Showing posts with label Sid Check. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sid Check. Show all posts

Monday, November 11, 2013

MASKED RANGER COMICS "Frontier Killer"

Sometimes the line between "good" guy and "bad" guy is blurred...
...as we see in this never-reprinted one-shot tale from Premier's Masked Ranger Comics #4 (1954)
Future MAD Magazine artist George Woodbridge shows his versatility in penciling this tale of moral ambiguity in the Old West.
It's believed that Sid Check provided the inking, but there's no authoritative source for a writer's credit.

And now for a sad announcement.
Because of lack of readers, we're taking this blog off it's once-a-week frequency.
The blog will still be around, and there will be new posts, usually linked to something Western-themed occuring in movies or TV, or to note the passing of a Western media celebrity.
At that point, I'll gauge if there's enough interest to go back to weekly posting.

So it's "Happy Trails to you...until we meet again..."

Thursday, August 30, 2012

MASKED RANGER "Valley of Dead Men"

Here's the first appearance of another Masked Western Hero...
...co-illustrated by no less than legendary fantasy artist Frank Frazetta!
The introduction story (not the origin) from Masked Ranger #1 (1954) was illustrated by workhorse Sid Check with several pages either inked or re-penciled by Frank Frazetta.
It was his only credited work for Premier Magazines, though he may have assisted fellow Fleagle Gang member George Woodbridge without credit on other Masked Ranger tales.
Be here tomorrow for another tale of a Masked Western Hero...the final story of the Original Ghost Rider!
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