Cowboys vs Nazis SPACE WESTERN COMICS "Spurs Jackson and His Space Vigilantes in 'Tomorrow the Universe' "

We Have Already Seen...

Note: Curiously, there's no mention of the Martians, including their (of course) beautiful princess, Spurs and the Space Vigilantes had already encountered in previous stories!

Yeah, it's just business as usual for Spurs and his crew!

Written by Walter (The Shadow) Gibson and illustrated by Stan Campbell, this never-reprinted, beyond bonkers, tale from Charlton's Space Western Comics #45 (1953) was part of a pop culture trend in sci-fi fantasy that included movies like They Saved Hitler's Brain, and even a Twilight Zone episode, "He Lives!"

Cowboys vs Nazis SPACE WESTERN COMICS "Spurs Jackson and His Space Vigilantes in 'Madman of Mars' "

You've seen Cowboys and Indians, Even Cowboys and Aliens...

...but cowboys and Nazis...in outer space???

To Be Concluded (appropriately enough)...Tomorrow!

Written by Walter (The Shadow) Gibson and illustrated by Stan Campbell, this never-reprinted, beyond bonkers, tale from Charlton's Space Western Comics #44 (1953) was part of a pop culture trend in sci-fi fantasy that included movies like They Saved Hitler's Brain, and even a Twilight Zone episode, "He Lives!"
The comic itself, a mashup of Western cliches and the flying saucer fad of the 1950s set in the then-present, ran only six wacky issues before reverting to its' original title, Cowboy Western Comics!
As for how cowboy rancher (and US government vendor) Spurs Jackson ended up in outer space, well, you can read the beginning of his stellar saga HERE!

(You know you want to!)

Russkies, Flying Saucers...and Cowboys? SPACE WESTERN COMICS "Spurs Sees RED!"

Space Western Comics (the ORIGINAL Cowboys vs Aliens) returns...

...but this time, the threat is Commies with a flying saucer!

(Hey it was the 1950s!)

Sadly, the Russkies didn't even salvage a crashed alien ship and retro-engineered it's tech.

It's just a disguised Flying Wing...which both we and they were working on at the time.

(We were also working on our own flying saucers, but don't tell the Russkies!)

Art on this tale was by John Belfi, with a script by Walter (The Shadow) Gibson!.

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Lunar Russkies! SPACE WESTERN "Spurs Jackson and His Space Vigilantes Battle the Red Menace Beyond the Moon"

Didn't think we could do a Western-themed blog post that related to travel to the Moon?

Then you don't know about Charlton's 1950s title, Space Western Comics, which we covered HERE!

And, because it was the 1950s...there had to be Russkies lurking about...

This seldom-reprinted (once in b/w in 1992) tale from Charlton's Space Western Comics #43 (1953) was written by Walter (The Shadow) Gibson and illustrated by Stan Campbell.
Considering how poorly the Russkies are doing in Ukraine, it's doubtful they ever could've mounted an attempt at lunar conquest!

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SPACE WESTERN "Spurs Jackson and His Space Vigilantes Battle the Red Menace Beyond the Moon"

Didn't think we could do a Western-themed blog post that related to travel to the Moon?

Then you don't know about Charlton's 1950s title, Space Western Comics, which we covered HERE!

So, in tribute to the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11 and the first landing of men on the Moon, we're re-presenting this funky tale for your enjoyment!

And, of course, because it was the 1950s...there had to be Communists lurking about...

This seldom-reprinted (once in b/w in 1992) tale from Charlton's Space Western Comics #43 (1953) was written by Walter (The Shadow) Gibson and illustrated by Stan Campbell.

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DEATH VALLEY "Alone"

Coming-of-age in the Old West wasn't easy...

...besides the usual teen-age angst, there were owlhoots who would shoot you as soon as look at you...

After the first issue of Comic Media's Death Valley (1953) (which was a showpiece for Ross Andru and Mike Esposito), the second issue was an all-Don Heck art showcase.
The remainder of the series featured several artists per issue including Heck and Andru & Esposito.
Heck also did all the covers from #2 to the final issue.
Though none of the stories in Death Valley #2 (1953) have been reprinted, the splash page from this story was adapted into a cover for Charlton's Kid Montana in 1957!

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