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Issue: All Star Western #73
Publication Date: October 1953
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Issues: #73 of 62 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/03/1953
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Julius Schwartz (actual)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Joe Giella
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): The Trigger Twins
Character(s): Trigger Twins
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Pages: 1
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Draw This Car

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Art Instruction, Inc.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Canyon of Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Kanigher
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Joe Giella
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): The Trigger Twins
Character(s): Trigger Twins
Synopsis: Rustlers have drawn a white line around town and will kill the next man to cross it. Walt is determined to go as sheriff (even if he is a sham), but Wayne socks him and goes as sheriff. He's ambushed in a canyon holding the stolen cattle. Then Walt comes thundering in, both jump on the same horse, and they clean up the bandits. As for Wayne's "impersonation", Walt warns, "Don't ever try a fool stunt like again!"
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, western
Feature(s): Western Menu
First Line: When a cowboy chef whipped up an order...
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Pages: 0.5
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Sky Bar
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ray Thompson [as Ray T.] (signed)
Inker(s): Ray Thompson [as Ray T.] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Fleer's Dubble Bubble
First Line: Now that we're at the North Pole...
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Pages: 0.5
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Includes a plug for polio research.
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The Legend of the Sun-Makers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ed Herron
Penciller(s): Jerry Grandenetti
Inker(s): Jerry Grandenetti
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Strong Bow
Synopsis: Strong Bow finds a valley where a chief and his bullies exact tribute to "make the sun rise every morning". Strong Bow finds they shoot flaming arrows as a "sun", which he downs with his own arrows. With the people's suspicious aroused, Strong Bow goes one better and shoots a giant flaming tree-arrow. Strong Bow bests the chief in a knife fight, and the bullies are banished.
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In Content Item: FlagAll Favourites Comic #18 published May 1960
as The Legend of the Sun-Makers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTomahawk #10/1975 published October 1975
as Legenden om solmakarna! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5.67
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Scripto
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Pages: 0.33
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The Line of Stars Presents Tomahawk

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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tomahawk
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Binky Says: "Give Your Pet All the Breaks!"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff
Penciller(s): Win Mortimer
Inker(s): Win Mortimer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, teen
Feature(s): Binky
Character(s): Binky
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Pages: 1
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The Vanishing Raiders!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ed Herron
Penciller(s): Irwin Hasen
Inker(s): Bernard Sachs
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Foley of the Fighting 5th
Synopsis: Sioux warriors are raiding towns and stealing horses, then "vanishing" in the hills. The cavalry needs fresh horses, so Dan investigates. He catches the Sioux stealing furs - Why when they can trap their own? - but he's knocked cold. A Sioux boy named Little Tracker is out to clear his people's name. Together they learn the "Sioux" are white men in disguise ducking into honeycombed caves. Dan and Little Tracker divert a stream and flood out the villains!
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In Content Item: FlagAll Favourites Comic #18 published May 1960
as The Vanishing Raiders [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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The Pillroller

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, western
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Pages: 2
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On the Trail!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, western
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Pages: 0.67
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Lady Wildroot Shampoo
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Pages: 0.33
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Battle of the War Bonnet!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Kanigher
Penciller(s): Mort Drucker
Inker(s): Sy Barry
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Johnny Thunder
Character(s): Johnny Thunder [John Tane]; Swift Deer
Synopsis: Johnny Thunder tracks and captures three thugs in the hills. A young Cheyenne boy, Swift Deer, watches and decides to emulate his hero. He dresses in his father's shirt and war bonnet, but it keeps falling over his eyes. Johnny must rescue the boy from a buffalo stampede, but he in turn chases off thugs with swift arrows. Johnny tells the boy, "A warrior's clothes do not make a brave," but reflects he's a schoolteacher who dresses as Johnny Thunder!
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In Content Item: FlagJohnny Thunder #2 published April 1973
as Battle of the War Bonnet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5.67
Disclose Notes: Swift Deer, who idolizes Johnny Thunder, is a recurring character.
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Feature(s): Tootsie Roll
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Friendship Studios, Inc.
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Motor's Auto Repair Manual
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Thom McAn
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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