Put a Woman Outlaw Under Your Christmas Tree, Pardner!

The tradition of Old West-themed Christmas presents dates back to the late 1800s, and was immortalized in the modern Xmas film A Christmas Story written (and narrated) by the late, great, Jean Shepherd.
Ralphie's quest for a Red Ryder BB Gun was mirrored by countless little boys (and probably more than a few girls) of the 1930s-1950s!
We at Atomic Kommie Comics™ believe the tradition should be upheld...but with a twist!
As part of our ongoing Christmas List of Pop Culture Stuff, we suggest...Women Outlaws, one of the coolest lines in our Western Comics Adventures™ section!These AIN'T no ladies!Think Barbara Stanwyck or Jane Russell in comic book form!
We're talkin' Horses! Leather! High-heeled boots! ShootOuts! Dominant females who don't take no sh!t! And...CatFights! Wah-HOO!
(And it's all rated PG-13 or PG!)
Besides the usual t-shirts, mugs, and other collectibles, these kool retro images also adorn women's duds! Jersey Tees, Spaghetti tanks! Thongs!

If women who can ride and shoot as well as any man ain't yer cup of prairie coffee, we also have Real-Life Westerners, Broncho Bill, The Cisco Kid & Pancho, Kid Cowboy, Masked Heroes, Native Americans, A Wealth of Westerners, and even Western Love!
Think of how they'll look under the Christmas Tree! (And they're safer than a Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle! You won't shoot your eye out!)

WESTERN TRUE CRIME "Quantril: the Killer's Killer"

Yes, William Quantrill's name is mis-spelled in the title...

...but it's the least of the errors in this incredibly-inaccurate telling of the Lawrence Massacre, which occurred exactly 150 years ago today!

This never-reprinted tale from Fox's Western True Crime #4 (1949) has so many inaccuracies that I can't begin to detail them!
You can check out this site about the real massacre to see just how the comic story veered from fact!
Despite that, it's a wild tale featuring art by Johnny Craig, an-up-and-comer who would become a major illustrator for the legendary EC Comics line of the early 1950s on such titles as Tales from the Crypt, Vault of Horror, and Weird SuspenStories!

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WOMEN OUTLAWS "Trigger Tess"

Here's a short about how not to handle a gun...

...featuring a gunslinging girl who's not quite up on gun etiquette!

I'm not sure if that's really true, but it's a kool idea.

This never-reprinted short from Fox's Women Outlaws #2 (1948) was apparently illustrator John Belcastro's (aka John Bell) first published comic book work.

His short, but prolific, career encompassed sci-fi, horror, Western, war, and even humor work from 1948 to 1954.

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WESTERN TRUE CRIMES "Kiss of Death Kate"

Supposedly, Real-Life Westerners were the subjects of this comic book...

...Western True Crimes!

But not all of them were cowboys!

Some were cowgirls!

And, they may not have been real...

This story from Fox's Western True Crime #1 (1948) may be based on a Real Westerner, but, unless the name's been changed, I can't find a trace of "Kate Cardell" anywhere.

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WOMEN OUTLAWS "Cattle Kate"

Women in the Old West had to be deadlier than men...

...as the cover story of Fox's Women Outlaws #1 (1948) about a Real-Life Westerner graphically-proves!

Story begins on comic's inside cover which used only two different color inks instead of the usual four.

Kate Maxwell's story has been adapted into several movies and tv series episodes, including RedHead from Wyoming (with Maureen O'Hara as Kate), and Overland Trail "High Bridge" (with Whitney Blake as Kate).

Trivia: This tale from Women Outlaws is one of the few Western comic stories to be excerpted in the notorious Seduction of the Innocent by Fredric Wertham!

The others were Western Adventures and Frontier Romances!

The third panel from page 8 is presented (out of context) in the 16-page illustrated insert...

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