-OEus7QyT-Ye58HbxLdwZy6MASwrcuJaXSGpbrke7NGLs4ccxKcP2DsNX-czbRNmw6rOryO9zdzgetMSs" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoAvsI534ZtMkRClQIe4-AkE34BKuAEk9ObioK611_jdGZezv6j17uV4q0Jiil-wXyFhAVu-ot6nWs93XRfXri2gMCFwwn05m8Tq7ooaT-OEus7QyT-Ye58HbxLdwZy6MASwrcuJaXSGpbrke7NGLs4ccxKcP2DsNX-czbRNmw6rOryO9zdzgetMSs=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiuKuO4kRqEvm1oRMiheOSYmwFV4so04m_r7GtLZd_esIeoEAcCootaTsJLJL-jp-GkyhLjKXlbALyo2lSjPM84L87OptJyIUazTVqpCuM3GR1omc1WSJrj5zj4Glcs7MGHNbJIiZXIF7InL4y1ltIT-pHaTs5UKa3G-QloU67WKA4wmfpTFWF7niF1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiuKuO4kRqEvm1oRMiheOSYmwFV4so04m_r7GtLZd_esIeoEAcCootaTsJLJL-jp-GkyhLjKXlbALyo2lSjPM84L87OptJyIUazTVqpCuM3GR1omc1WSJrj5zj4Glcs7MGHNbJIiZXIF7InL4y1ltIT-pHaTs5UKa3G-QloU67WKA4wmfpTFWF7niF1=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYcl7QwqJc07zDrfWjE6LCHm8rr0EpLWf_9MqbWUpc09erN_Quc7sBED9p-D4E6ZQlwXQOiXoJU5--bF2JunnngI5bWTZVorPSR9Ggtv6mXiAVUXSmA8Qz3gj3HnejAVZRWJdIem2L0Uh8Zcinymh4jKg2_pevykcD7DC9DSxkJZRA4deCq7sLbQrX" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYcl7QwqJc07zDrfWjE6LCHm8rr0EpLWf_9MqbWUpc09erN_Quc7sBED9p-D4E6ZQlwXQOiXoJU5--bF2JunnngI5bWTZVorPSR9Ggtv6mXiAVUXSmA8Qz3gj3HnejAVZRWJdIem2L0Uh8Zcinymh4jKg2_pevykcD7DC9DSxkJZRA4deCq7sLbQrX=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEivNva5njYibEmER126VSuOyTk9BxrgRON6F2fUCgcwVJJOoutHq9-SV_ahvAA1vvV8-LnyiWS3_DcvIirgtsKNKK11dY-L7hSz9bLIJQSTI7ZJ3I_zrQcuL9psJzC_6k_dWBURBx2LQyq93SYE2OJs8qd7eWWIDN_GR3xkED6xj6xp9E70plda_ubR" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEivNva5njYibEmER126VSuOyTk9BxrgRON6F2fUCgcwVJJOoutHq9-SV_ahvAA1vvV8-LnyiWS3_DcvIirgtsKNKK11dY-L7hSz9bLIJQSTI7ZJ3I_zrQcuL9psJzC_6k_dWBURBx2LQyq93SYE2OJs8qd7eWWIDN_GR3xkED6xj6xp9E70plda_ubR=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyvGVfmdLBxir-Jpw7Tw5qUjb8wkrZT197UELb4gDoAu4FMDdOV17HSLIEsjYL3aKIMzpsi38DqL2S0ErFgLIw1Zwjln6TV2X5Hv-Zgo1F6gN_S498_146qNp3L9O9akrBKQzHQswu4r2Sad-BY5JwLnbsRGtvqsniFdSwt_wu6S14fPf8Xmlm-TPB" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyvGVfmdLBxir-Jpw7Tw5qUjb8wkrZT197UELb4gDoAu4FMDdOV17HSLIEsjYL3aKIMzpsi38DqL2S0ErFgLIw1Zwjln6TV2X5Hv-Zgo1F6gN_S498_146qNp3L9O9akrBKQzHQswu4r2Sad-BY5JwLnbsRGtvqsniFdSwt_wu6S14fPf8Xmlm-TPB=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEic5uqBp3eUF2C2tdfLg3pX4lqxem3nVdmASq50vEA_hOkD0WiYfP0EjHrZAebdRzIHR6q-bNaMYoakD55prxDhqr1z2MEo4tNFYVVaBiGs8vLT4_K846RBot-dh59c7v39mIOYN5uNkNSHU2nCYl_FAcskHKznRqYzlqOXCNUW2wZju92_4DJhoOnv" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEic5uqBp3eUF2C2tdfLg3pX4lqxem3nVdmASq50vEA_hOkD0WiYfP0EjHrZAebdRzIHR6q-bNaMYoakD55prxDhqr1z2MEo4tNFYVVaBiGs8vLT4_K846RBot-dh59c7v39mIOYN5uNkNSHU2nCYl_FAcskHKznRqYzlqOXCNUW2wZju92_4DJhoOnv=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1YA0LeNl_T_pbuLmUyvm41K4syyZkmblPXH44_2ZtOrwAZVcJy8M7CnaRfPYMLc5lH-UoDCIuCdohj1ciuuBvs52w70zH11v1c_GD1AucFoZp8vrywQRfV5WE_cRs8uvApcTe4wjJoCB7d5uj8RIlT-pFsNlUyjZP-srTaywsZb7KVoivueUzXYcm" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1YA0LeNl_T_pbuLmUyvm41K4syyZkmblPXH44_2ZtOrwAZVcJy8M7CnaRfPYMLc5lH-UoDCIuCdohj1ciuuBvs52w70zH11v1c_GD1AucFoZp8vrywQRfV5WE_cRs8uvApcTe4wjJoCB7d5uj8RIlT-pFsNlUyjZP-srTaywsZb7KVoivueUzXYcm=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqs6tcP5_OpLvRb6rGFAQbZJizFp5tJ4RJNlyOUKEtbLuzIxw_k0Fw35uSPiYtaHyzvHAkzj9asBElg18qEa3myzsQeuDa0bJ9bGtl5le27rqNNUpvHtn2DEjRzlnlwWwLi4I6igwV-bfwM2zZFONkUMqeaWIMJZ9s1xNvkcMLHfKK4Fhu9kc7nkkK" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqs6tcP5_OpLvRb6rGFAQbZJizFp5tJ4RJNlyOUKEtbLuzIxw_k0Fw35uSPiYtaHyzvHAkzj9asBElg18qEa3myzsQeuDa0bJ9bGtl5le27rqNNUpvHtn2DEjRzlnlwWwLi4I6igwV-bfwM2zZFONkUMqeaWIMJZ9s1xNvkcMLHfKK4Fhu9kc7nkkK=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZKrJNGw7WKyE6-wl1yrFZtqz2KQEaqCZehd-cclJ6tT6olX0LlG_fnkdVJNPF10HR5P-AtWXdHWfDo94KFX6ncsbeaM0btS_Etl7VN9FjHDE2VeiC_odojK8N4_Iu5X6BuQ5ShcCXjiuX0Xxcj5jf3x-WKn6qDV5xpu-uUx9MbjhBGEyKXW4UUMnN" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZKrJNGw7WKyE6-wl1yrFZtqz2KQEaqCZehd-cclJ6tT6olX0LlG_fnkdVJNPF10HR5P-AtWXdHWfDo94KFX6ncsbeaM0btS_Etl7VN9FjHDE2VeiC_odojK8N4_Iu5X6BuQ5ShcCXjiuX0Xxcj5jf3x-WKn6qDV5xpu-uUx9MbjhBGEyKXW4UUMnN=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpTm8YD2801duUaSW8le64bKafyDKnlRPTV25uwtfotjS9nn8ERqYbTEXGrUBUL5GQiWWHqgkye-C0Y40ZQsr_mut-EEHmrXe1TLQxfk6fCKjJhR4gGASpV9Ik_Hl0Yzj5BuAB_ZqDqm1OtW3pEfz_AhYiZZuOopWEihTQEM2tEokuIz75dDbqemPT" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpTm8YD2801duUaSW8le64bKafyDKnlRPTV25uwtfotjS9nn8ERqYbTEXGrUBUL5GQiWWHqgkye-C0Y40ZQsr_mut-EEHmrXe1TLQxfk6fCKjJhR4gGASpV9Ik_Hl0Yzj5BuAB_ZqDqm1OtW3pEfz_AhYiZZuOopWEihTQEM2tEokuIz75dDbqemPT=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSqEN7CyhASCYulLD3rHs7rpablrF8vZfi9L3yXxp5VIMMgxPDgU7kXAsQbReBmMDtDbhfOHsY8e2VoM-317Cf7vD6JiGyhzVrkMWdcClQjuYdl5MP7YB9flG2GdW8ZkFpso6b4QfhdQU_-d-hg6D29_dd2P6iJl-YudKaIcFNKNki6F9lr0mjrTqv" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSqEN7CyhASCYulLD3rHs7rpablrF8vZfi9L3yXxp5VIMMgxPDgU7kXAsQbReBmMDtDbhfOHsY8e2VoM-317Cf7vD6JiGyhzVrkMWdcClQjuYdl5MP7YB9flG2GdW8ZkFpso6b4QfhdQU_-d-hg6D29_dd2P6iJl-YudKaIcFNKNki6F9lr0mjrTqv=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgU8jVvMqMcGthrKyg-TR9dHOkcSLOERiasj2hhMasmaHIchAbuVBohDE9O54C0vkIo6o2BtzylrO19Z1KAQS1j6ZEMXRhT3tvyz8dYIx1XcDMyD_r47ZDT6u7cN4yWNseLb8L_Bscz1EjH-J275IPeU2jne6kszWqlFhE3Hfg02Qc-Otczf3sqvnlk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgU8jVvMqMcGthrKyg-TR9dHOkcSLOERiasj2hhMasmaHIchAbuVBohDE9O54C0vkIo6o2BtzylrO19Z1KAQS1j6ZEMXRhT3tvyz8dYIx1XcDMyD_r47ZDT6u7cN4yWNseLb8L_Bscz1EjH-J275IPeU2jne6kszWqlFhE3Hfg02Qc-Otczf3sqvnlk=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8CbtjTngivK8k0olYQaEDuKuYZFVbhINWa40xLG2Owmx6fOq10rVVSLcchHjLrIsnJ0FjuKW1VGr9KmliuKvC0WfHkdXiTPlu62s7m2Rivef7GJf-GK9dsmSJunu5dQm5YeYZMDcHUdOr3oUc63rAkc9BIamitfwP0nx0eA8iQ7Dqrjr1up-EY51m" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8CbtjTngivK8k0olYQaEDuKuYZFVbhINWa40xLG2Owmx6fOq10rVVSLcchHjLrIsnJ0FjuKW1VGr9KmliuKvC0WfHkdXiTPlu62s7m2Rivef7GJf-GK9dsmSJunu5dQm5YeYZMDcHUdOr3oUc63rAkc9BIamitfwP0nx0eA8iQ7Dqrjr1up-EY51m=s16000" /></a></div><b><i>Tomorrow, learn </i>who<i> and </i>what<i> the aliens are, at...</i><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://atocom.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Atomic Kommie Comics</a>!</span></b></div><p></p><script type="text/javascript">
amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0";
amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true";
amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "atomic00-20";
amzn_assoc_search_bar_position = "bottom";
amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "search";
amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart";
amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon";
amzn_assoc_region = "US";
amzn_assoc_title = "Cowboys and Aliens Stuff";
amzn_assoc_default_search_phrase = "cowboys aliens";
amzn_assoc_default_category = "All";
amzn_assoc_linkid = "627c476082a4b2c3dd79c554e71fff27";
</script>
<script src="//z-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/onejs?MarketPlace=US"></script>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156519371361410369.post-7723002597419427022022-08-08T07:00:00.013-04:002022-08-08T23:58:38.039-04:00COWBOYS AND ALIENS Part 1<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;">Read <a href="https://atocom.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-retroblogs-summer-blogathon-goes.html" target="_blank">the <i><b>Prologue</b></i> at <b>Atomic Kommie Comic</b>s</a>...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQZvyz30WvH2Z3y04k6l0k1qe-y9I7bjM-1h8N_aKYp97XmjdoF3C-Shxz_g52u6h8Du2tRl3xy9Dh1niXJmZtH7eNTY-5SOgqTOHxQ8nK1TSK_vlaFG7iSjsO9rbkAXabU3n6ZNnbzBh2K-Yfv6jOjo4hRZgzs8VpDl4iToOG-ovxPZRcjyjPbdSp/s870/C&A-09.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="870" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQZvyz30WvH2Z3y04k6l0k1qe-y9I7bjM-1h8N_aKYp97XmjdoF3C-Shxz_g52u6h8Du2tRl3xy9Dh1niXJmZtH7eNTY-5SOgqTOHxQ8nK1TSK_vlaFG7iSjsO9rbkAXabU3n6ZNnbzBh2K-Yfv6jOjo4hRZgzs8VpDl4iToOG-ovxPZRcjyjPbdSp/s16000/C&A-09.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">...cause there sure as hell ain't no time to bring you up to speed, buckaroo!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEia1wO4W-C_sXmlBqWnBuUSoVVu29CGarjvAPZ_drdpA0WoIoS7-PXCQpIX-h0S2QG5OX1aASsiAzTfg_o4bXxImi7zcMxFK38gDvvTBECQQ4r0T38OEc3wCf2eHfWfcAV6BO08_yQeTETW89gT2kFoWtuw2FHaEwTvsJp12JdQQhDXIfcMUMWfRzIx" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="875" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEia1wO4W-C_sXmlBqWnBuUSoVVu29CGarjvAPZ_drdpA0WoIoS7-PXCQpIX-h0S2QG5OX1aASsiAzTfg_o4bXxImi7zcMxFK38gDvvTBECQQ4r0T38OEc3wCf2eHfWfcAV6BO08_yQeTETW89gT2kFoWtuw2FHaEwTvsJp12JdQQhDXIfcMUMWfRzIx=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2XpO9DXJwVPQq0TnuZCgXs9NyvVtuGnXveKJ9sSK3onHKbc4l6Q7SdFNzioGP5KNymhi_PQETet8vxsmc9bvn0rSb7dbifUJxT5tkIg7GrHLdVjmOJXg9hMYw4UWeZrx4mVflSv30WXPVL8PTx8gMtVwLV-lZqKIykexJndJ9Y99HG_g96rsjvg7P" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="875" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2XpO9DXJwVPQq0TnuZCgXs9NyvVtuGnXveKJ9sSK3onHKbc4l6Q7SdFNzioGP5KNymhi_PQETet8vxsmc9bvn0rSb7dbifUJxT5tkIg7GrHLdVjmOJXg9hMYw4UWeZrx4mVflSv30WXPVL8PTx8gMtVwLV-lZqKIykexJndJ9Y99HG_g96rsjvg7P=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzUQKtTyI5INVfEvAP05YRFlQ14ecwOvhOYYV-j-KOuWGdt0phxz-l2keGsf-zPf3hlMxgRIEPCk0AfeJq5sHCkWBlJ90w19pAFa0vpNmkHQ0mKNZcLAcLsN2HdrC-90cbQQzxji6nsjYlH1bcmEC0hZRXwlUB3khS8VYAFMwOsKcmCz50paV_qY6P" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="875" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzUQKtTyI5INVfEvAP05YRFlQ14ecwOvhOYYV-j-KOuWGdt0phxz-l2keGsf-zPf3hlMxgRIEPCk0AfeJq5sHCkWBlJ90w19pAFa0vpNmkHQ0mKNZcLAcLsN2HdrC-90cbQQzxji6nsjYlH1bcmEC0hZRXwlUB3khS8VYAFMwOsKcmCz50paV_qY6P=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHp-icsRXW_u0OVqQOz7lSYeLJmM5DBZ3WYbhtiCHXgIzuREgTgPYgM4PEV8PzBXNdE7idwNIvy6Letb-Bx1B2YFmoYMcLZWtKWCUHnds7obMYem8WpUWO6kKKRaVAVUMCeZ42tsujnsSGh5hw2urmdbdPGuRAEpc_ZCQJFxCpHDat3dRibpDOI5aI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="875" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHp-icsRXW_u0OVqQOz7lSYeLJmM5DBZ3WYbhtiCHXgIzuREgTgPYgM4PEV8PzBXNdE7idwNIvy6Letb-Bx1B2YFmoYMcLZWtKWCUHnds7obMYem8WpUWO6kKKRaVAVUMCeZ42tsujnsSGh5hw2urmdbdPGuRAEpc_ZCQJFxCpHDat3dRibpDOI5aI=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhg3MElp_z8ave-7f6ABlNVSuAVq3bTCFm4YdK7m-uv-7y0iM0bLcwvltd0abgiL1OiSYe4RbdWFrpwk3kcPEyrKXjHkjOXj96qyu_0s7PjiOCj9YSRl4jziNWvbkovnFF3maNLHOUBwYQjo4-vtg2NDIf3TCs_pUU_Y_0-sUJSFlnIaEWJJ1y5KhPR" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhg3MElp_z8ave-7f6ABlNVSuAVq3bTCFm4YdK7m-uv-7y0iM0bLcwvltd0abgiL1OiSYe4RbdWFrpwk3kcPEyrKXjHkjOXj96qyu_0s7PjiOCj9YSRl4jziNWvbkovnFF3maNLHOUBwYQjo4-vtg2NDIf3TCs_pUU_Y_0-sUJSFlnIaEWJJ1y5KhPR=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdGmjkup1UQpND6ALskwvo4g5l_QnFS3yHVb37xQk0dsqlZrOZ5depI8onUdaEDe5cRHNTKZBA4wsgbk9IT5w6g-O_avVycpvBcGVfT9E2THQynu4G2OSpZ5PFP2kElTnQDXFr2-IcnUIF_abnWKHO33ED1--_fI-fZ-4wD_KBNop_brImHPLDaPvs" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="875" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdGmjkup1UQpND6ALskwvo4g5l_QnFS3yHVb37xQk0dsqlZrOZ5depI8onUdaEDe5cRHNTKZBA4wsgbk9IT5w6g-O_avVycpvBcGVfT9E2THQynu4G2OSpZ5PFP2kElTnQDXFr2-IcnUIF_abnWKHO33ED1--_fI-fZ-4wD_KBNop_brImHPLDaPvs=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZg4VvpXFmV_QKolaHQ0a2s0pL9x1seDcpNTqNTUe_IbOMl0cZzhQlg6X1ysg_4Ziy5iDgo8slgFg2eKt_GznCrCZ_38J6JwGTJPFiyHLuGbCzLFgkG051vofFF1dlgnN1D5tF5FHZI_PDQ9ZRXL5mBNwnz7A7ryDIfcvFWQ8B5AX7LFryTbo5qO5G" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZg4VvpXFmV_QKolaHQ0a2s0pL9x1seDcpNTqNTUe_IbOMl0cZzhQlg6X1ysg_4Ziy5iDgo8slgFg2eKt_GznCrCZ_38J6JwGTJPFiyHLuGbCzLFgkG051vofFF1dlgnN1D5tF5FHZI_PDQ9ZRXL5mBNwnz7A7ryDIfcvFWQ8B5AX7LFryTbo5qO5G=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQ2f3bJQKN9KqU11r5cbUBnUf7ju-0KimxB_Qrpde1W_nyevnoV7MWdMm5HZwtjc8TPD0XqHEzHYu22xDVeTHF5dx_tz8RJm_nZG_80upoeym-YI17i2SFta-bgvu4mDTU3MVBHgonxycFu5YWnsCqp1-WJKzZhRHlMotY09Kt-W0iCzPKH3IasKv_" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="860" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQ2f3bJQKN9KqU11r5cbUBnUf7ju-0KimxB_Qrpde1W_nyevnoV7MWdMm5HZwtjc8TPD0XqHEzHYu22xDVeTHF5dx_tz8RJm_nZG_80upoeym-YI17i2SFta-bgvu4mDTU3MVBHgonxycFu5YWnsCqp1-WJKzZhRHlMotY09Kt-W0iCzPKH3IasKv_=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhaTd6tLutxtfQgRHBdkAicZ4I3I8LX302KNaGh4HcgduK0SkIoPtLHvaEUdDPUUmZbei-RgKi1kr3fHu6KZf46LZVHCHMoH_K_4O5a4tTOIizujkj2sE4BBdAj6O7T5XWr15UVaBWIGgOAalHCR5g5kcDlKP7Iti95137-Uex_Qot5ew7SQSLNZjYi" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="875" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhaTd6tLutxtfQgRHBdkAicZ4I3I8LX302KNaGh4HcgduK0SkIoPtLHvaEUdDPUUmZbei-RgKi1kr3fHu6KZf46LZVHCHMoH_K_4O5a4tTOIizujkj2sE4BBdAj6O7T5XWr15UVaBWIGgOAalHCR5g5kcDlKP7Iti95137-Uex_Qot5ew7SQSLNZjYi=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAA49ztD4hUU76X_FRp1v_e0ycGHywxQwkvdPALBm8se-D5wQSuLl_fxAt5gQRiRvMwWSxrg5hngtvUFqGMIIqtPsAgaTFEwLEYtQkmOoP0wTFsxp97As8qYPIauHPt1rXoEEYteoV-dpY0Jqz2QfaKsFGJI_JEsd-C3jhuzkudnjiHeavqYfdA2UB" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="875" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAA49ztD4hUU76X_FRp1v_e0ycGHywxQwkvdPALBm8se-D5wQSuLl_fxAt5gQRiRvMwWSxrg5hngtvUFqGMIIqtPsAgaTFEwLEYtQkmOoP0wTFsxp97As8qYPIauHPt1rXoEEYteoV-dpY0Jqz2QfaKsFGJI_JEsd-C3jhuzkudnjiHeavqYfdA2UB=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHE0Q1C8emvsqmHbWp18uYoEXem29u7z2z1OQNJFvKX1QRu1g7dYHKLNkHhiCCIEcy5FihvvFb0CzNquGVAcenacrra8bA3_1XDcFe67kOWsYqy0wFvEGqoC4xacYpmCsHkQEd-Bs2P2VUexgKfJTaEe2q2USnnQaM3hzQ8NLKNzS3UiLIB9HMuEL5" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="879" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHE0Q1C8emvsqmHbWp18uYoEXem29u7z2z1OQNJFvKX1QRu1g7dYHKLNkHhiCCIEcy5FihvvFb0CzNquGVAcenacrra8bA3_1XDcFe67kOWsYqy0wFvEGqoC4xacYpmCsHkQEd-Bs2P2VUexgKfJTaEe2q2USnnQaM3hzQ8NLKNzS3UiLIB9HMuEL5=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZxpD-WcYRgxx0ivCYHc2bgTAY1qppEPyZI3xgdLUMES_uU1B78ABehbxBQeRleCGX_pvm3j_cuBKpwqN1KatwmpjolG9RXZUaj34AkaM-ocOTJAWEDOOPgi3jwI1PtZPsPp5yYcb4fAInjQmWL-zxJdGBrgHWZ_2fgbE8vtQiFSbuc7_65qdeErbN" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="865" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZxpD-WcYRgxx0ivCYHc2bgTAY1qppEPyZI3xgdLUMES_uU1B78ABehbxBQeRleCGX_pvm3j_cuBKpwqN1KatwmpjolG9RXZUaj34AkaM-ocOTJAWEDOOPgi3jwI1PtZPsPp5yYcb4fAInjQmWL-zxJdGBrgHWZ_2fgbE8vtQiFSbuc7_65qdeErbN=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4wddqY3uxuPGPGku1IM_BNSs-j6pMk9Cwox0HOvHO1fHLfFCaiCTqwmR-aKgH0J4Ss5ncVAnF_xXBx6F-3AM4G5hLfPsC3h8tF5PiPGuCm2RSzeK1vinuL75HoFzY49fnvn6A8hv-FRgNHmsx2maewI9md80xtiJxnq40LXzPfXdW5V3DqQoQZbOg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="861" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4wddqY3uxuPGPGku1IM_BNSs-j6pMk9Cwox0HOvHO1fHLfFCaiCTqwmR-aKgH0J4Ss5ncVAnF_xXBx6F-3AM4G5hLfPsC3h8tF5PiPGuCm2RSzeK1vinuL75HoFzY49fnvn6A8hv-FRgNHmsx2maewI9md80xtiJxnq40LXzPfXdW5V3DqQoQZbOg=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiGkomUF7ixN_Ulh6L-7HZnzXEiQdSqe5RajAa8Ud7sjiRWC0CmzOXiSQvqX9LwEhomxfPkgKvUW00vWDOsZaNrCIoS5I69FVFSLsrEkegdLqz0pLfSuDFFAnVBoEhRQJUID6AoZ1e91erjJpo3bms7iA36LaQyPLB8lb44JKxBZOGiFdlE_g89ZI8F" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="860" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiGkomUF7ixN_Ulh6L-7HZnzXEiQdSqe5RajAa8Ud7sjiRWC0CmzOXiSQvqX9LwEhomxfPkgKvUW00vWDOsZaNrCIoS5I69FVFSLsrEkegdLqz0pLfSuDFFAnVBoEhRQJUID6AoZ1e91erjJpo3bms7iA36LaQyPLB8lb44JKxBZOGiFdlE_g89ZI8F=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiikkiYs3dR-CD7Z-lLj89HA1YYpeovds6k_RjCfdk8Qe3dAA--pKhrNdIyyP_5exsxZiSiA-bCccLBZCkPpWwmofCv9cIeK4rklr_dSQ2fHDPKIab-5sm1o1AQ4A4my6nmEZd8tldAdNVCsUg9azVw6iiO3PekEnwmzgUtG_eFrT38t2ghWXHjDpk4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="871" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiikkiYs3dR-CD7Z-lLj89HA1YYpeovds6k_RjCfdk8Qe3dAA--pKhrNdIyyP_5exsxZiSiA-bCccLBZCkPpWwmofCv9cIeK4rklr_dSQ2fHDPKIab-5sm1o1AQ4A4my6nmEZd8tldAdNVCsUg9azVw6iiO3PekEnwmzgUtG_eFrT38t2ghWXHjDpk4=s16000" /></a></div><b><i>We'll rejoin our many and varied protagonists Tuesday, at...</i><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://atocom.blogspot.com" target="_blank">ATOMIC KOMMIE COMICS!</a></span></b><br /><div style="text-align: left;">You can't accuse writers Fred Van Lente & Andrew Foley, pencilers Luciano Lima, and inkers J Wilson, Silvio Spotto & Luciano Kars of not starting off <i><b>Platinum Studos</b></i>' graphic novel <b>Cowboys and Aliens</b> (2006) with a BANG, eh?</div><p></p><script type="text/javascript">
amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0";
amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true";
amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "atomic00-20";
amzn_assoc_search_bar_position = "bottom";
amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "search";
amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart";
amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon";
amzn_assoc_region = "US";
amzn_assoc_title = "Cowboys and Aliens Stuff";
amzn_assoc_default_search_phrase = "cowboys aliens";
amzn_assoc_default_category = "All";
amzn_assoc_linkid = "627c476082a4b2c3dd79c554e71fff27";
</script>
<script src="//z-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/onejs?MarketPlace=US"></script>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156519371361410369.post-40422009201269002862022-05-01T07:00:00.007-04:002022-05-27T09:47:05.412-04:00Russkies, Flying Saucers...and Cowboys? SPACE WESTERN COMICS "Spurs Sees RED!"<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Space Western Comics</b> (the ORIGINAL <b>Cowboys vs Aliens</b>) returns...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hEvUzX8OhpM/TdSmGY2n9pI/AAAAAAAAE90/fdBO_9Xnxww/s0/SWEST44-201.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hEvUzX8OhpM/TdSmGY2n9pI/AAAAAAAAE90/fdBO_9Xnxww/s1600/SWEST44-201.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">...but this time, the threat is <i>Commies</i> with a flying saucer!</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Hey it <i>was</i> the 1950s!)</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g6c_JKkZWu0/TdSmGprqnvI/AAAAAAAAE94/aj8NMvXgoA4/s0/SWEST44-202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g6c_JKkZWu0/TdSmGprqnvI/AAAAAAAAE94/aj8NMvXgoA4/s1600/SWEST44-202.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nlntEhL1Fis/TdSmHauKMcI/AAAAAAAAE98/jd9fOG-jf3c/s0/SWEST44-203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nlntEhL1Fis/TdSmHauKMcI/AAAAAAAAE98/jd9fOG-jf3c/s1600/SWEST44-203.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-h1f3no_Jhpc/TdSmMqro_0I/AAAAAAAAE-A/c8rmUslUwXc/s0/SWEST44-204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-h1f3no_Jhpc/TdSmMqro_0I/AAAAAAAAE-A/c8rmUslUwXc/s1600/SWEST44-204.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xzCuhqAYHac/TdSmMVXJVbI/AAAAAAAAE-E/j7rvzAtc_ao/s0/SWEST44-205.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xzCuhqAYHac/TdSmMVXJVbI/AAAAAAAAE-E/j7rvzAtc_ao/s1600/SWEST44-205.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OisEGXZRAUE/TdSmNaYBFGI/AAAAAAAAE-I/QNEbDFFxJAk/s0/SWEST44-206.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OisEGXZRAUE/TdSmNaYBFGI/AAAAAAAAE-I/QNEbDFFxJAk/s1600/SWEST44-206.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Sadly, the Russkies didn't even salvage a crashed alien ship and retro-engineered it's tech.</div><div style="text-align: left;">It's just a disguised <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_wing">Flying Wing</a>...which both we and they were working on at the time.</div><div style="text-align: left;">(We were also working on our own <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_disc-shaped_aircraft">flying saucers</a>, but don't tell the Russkies!)</div><div style="text-align: left;">Art on this tale was by John Belfi, with a script by Walter (<b>The Shadow</b>) Gibson!.</div><div><a href="http://www.cafepress.com/atocom/7815660"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Check out the</span></b></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-GInIRs_sqQMksdDSeHReAEZ8RmpNYUMJ5L888MuwdM4tTvz1ir3sdyo6aEmypS8MaOy0EOk3ifFWn4kqDIdjPMM2SSywZx0KF46s4WEFR1e_UBBV2Ur70GpX9OSsgibfiATrhKY2MJI/s1600/SpaceWestern42.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-GInIRs_sqQMksdDSeHReAEZ8RmpNYUMJ5L888MuwdM4tTvz1ir3sdyo6aEmypS8MaOy0EOk3ifFWn4kqDIdjPMM2SSywZx0KF46s4WEFR1e_UBBV2Ur70GpX9OSsgibfiATrhKY2MJI/s1600/SpaceWestern42.jpg" /></a></div><a href="http://www.cafepress.com/atocom/7815660"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Comics Collectibles Store</span></b></a><br /><script type="text/javascript">
amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0";
amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true";
amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "atomic00-20";
amzn_assoc_search_bar_position = "bottom";
amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "search";
amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart";
amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon";
amzn_assoc_region = "US";
amzn_assoc_title = "Shop Related Products";
amzn_assoc_default_search_phrase = "Space Western Comics Spurs Jackson";
amzn_assoc_default_category = "Books";
amzn_assoc_linkid = "c7034b0a60dc5685802f371164dea8fb";
amzn_assoc_default_browse_node = "283155";
</script>
<script src="//z-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/onejs?MarketPlace=US"></script>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156519371361410369.post-7419607585571576322022-04-20T07:00:00.016-04:002022-05-27T09:46:27.765-04:00Lunar Russkies! SPACE WESTERN "Spurs Jackson and His Space Vigilantes Battle the Red Menace Beyond the Moon"<div style="text-align: center;">Didn't think we could do a Western-themed blog post that related to travel to the Moon?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcJi3-mv0WwijZQJY-KUgCD4djukhmAsfO7LofJQyKnNAFpYAvH6TwGg0HQAIOKANFepjjxFiFrzpUC_2oxSP_jSCmoitPyORKbx6OzHDVKjXOy9GkdGCX7ZbpDK0olDPJ-53Rn_-dvBM/s1600/SpaceWestern43-01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="795" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcJi3-mv0WwijZQJY-KUgCD4djukhmAsfO7LofJQyKnNAFpYAvH6TwGg0HQAIOKANFepjjxFiFrzpUC_2oxSP_jSCmoitPyORKbx6OzHDVKjXOy9GkdGCX7ZbpDK0olDPJ-53Rn_-dvBM/s1600/SpaceWestern43-01.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Then you don't know about <b><i>Charlton's</i></b> 1950s title, <b>Space Western Comics</b>, which we covered <b><a href="https://westerncomicsadventures.blogspot.com/2011/07/space-western-spurs-jackson-in-saucer.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>!</b></div><div>And, because it was the 1950s...there had to be Russkies lurking about...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Jmza6engvOn-SmTHyIn5AQckpjKxSkIOdkkd-jxRa9aR_OTcUdnd-STsN690S7wtSEPmQjZjS5Fol-53PDaEAkdIJ0N1SuSzNzSxLmg4yyjjd-Nf95HevSY15-xgbKK3eepxOlkWySI/s1600/SpaceWestern43-20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Jmza6engvOn-SmTHyIn5AQckpjKxSkIOdkkd-jxRa9aR_OTcUdnd-STsN690S7wtSEPmQjZjS5Fol-53PDaEAkdIJ0N1SuSzNzSxLmg4yyjjd-Nf95HevSY15-xgbKK3eepxOlkWySI/s1600/SpaceWestern43-20.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7uxQn3M_OENju1y9ews-e9KcJ9GQO3lt_QeQ4xB2TJlPQq88F1LDZXZAaBEjqUF2cIataqOtfQ-iGXIZ5QFCz8RYhC1tm57T77hDc3eBsb15Pa7T0ZVdcz2XcNd3AOzgpkYdtNzYRVDs/s1600/SpaceWestern43-21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="790" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7uxQn3M_OENju1y9ews-e9KcJ9GQO3lt_QeQ4xB2TJlPQq88F1LDZXZAaBEjqUF2cIataqOtfQ-iGXIZ5QFCz8RYhC1tm57T77hDc3eBsb15Pa7T0ZVdcz2XcNd3AOzgpkYdtNzYRVDs/s1600/SpaceWestern43-21.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaPkk7Jx1NTnQyAZLuCt1JItmgILz2-aV5tjd-BO9Al59YFcbJ9LZYXomGaMo_c-YiQOw74Kmep7rMadL7XrXn0yOMmdnzBMmadYRakqZI_Y4V85MUqCPUEDkGTmpn-t32pZXXEdWLAdc/s1600/SpaceWestern43-22.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaPkk7Jx1NTnQyAZLuCt1JItmgILz2-aV5tjd-BO9Al59YFcbJ9LZYXomGaMo_c-YiQOw74Kmep7rMadL7XrXn0yOMmdnzBMmadYRakqZI_Y4V85MUqCPUEDkGTmpn-t32pZXXEdWLAdc/s1600/SpaceWestern43-22.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ1tAOy8l0uinSnI_veyN451mQ2wj0KtP78PpKYx8sLrGXUOKP-OspHtcAGLMtTvX3whyphenhyphengpvhkNQZ1l_9HVeW0ZtoqyQxr14BgxfpUYsx0GfNoDKR-IbIqXYXVmdrfqdg2HdZ8fvV7jzs/s1600/SpaceWestern43-23.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ1tAOy8l0uinSnI_veyN451mQ2wj0KtP78PpKYx8sLrGXUOKP-OspHtcAGLMtTvX3whyphenhyphengpvhkNQZ1l_9HVeW0ZtoqyQxr14BgxfpUYsx0GfNoDKR-IbIqXYXVmdrfqdg2HdZ8fvV7jzs/s1600/SpaceWestern43-23.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin05D4A096MEA6VxS8XymmSrPaSLpsO8MXDInJql0u1zziRvQkw5KbNwxRYU1TklpKo-HJEhb0CUqyTc71bsApDzfoB-26SuvHwXsSzilaIcIbaCVTh7knjBUDFuZqlFblN6Xxf0m9ACo/s1600/SpaceWestern43-24.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin05D4A096MEA6VxS8XymmSrPaSLpsO8MXDInJql0u1zziRvQkw5KbNwxRYU1TklpKo-HJEhb0CUqyTc71bsApDzfoB-26SuvHwXsSzilaIcIbaCVTh7knjBUDFuZqlFblN6Xxf0m9ACo/s1600/SpaceWestern43-24.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBw3WDmuUAXsDUDDpaHhqPSeoPcnUTdaZp-VIK-GRfOSjnSoaPWRgaYncVp7jgdOgPGw4ye5jD9wF52yEkjiKcJcKA2EnQQquZEy3N0XMJt0BV2JlCyEO1ZDyXQ8egippY5bOmWAQpPYA/s1600/SpaceWestern43-25.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBw3WDmuUAXsDUDDpaHhqPSeoPcnUTdaZp-VIK-GRfOSjnSoaPWRgaYncVp7jgdOgPGw4ye5jD9wF52yEkjiKcJcKA2EnQQquZEy3N0XMJt0BV2JlCyEO1ZDyXQ8egippY5bOmWAQpPYA/s1600/SpaceWestern43-25.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTe8yvC2nYyc2YMkMnYqtr9El4npXdBqXY_dKEhZdL8KrKJBP8OQWiamXPwMtWLomv0N-wWJYK8Z9BLC2l4Jl95LrJXZpafdCYdQpTAspdyj_RVzH1wGLPOGxxU5mgKrB21LNPoE5MGiY/s1600/SpaceWestern43-26.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTe8yvC2nYyc2YMkMnYqtr9El4npXdBqXY_dKEhZdL8KrKJBP8OQWiamXPwMtWLomv0N-wWJYK8Z9BLC2l4Jl95LrJXZpafdCYdQpTAspdyj_RVzH1wGLPOGxxU5mgKrB21LNPoE5MGiY/s1600/SpaceWestern43-26.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx0TI5n2CfBE3FnJEGVsoKmohMREAsLkzoe3bHS4hO6j4YPjPSDjA_k_osR4rHoIUxoYK6ksbRwsc80lTcEtUTkXE39wHLnkBVqpmjXkXcEHdBCHrgylsFK_p5MRNcgB2cAafdJ-JI17g/s1600/SpaceWestern43-27.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx0TI5n2CfBE3FnJEGVsoKmohMREAsLkzoe3bHS4hO6j4YPjPSDjA_k_osR4rHoIUxoYK6ksbRwsc80lTcEtUTkXE39wHLnkBVqpmjXkXcEHdBCHrgylsFK_p5MRNcgB2cAafdJ-JI17g/s1600/SpaceWestern43-27.jpg" /></a></div><div>This seldom-reprinted (once in b/w in 1992) tale from <b><i>Charlton's</i> Space Western Comics</b> #43 (1953) was written by Walter (<b>The Shadow</b>) Gibson and illustrated by Stan Campbell.<br />Considering how poorly the Russkies are doing in Ukraine, it's doubtful they <i>ever</i> could've mounted an attempt at lunar conquest!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.cafepress.com/atocom/7815660"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Check out the</span></b></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://images5.cpcache.com/product/541138555v6_480x480_Front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://images5.cpcache.com/product/541138555v6_480x480_Front.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.cafepress.com/atocom/7815660"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i> Space Western Comics</i> Store</span></b></a></div><script type="text/javascript">
amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0";
amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true";
amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "atomic00-20";
amzn_assoc_search_bar_position = "bottom";
amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "search";
amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart";
amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon";
amzn_assoc_region = "US";
amzn_assoc_title = "Shop Related Products";
amzn_assoc_default_search_phrase = "Space Western Comics Spurs Jackson";
amzn_assoc_default_category = "Books";
amzn_assoc_linkid = "c7034b0a60dc5685802f371164dea8fb";
amzn_assoc_default_browse_node = "283155";
</script>
<script src="//z-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/onejs?MarketPlace=US"></script>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156519371361410369.post-70417687493369482662021-10-13T07:00:00.008-04:002021-10-13T07:00:00.185-04:00Halloween on the Prairie BULLSEYE "Devil Bird"<div style="text-align: center;">They just don't make comics like <span style="font-style: italic;">this</span> anymore!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-49o7GMvx_Dc/TocnXQ4-PJI/AAAAAAAAEd4/y0b8gVrQtpQ/s0/BE03-02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-49o7GMvx_Dc/TocnXQ4-PJI/AAAAAAAAEd4/y0b8gVrQtpQ/s0/BE03-02.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Masked cowboy hero vs pterodactyl!</div><div>It's the sort of concept a nine-year old would come up with while playing with his (or her) brand-new action figures under the Christmas tree, mixing the dinosaurs with superheroes and cowboys!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-54mRg1W3USk/TocnXlSGkuI/AAAAAAAAEd0/p1rIbb7gvn0/s0/BE03-03.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-54mRg1W3USk/TocnXlSGkuI/AAAAAAAAEd0/p1rIbb7gvn0/s0/BE03-03.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4cH652BStxs/TocnXwIKktI/AAAAAAAAEdw/C9XDnH_mrho/s0/BE03-04.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4cH652BStxs/TocnXwIKktI/AAAAAAAAEdw/C9XDnH_mrho/s0/BE03-04.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--a_a4jVSmuE/TocncvVdjjI/AAAAAAAAEds/8KKkai8MMng/s0/BE03-05.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--a_a4jVSmuE/TocncvVdjjI/AAAAAAAAEds/8KKkai8MMng/s0/BE03-05.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1LglGQrmxU8/Tocncxr44aI/AAAAAAAAEdo/irvVSsPpQfg/s0/BE03-06.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1LglGQrmxU8/Tocncxr44aI/AAAAAAAAEdo/irvVSsPpQfg/s0/BE03-06.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8Dd4CPQfpMk/TocnbHxcKoI/AAAAAAAAEdk/H2-BN09oph0/s0/BE03-07.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8Dd4CPQfpMk/TocnbHxcKoI/AAAAAAAAEdk/H2-BN09oph0/s0/BE03-07.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H0ObRc9MyfQ/TocneCtrIpI/AAAAAAAAEdg/bxCnlAAS2vk/s0/BE03-08.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H0ObRc9MyfQ/TocneCtrIpI/AAAAAAAAEdg/bxCnlAAS2vk/s0/BE03-08.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PMGQunOaTz0/TocnfIcGQVI/AAAAAAAAEdY/-qMfRahvpTI/s0/BE03-09.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PMGQunOaTz0/TocnfIcGQVI/AAAAAAAAEdY/-qMfRahvpTI/s0/BE03-09.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">But, damnit, writer/artist Jack Kirby makes this cross-genre tale from <b>BullsEye</b> #4 (and <b>Blazing SixGuns</b> #12) <i>work</i> for <i>both</i> genres!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Believe it or not, this <i>wasn't</i> the cover story for it's first appearance (even though it was the lead story)...</div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRahsH5ENYkfdRbGsoqCMMrCSee5UWut-P9k_erx-tKKmtU2ka9hXAhdOOlt6Cw-Kw8gXSp_TnUD8k5I_S5oMKFb3Zssli2aW16l2eecA2WxZESu6Wm4R8WNaX2d0DxulYyB6s_0mDFBo/s1600/232541.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRahsH5ENYkfdRbGsoqCMMrCSee5UWut-P9k_erx-tKKmtU2ka9hXAhdOOlt6Cw-Kw8gXSp_TnUD8k5I_S5oMKFb3Zssli2aW16l2eecA2WxZESu6Wm4R8WNaX2d0DxulYyB6s_0mDFBo/s1600/232541.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Art by Jack Kirby</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">...but it <i>was</i> the cover-feature for the <i><b>Super/IW</b></i> reprint!</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidpx_WpKZR9AesrclXDdZ09roYd4doq_0dcXfz4Rf24OsTt2arB38wzAA8xQcUNqSuAS43M-wHl0rvoQH7CeuUa5IWY5OJ7Ynm2jGUpMLkbtrWQ5K59fg3snRIUKOEXIVQkep_KDA3go4/s1600/45039.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidpx_WpKZR9AesrclXDdZ09roYd4doq_0dcXfz4Rf24OsTt2arB38wzAA8xQcUNqSuAS43M-wHl0rvoQH7CeuUa5IWY5OJ7Ynm2jGUpMLkbtrWQ5K59fg3snRIUKOEXIVQkep_KDA3go4/s1600/45039.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">Art by Ross Andru & Mike Esposito. Note that BullsEye is miscolored!</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><b>Please Support Western Comics Adventures<br /><i>Visit </i>Amazon<i> and Buy...</i></b></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHADZyK0hpDwqMAtXBBhJbNV4veG1wOhmg3waNkX11AdxVsMHfgAy7kUg2jEKJiUDBUQyKHrfm_Zp0A6mw8K8NdUM6huEo43NGJ-UJvvKwSt5trA0TNoRg0e-MC7KMHod3ha-da-4OPOs/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="352" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHADZyK0hpDwqMAtXBBhJbNV4veG1wOhmg3waNkX11AdxVsMHfgAy7kUg2jEKJiUDBUQyKHrfm_Zp0A6mw8K8NdUM6huEo43NGJ-UJvvKwSt5trA0TNoRg0e-MC7KMHod3ha-da-4OPOs/w475-h640/51143NV142L.jpg" width="475" /></a></div><a href="https://amzn.to/3mOpSiL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: xx-large;">Sci-Fi Western</span></b><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>(A Comics Anthology of Science Fiction Tales set in the Old West)</i></b></span></a></span></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156519371361410369.post-69204926727237075312021-10-01T07:00:00.006-04:002021-10-01T07:00:00.224-04:00Halloween on the Prairie TALES OF HORROR "Vampire Goes West!"<div style="text-align: center;">You'd think the American West would be the most <i>unlikely</i> place to find a v<i>ampire</i>...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rnhLCcrsiSA/Tp4woivFhZI/AAAAAAAAExU/4xQR7r4gXBo/s0/ToH13-27.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rnhLCcrsiSA/Tp4woivFhZI/AAAAAAAAExU/4xQR7r4gXBo/s0/ToH13-27.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">...and you'd be wrong...<i>dead</i> wrong!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YscQObjZ890/Tp4woHKVW4I/AAAAAAAAExQ/YagftFipHnk/s0/ToH13-29.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YscQObjZ890/Tp4woHKVW4I/AAAAAAAAExQ/YagftFipHnk/s0/ToH13-29.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0x-kdbT4C4E/Tp4wn5s_EII/AAAAAAAAExM/43ZkBevm5tI/s0/ToH13-30.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0x-kdbT4C4E/Tp4wn5s_EII/AAAAAAAAExM/43ZkBevm5tI/s0/ToH13-30.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7uJZjspPVZU/Tp4wpywUbdI/AAAAAAAAExE/eqAB4XiuKSw/s0/ToH13-31.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7uJZjspPVZU/Tp4wpywUbdI/AAAAAAAAExE/eqAB4XiuKSw/s0/ToH13-31.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PenuZriVHx0/Tp4wq19JgkI/AAAAAAAAExA/kO_PQ7-MOGU/s0/ToH13-32.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PenuZriVHx0/Tp4wq19JgkI/AAAAAAAAExA/kO_PQ7-MOGU/s0/ToH13-32.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KlZKeUnKAoc/Tp4wrhsKFjI/AAAAAAAAEw8/fCiinFnNdIs/s0/ToH13-33.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KlZKeUnKAoc/Tp4wrhsKFjI/AAAAAAAAEw8/fCiinFnNdIs/s0/ToH13-33.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">"Silver bullets work on vampires as well as werewolves?" you ask?</div><div style="text-align: left;">Yep!</div><div style="text-align: left;">There are <i>many</i> methods to kill vampires in the folklore of Europe and Asia.</div><div style="text-align: left;">One of the lesser-known is the use of silver instead of wood to penetrate the vampire's vital organs.<br />This vampire/Western story is <i>not</i> from a Western comic, but the final issue of <b>Tales of Horror</b> (#13 from 1954)<br />The writer is unknown, but the penciler is <span class="credit_value">Medio Iorio and inker is Sal Trapani.</span><br /><span class="credit_value">Oddly, <i>every</i> comic story Iorio penciled, Trapani inked!</span><br /><span class="credit_value">Weird, eh?</span><span class="credit_value"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">What's <i>really</i> weird is that there are <i>several</i> Western vampire films, all quite dissimilar to each other!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaPDdDJttDaSA-vMQB2wGxN9G50OLRM3jFGrNPs8qUmSOM0T4EK4oZLYgXZ9cblqNSMLT0JJJeRYDsBk4-Vs-bi-GxuoOv-zpXnFZCED_jSbVycjv9Vylwh36CC24BTK4so-rEhy7XvXY/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaPDdDJttDaSA-vMQB2wGxN9G50OLRM3jFGrNPs8qUmSOM0T4EK4oZLYgXZ9cblqNSMLT0JJJeRYDsBk4-Vs-bi-GxuoOv-zpXnFZCED_jSbVycjv9Vylwh36CC24BTK4so-rEhy7XvXY/s16000/curse-of-the-undead.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /></div>The earliest one is 1959's <b>Curse of the Undead</b>, starring Eric Fleming of <b>Rawhide</b> fame as a vampire hunter!</div><div style="text-align: left;">(There might have been an <i>earlier</i> flick had Bela Lugosi lived longer!</div><div style="text-align: left;">Ed Wood had a script entitled <b>The Ghoul Goes West</b> in preparation when Bella died!)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMvvhR42fiT00TQ70M2ziW429AZbnRv_R6NtBE93XPyW7oKHobgj53rzTD6Kwyxi_Xra240Wsuf3te1wFNO4G6dtKbZ1b3isu8lpn-DW68T75mbdR0fd7V8XdG5dcrDCmqrY4jXaq7Hhc/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="451" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMvvhR42fiT00TQ70M2ziW429AZbnRv_R6NtBE93XPyW7oKHobgj53rzTD6Kwyxi_Xra240Wsuf3te1wFNO4G6dtKbZ1b3isu8lpn-DW68T75mbdR0fd7V8XdG5dcrDCmqrY4jXaq7Hhc/s16000/billythekiddracula.jpg" /></a></div></div>The 1960s gave us the ultra-low budget <b>Billy the Kid vs Dracula</b>, starring John Carradine as the Lord of Vampires.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipUz8kPXxNtow8G0LNs4iK9rMeFkxO5IyGBfB7Pa6wglqi_0ppCFvTlho3VN0xZc6oQ6GdzxPmwREfoADs_UfR_zMTD8bOS_Q9qojtkmSUDqkB0-W8B9F6JaczvHU3DubIaW9U8Zy-2V4/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="392" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipUz8kPXxNtow8G0LNs4iK9rMeFkxO5IyGBfB7Pa6wglqi_0ppCFvTlho3VN0xZc6oQ6GdzxPmwREfoADs_UfR_zMTD8bOS_Q9qojtkmSUDqkB0-W8B9F6JaczvHU3DubIaW9U8Zy-2V4/w456-h640/Near_Dark-1987-Kathryn_Bigelow-IMP-poster5-1.jpg" width="456" /></a></div></div></div>Though there <i>wasn't </i>a 1970s vampire Western, the 1980s had a contemporary take on the concept with <b>Near Dark</b>, starring <b>Aliens</b> cast members Lance Henriksen, Jenette Goldstein, and Bill Paxton as vampires wandering the Southwest in a van.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRH3I_SFZbaoVc_UN9lohv0FrcWmOEK5KqLzLUThoe8gMk9nLFRu2hLU1FOwpV73Nk0llHW8hZ9QeuMpjCDjkPChSjuPzJ6oQYnG0O0QfFjPBrDVuOrYTJAUUcwKzWC7-m_qu5bu_IFGU/s1600/SundownVampireRetreat.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRH3I_SFZbaoVc_UN9lohv0FrcWmOEK5KqLzLUThoe8gMk9nLFRu2hLU1FOwpV73Nk0llHW8hZ9QeuMpjCDjkPChSjuPzJ6oQYnG0O0QfFjPBrDVuOrYTJAUUcwKzWC7-m_qu5bu_IFGU/w452-h640/SundownVampireRetreat.jpg" width="452" /></a></div>But my personal favorite, from 1988, is <b>Sundown: the Vampire in Retreat</b>, a tongue-in-cheek flick starring a host of genre vets including David Carradine, Bruce Campbell, M Emmett Wash, Elizabeth Gracen, Dabs Greer, and John Ireland.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="color: orange;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Please Support Western Comics Adventures</span></b></span></div><div><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Visit </span></b></i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Amazon</span></b><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> and Order...</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81sZAcREjmL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="516" height="640" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81sZAcREjmL.jpg" width="413" /></a></div><div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2yGWUZQ" target="_blank">Wicked West</a></span></b></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><a href="https://amzn.to/2yGWUZQ" target="_blank">Volume 1</a></i></b></span></div></div></div></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156519371361410369.post-12460603200416779392021-06-30T07:00:00.031-04:002021-07-01T00:46:04.807-04:00Asians Out West ZIP COMICS "Nevada Jones: Quick-Trigger Man and the Jungle in the Desert"<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;">In early 20th Century pop culture, the "Yellow Peril" could pop up anywhere...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqXb_vHjjXn70Ir0F0DO884AuH7I78RscZk4ebTKvd8o4dcduuBGRXwvDQolBjDFlQVgGVH4DsPNLD-1RoiTSFdGqLqHtgnwMsgXQ8yfUHogspwdlvQush3aW7MIanAMRUgxXWlXiCHyA/s775/zip09_23.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqXb_vHjjXn70Ir0F0DO884AuH7I78RscZk4ebTKvd8o4dcduuBGRXwvDQolBjDFlQVgGVH4DsPNLD-1RoiTSFdGqLqHtgnwMsgXQ8yfUHogspwdlvQush3aW7MIanAMRUgxXWlXiCHyA/s16000/zip09_23.jpg" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">...even the Old West, as this never-reprinted tale from <b><i>MLJ's</i> Zip Comics</b> #9 (1940) demonstrates!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1KliHhMu_xTXMPp-_e7pew8-pdY4ryJ0imEps0H0cj5vxezt6nt5uBnGReqUitSNlXJPZ5GSW6SF16y1kNdkFCIuDTzdiWsB9jcNIDKdftVoMBdluU1ojF-II6KGKVSEDSNVsulHEdMk/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1KliHhMu_xTXMPp-_e7pew8-pdY4ryJ0imEps0H0cj5vxezt6nt5uBnGReqUitSNlXJPZ5GSW6SF16y1kNdkFCIuDTzdiWsB9jcNIDKdftVoMBdluU1ojF-II6KGKVSEDSNVsulHEdMk/s16000/zip09_24.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga3dChAF3IdAB2z588VGmot4Wej1g6796azKuCR50gj99HtHRDHPXa7RqgFHwjsrbK51LJO3Xn4ymCf6zP7GyQWo7cp3-GLi7xhyV-WoE7u0ERep84HOQjlPfShTCLrxQz1WhE79Oqpjg/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga3dChAF3IdAB2z588VGmot4Wej1g6796azKuCR50gj99HtHRDHPXa7RqgFHwjsrbK51LJO3Xn4ymCf6zP7GyQWo7cp3-GLi7xhyV-WoE7u0ERep84HOQjlPfShTCLrxQz1WhE79Oqpjg/s16000/zip09_25.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3GtpbiuIqKsVKhqmHAdvJid1JTtYSZGD5kmiWyyx35uFLDSVf1pqL9Xl9qYAiBJh5cH8B4SByVLsTdY8KNlFT4fh4pZN9HIUzVh1Ia4v3P4Rq2baetq9f5_RPes0lOp8n8sczhOvPBRA/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3GtpbiuIqKsVKhqmHAdvJid1JTtYSZGD5kmiWyyx35uFLDSVf1pqL9Xl9qYAiBJh5cH8B4SByVLsTdY8KNlFT4fh4pZN9HIUzVh1Ia4v3P4Rq2baetq9f5_RPes0lOp8n8sczhOvPBRA/s16000/zip09_26.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcY_ZkkgPYqaAWuHAT_-3CGYju-vSiRO9XrtfigkoAJmGoJC_a22vl7fzvGRtuRvCwLdYldvUJScy0eebVJcQ-qmSYcQTCQjiwipQy05ck9bccyLemg2e_CsCDeH0-ctoYWFb4Akd3HNM/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcY_ZkkgPYqaAWuHAT_-3CGYju-vSiRO9XrtfigkoAJmGoJC_a22vl7fzvGRtuRvCwLdYldvUJScy0eebVJcQ-qmSYcQTCQjiwipQy05ck9bccyLemg2e_CsCDeH0-ctoYWFb4Akd3HNM/s16000/zip09_27.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC530Ke2u0sNN9CaWsp1sQzMCvgdce8JAj2xwMzX5M2gRsrMkHJHds-TCaFVOQJ0TwCcduyYFsrRAfzR02KXgNQZ1NfT3I1T9cV48U47u957tLRE-zoV18Y52YrSddOKIZSrCZPTHorPY/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC530Ke2u0sNN9CaWsp1sQzMCvgdce8JAj2xwMzX5M2gRsrMkHJHds-TCaFVOQJ0TwCcduyYFsrRAfzR02KXgNQZ1NfT3I1T9cV48U47u957tLRE-zoV18Y52YrSddOKIZSrCZPTHorPY/s16000/zip09_28.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Why would a gunfighter using his <i>real</i> name need a mask?</div><div style="text-align: left;">Leaving that aside, the <b><i>Nevada Jones</i></b> strip was <i>not</i> your usual Western.<br />It was loaded with "high adventure" elements like ancient lost cities, mad scientists, and even criminals pretending to be supernatural demons/ghosts turning up in the tales.</div><div style="text-align: left;">So a <i><b>Fu Manchu</b></i>-type villain operating out of a hidden jungle in the desert was just another baddie to be captured or killed to the "Quick-Trigger Man"!<br /><a href="https://www.pulpartists.com/Volp.html" target="_blank">Artist Frank Volp</a> started out illustrating pulp magazine stories, and added comic books to his already-crowded portfolio, working for both <b><i>MLJ</i></b> and <b>Lev Gleason</b>, doing everything from Westerns to crime to romance!<br />The writer of the feature is unknown.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Please Support Western Comics Adventures</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Visit </i>Amazon<i> and Buy...</i></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81LjACGVmEL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="533" height="640" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81LjACGVmEL.jpg" width="427" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3jvFQON" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Golden Age Western Comics</span></b></a></div></div></div></div><p></p>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156519371361410369.post-34503157804504357072021-05-20T07:00:00.004-04:002021-05-21T14:16:06.886-04:00Asians Out West LONE RANGER "Chinese Gold"<p style="text-align: center;">Though infrequent, there <i>were</i> Old West comic book tales involving Chinese who had come to America...<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDVmBSeYU9x0iYke5J3-bTcuzSmVZm28MFak7QUO1bE6xyjYiHWLPx0nVkrs_FolLPtDU3eDHkCOZaEiGShHnrO5sVg5JFW3hYogPqsuUyMvmfCWX8eRG3dp0Z19iIlXwdBbp99YGGhtQ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDVmBSeYU9x0iYke5J3-bTcuzSmVZm28MFak7QUO1bE6xyjYiHWLPx0nVkrs_FolLPtDU3eDHkCOZaEiGShHnrO5sVg5JFW3hYogPqsuUyMvmfCWX8eRG3dp0Z19iIlXwdBbp99YGGhtQ/s16000/LoneRanger70-14.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">...such as this never-reprinted one from <b><i>Dell's</i> Lone Ranger</b> #70 (1954).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivsts9KfgoO7F4hqr-nWeVWmlo0XZYdsmzRkwD4gGCNVOcWEuiD9auhXmjo041a4btdL8gm2GCEBLery_4n7LWxrQmd17Q2XgIigPR3wfxuxH-0CikQXaniM6iSnDR2fsryyd3y4nci-s/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="799" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivsts9KfgoO7F4hqr-nWeVWmlo0XZYdsmzRkwD4gGCNVOcWEuiD9auhXmjo041a4btdL8gm2GCEBLery_4n7LWxrQmd17Q2XgIigPR3wfxuxH-0CikQXaniM6iSnDR2fsryyd3y4nci-s/s16000/LoneRanger70-15.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixIBp3oe53wdifbzMCFyHr2ziv8TcnffeRrQ2ZC3_dfAFOwzq8-NiwwBeT0nEDCVJpiWFjc_qcvKLLzF8XNYlcCXH4CS2zOovaU66CGix7cmTDz8z4s49W3grBHqm-1S1h4JYHLpfS1bs/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixIBp3oe53wdifbzMCFyHr2ziv8TcnffeRrQ2ZC3_dfAFOwzq8-NiwwBeT0nEDCVJpiWFjc_qcvKLLzF8XNYlcCXH4CS2zOovaU66CGix7cmTDz8z4s49W3grBHqm-1S1h4JYHLpfS1bs/s16000/LoneRanger70-16.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYNbDfK-Yfy4jGdvlUnm3iZbHf1EkMsko6UOO7CONEFEXge9vBOtnc4RAt1ZWdKXFkXc8as2jc2dKfEhFNz24mE7OOsU_y_9P6layT0sAPNP5nUokyNccwkUZ0pmEVZiP2SFlszAn4G58/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYNbDfK-Yfy4jGdvlUnm3iZbHf1EkMsko6UOO7CONEFEXge9vBOtnc4RAt1ZWdKXFkXc8as2jc2dKfEhFNz24mE7OOsU_y_9P6layT0sAPNP5nUokyNccwkUZ0pmEVZiP2SFlszAn4G58/s16000/LoneRanger70-17.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSY-4Q0mIcJ_qiDWCz1ONweeLfdpy-5Ieq6zpJJhx7n0lDJ8PfFH1RWXZlR7BuLgxhXC4akuI1pFR_B94ll75hrhKl7xc22FgmUuqxmHgymFg922h30HL9nKvEALXWITe6ZRmKbZd4uHg/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSY-4Q0mIcJ_qiDWCz1ONweeLfdpy-5Ieq6zpJJhx7n0lDJ8PfFH1RWXZlR7BuLgxhXC4akuI1pFR_B94ll75hrhKl7xc22FgmUuqxmHgymFg922h30HL9nKvEALXWITe6ZRmKbZd4uHg/s16000/LoneRanger70-18.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihwsmSJ5BhwOMAVQG070iU-5swLUZcBd6IajpniOLLVKAbHFfTOtSuGtCxETcrTMO2W0F1PTav2aET_NSEutzQuqM0AuX-sSUU190YMa3JvCTQqwbRVbyksRKqTFGISB9mlN6QWWvoXzg/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihwsmSJ5BhwOMAVQG070iU-5swLUZcBd6IajpniOLLVKAbHFfTOtSuGtCxETcrTMO2W0F1PTav2aET_NSEutzQuqM0AuX-sSUU190YMa3JvCTQqwbRVbyksRKqTFGISB9mlN6QWWvoXzg/s16000/LoneRanger70-19.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuzWC5D4VZvnd18o_89IdKAcmOZWhVtnXlEWoO_os4WZj7M_Kpznn1ZcjBf-IqXiAdilQm3626uzYRyBKoPYR2NVH2FiOlaz-AyrZSI46hP7wSqu-nXse1bhqc54zctItrSZNGiSCEKaQ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuzWC5D4VZvnd18o_89IdKAcmOZWhVtnXlEWoO_os4WZj7M_Kpznn1ZcjBf-IqXiAdilQm3626uzYRyBKoPYR2NVH2FiOlaz-AyrZSI46hP7wSqu-nXse1bhqc54zctItrSZNGiSCEKaQ/s16000/LoneRanger70-20.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZIKEW0-fqz-n_sv6N1tLNR7XCayY4q-wBCv5_VF4iL4aiTY-tGVVkU95D_wUnCmEfnLY5ALu-WDPqVuaq1cnLCmSbeQ3KDraVAtQqIiSQSx2hI3JxXgf8Gm4exupPYprKFZRwV-pyUBc/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZIKEW0-fqz-n_sv6N1tLNR7XCayY4q-wBCv5_VF4iL4aiTY-tGVVkU95D_wUnCmEfnLY5ALu-WDPqVuaq1cnLCmSbeQ3KDraVAtQqIiSQSx2hI3JxXgf8Gm4exupPYprKFZRwV-pyUBc/s16000/LoneRanger70-21.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJZwk2DRBhyv_9BD993AI5WkfzEMQz_2miezr1Ah9jIheimS7uzE8jGsTnFeoL7ls_-PqoaUz5P-0NDA22SBrETecu7a6Gb47QMfghDkaYSHbrKyxtgBw9DTp79gg-ouDlOi1fKWUUFe0/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJZwk2DRBhyv_9BD993AI5WkfzEMQz_2miezr1Ah9jIheimS7uzE8jGsTnFeoL7ls_-PqoaUz5P-0NDA22SBrETecu7a6Gb47QMfghDkaYSHbrKyxtgBw9DTp79gg-ouDlOi1fKWUUFe0/s16000/LoneRanger70-22.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik7vVcsAQHvbrf6nSx7oD8gBNjch0bwu7NMHXeIoQbrA0fb9X_IqMVL1EawXBetHx72dhKiT3RkTS9B-Jqp9WDZUibGPStaotFv58ofa2h5YC7p2CcYfRY2lSKsT1sCu8zuPnoyXq3SqU/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik7vVcsAQHvbrf6nSx7oD8gBNjch0bwu7NMHXeIoQbrA0fb9X_IqMVL1EawXBetHx72dhKiT3RkTS9B-Jqp9WDZUibGPStaotFv58ofa2h5YC7p2CcYfRY2lSKsT1sCu8zuPnoyXq3SqU/s16000/LoneRanger70-23.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">"If you don't fight to preserve the rights of <i><b>all</b></i> Americans, someday you may find <i><b>your</b></i> race or <i><b>your</b></i> religion the object of some mob's prejudice!"</div><div style="text-align: center;">As John Wayne would say..."Words to live by, pilgrim!"</div><div style="text-align: left;">You'll note the Chinese miners are supporting characters and told to <i>not</i> bear arms in their own defense.<br />Yet, if they were Irish, Italian, or any White ethnicity, they'd be side by side with the Ranger and the townspeople!<br />If the story seems a bit "talky"/dialogue heavy, that's because it was adapted from a script for the May 31, 1952 episode of the <b>Lone Ranger</b> radio show which you'll be able to find <b><i><a href="https://captainvideossecretsanctum.blogspot.com/2021/05/asians-out-west-captains-theatre-lone.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></i></b>, at our "brother" <b><i>RetroBlog</i> <a href="https://captainvideossecretsanctum.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Secret Sanctum of Captain Video</a></b> tomorrow!</div><div style="text-align: left;">The writer who adapted the script to comics is unknown, but the illustrator (pencils and inks) is longtime Ranger renderer Tom Gill.</div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Please Support Western Comics Adventures</span></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Visit Amazon and Order...</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijlurAJt6kjhelUwU0ksr9tfwWc1NlD0nNlVIJsY_mfO4QcSNDMnGnOeVOWzkkKr5_IeyysHibgTetyNxuHraZK6x14yX9Yj5rZS7gsItrxhDDOuW9NOwi5SzJhIKqGWYNi-TcIbaej5k/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="475" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijlurAJt6kjhelUwU0ksr9tfwWc1NlD0nNlVIJsY_mfO4QcSNDMnGnOeVOWzkkKr5_IeyysHibgTetyNxuHraZK6x14yX9Yj5rZS7gsItrxhDDOuW9NOwi5SzJhIKqGWYNi-TcIbaej5k/s16000/51ZSSRF7P5L.jpg" /></a></div></span><a href="https://amzn.to/3v5UAHa" rel="nofollow" style="font-size: xx-large; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Lone Ranger on Radio</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><i><a href="https://amzn.to/3v5UAHa" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CD Set</a></i></span></div><p></p>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156519371361410369.post-19540827205848729902021-02-24T07:00:00.003-05:002023-02-02T11:49:39.603-05:00LOBO, the FIRST Black Character to Star in His Own Comic!<div style="text-align: center;">In 1966, the year <i><b>the Black Panther</b></i> debuted in <b><i>Marvel's</i> Fantastic Four</b>...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf0a0SGP4be3OndB_ehRMv-fh77cmtqIzeTmYvQyzD-jNN_g_Q10Mk73w4_gOAYJMYZx588MoKut6_gu5KD5EDQpVuRrv4u0zLnXN0X-KaSZsde-JGB83AYqjiUKveZ_Ecwah28IS9H1BW/s0/Lobo1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf0a0SGP4be3OndB_ehRMv-fh77cmtqIzeTmYvQyzD-jNN_g_Q10Mk73w4_gOAYJMYZx588MoKut6_gu5KD5EDQpVuRrv4u0zLnXN0X-KaSZsde-JGB83AYqjiUKveZ_Ecwah28IS9H1BW/s0/Lobo1.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">...<b>Dell Comics</b> went them one better, introducing the <i>first</i> Black hero to get his own comic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkAbYeV_qsyO9udp2q5Y-rXgXRTPfp7Oo8PWOq7t3qG362TUTIRHrLNZRCN6Q-VcdOWdBwhqvA6ldOcqAMiW-Y4fKttqbHcLK7JLFzZGNrGjXVOxWdTvULMg4rF-zxcO0ORlmgMO9Ljwc/s0/Lobo2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkAbYeV_qsyO9udp2q5Y-rXgXRTPfp7Oo8PWOq7t3qG362TUTIRHrLNZRCN6Q-VcdOWdBwhqvA6ldOcqAMiW-Y4fKttqbHcLK7JLFzZGNrGjXVOxWdTvULMg4rF-zxcO0ORlmgMO9Ljwc/s640/Lobo2.jpg" width="438" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Other Black characters had their own </span><i style="text-align: left;">series</i><span style="text-align: left;"> in anthology titles, but </span><span style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">Lobo</span><span style="text-align: left;"> was the </span><i style="text-align: left;">first</i><span style="text-align: left;"> to have his name AS the comic's title!</span></div><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Lobo</b> combined a couple of popular plot concepts...</div></span><i style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Man on the Run for a Crime He Did NOT Commit</i></div></i><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">Exemplified by then-hit tv series <b>The Fugitive</b>, Lobo was framed, but couldn't prove his innocence.</div></span><i style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Lone Western Hero</i></div></i><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">A loner wandering the Old West, righting wrongs was an especially popular genre in tv Westerns.</div></span><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">Variations on the theme included gamblers (<b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Maverick-Television-Favorites-Jack-Kelly/dp/B000A0GXGA?ie=UTF8&tag=atomic00-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Maverick</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=atomic00-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000A0GXGA" style="border: medium none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="1" /></b>) and martial-arts experts (<b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Kung-Fu-Collection-David-Carradine/dp/B000X07TLA?ie=UTF8&tag=atomic00-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Kung Fu</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=atomic00-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000X07TLA" style="border: medium none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="1" /></b>)</div></span><b style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i>Note:</i></b> the tv series <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Branded-Complete-starring-Chuck-Connors/dp/B002XY5EAC?ie=UTF8&tag=atomic00-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Branded</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=atomic00-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B002XY5EAC" style="border: medium none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="1" /></b> also combined both the <i>Loner</i> and <i>Man Framed</i> themes!</div></b><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">...as well as a <i>new</i> concept:</div></span><i style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Prominent Black character</i></div></i><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">Black characters (except for sterotypes like <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Amos-n-Andy-Anatomy-Controversy/dp/B001JP656I?ie=UTF8&tag=atomic00-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Amos 'n Andy</a></b><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=atomic00-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001JP656I" style="border: medium none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="1" />) were few and far between on tv until the mid-1960s, and even then only as supporting characters (usually servants).</div></span><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">1960s urban dramas like <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Naked-City-Set-TV-1958-1963/dp/B0007WFXUI?ie=UTF8&tag=atomic00-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Naked City</a></b><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=atomic00-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0007WFXUI" style="border: medium none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="1" /> and <b>East Side, West Side</b>, which dealt with current social themes had Black guest stars including James Earl Jones and Diana Sands, but no Black regulars.</div></span><b style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Original-Remastered-Season/dp/B001DHXT6G?ie=UTF8&tag=atomic00-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Star Trek</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=atomic00-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001DHXT6G" style="border: medium none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="1" /></b> (1966) had both a Black regular character (<a href="http://atocom.blogspot.com/2009/11/fantastic-femmes-nyota-uhura-past.html" target="_blank">Lt. Nyota Uhura</a>) and Black actors in prominent roles as scientists and high-placed officers (admirals, etc,).</div></b><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">But, at that point, there were <i>no</i> tv series with a Black lead or Black title character!</div></span><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">(<a href="http://atocom.blogspot.com/2009/02/fantastic-femmes-diahann-carroll.html">Diahann Carroll's</a> groundbreaking series <b>Julia</b> didn't debut until 1968, two years later!)</div></span><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">So, <b>Lobo</b> was, to say the least, a daring experiment, albeit one with as many popular themes as possible to maximize sales potential!</div></span><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><i style="font-style: italic;"><b>Dell</b></i><i> </i>writer/editor Don (DJ) Arneson and artist Tony Tallarico felt the time was right, and managed to convince their publisher to take a chance.</div></span><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">You can read Arneson's tale of <b>Lobo's</b> creation <a href="http://www.registercitizen.com/article/RC/20150629/NEWS/150629585" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</div></span><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">Unfortunately, it didn't work.</div></span><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">Many vendors refused to put a comic with a Black hero on their racks, and the book had an almost 90% return rate.</div></span><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span><b>Lobo</b></span> the comic ran <i>only</i> two issues.</div></span><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">It's rumored that a script and unfinished art exist for a third issue, but that's never been confirmed.</div></span><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">You can read both issues of <b>Lobo</b> <a href="http://westerncomicsadventures.blogspot.com/2012/02/lobo-sga-begins-and-first-signs-of.html" target="_blank"><b><i>HERE</i></b></a> and <a href="http://westerncomicsadventures.blogspot.com/2013/02/lobo-king-of-west.html" target="_blank"><b><i>HERE</i></b></a>.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-large;"><b>Please Support<i> Western Comics Adventures!</i></b></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Visit Our...</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIABRFNpmvRNMp3jt56EATAlmkCC9DVC968hhk4SLDOq0Dz6Z0K5KF2uIsgsd7Q1t3hh1SkbztGKiHNObfxeRIDb6m385fyFH7K09wLNV8L8mM29g1LuogllD66iTWVQcEl9ZObYg5180/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIABRFNpmvRNMp3jt56EATAlmkCC9DVC968hhk4SLDOq0Dz6Z0K5KF2uIsgsd7Q1t3hh1SkbztGKiHNObfxeRIDb6m385fyFH7K09wLNV8L8mM29g1LuogllD66iTWVQcEl9ZObYg5180/s16000/549_550x550_Front_Color-Khaki.png" /></a></div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.cafepress.com/atocom/9809101" target="_blank">Lobo Comics Collectibles Shop</a></span></b></div></div></span><p></p>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0