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Issue: All Star Western #78
Publication Date: August 1954
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Issues: #78 of 62 Issues
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Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/31/1954
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 16 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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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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The Secret Sheriff of Rocky City!

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Genres: western
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I Wanted to Be an Artist!

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The Secret Sheriff of Rocky City!

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Genres: western
Synopsis: Masked men are robbing stores and citizens, and Walt Trigger, the sham sheriff, can't catch them. A grim stranger named Bannon starts agitating for a new sheriff, maybe himself. Even Wayne Trigger, the "mild" storekeeper, goes out of business. But when Walt is captured, Wayne comes to the rescue. He posted his sellout notice to draw Bannon and his gang out of hiding! "Still want a new sheriff?" "No, hurray for Sheriff Walt!"
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Gains Fame in Race with Flame

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Peter Porkchops Gives Tips on Summer Fun!

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The Dust Bowl Deathtrap

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Genres: western
Character(s): Chief Great Elk; Dark Crow
Synopsis: Strong Bow, the wandering warrior, enters a village dying of thirst despite days of rainmaking magic. He promises to find water, but Dark Crow, a stranger doubts it. When Strong Bow finds a great hole in the earth, Dark Crow's men drive him in and seal it with a boulder. Down below, Strong Bow finds water and drops rocks to block the stream. With a rumble and roar, Strong Bow soars from the earth on a geyser. The tribal lands are watered again, and Dark Crow is banished.
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Silver Badge of Courage!

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The Greenback Raiders!

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Genres: western
Character(s): Chief Crooked Hand
Synopsis: "Greenbacks", paper money, have come to the West. But Chief Crooked Hand and Pawnee thugs plan to ambush the wagon Lt Dan Foley leads a cavalry squad down Dead Man's Plunge and across a fierce river to stop Crooked Hand, who planned to keep the money for himself and his gang, never helping his people at all. Says a woman, "Paper money! My lands, what will this country think of next?"
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Hijinks in the Old West

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First Line: Attention! A leopard has broken loose...
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Books vs. Bullets!

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Synopsis: Johnny Thunder nails marauding gunmen, but the Sheriff wishes his son, schoolteacher John Tane (JT's secret identity) would fight alongside him. "He's fightin' for justice... by teachin' kids the American way!" John Tane gets a chance when the escaped gunmen take over the schoolhouse, but he's booted out. Switching to Johnny Thunder, he pounds the gunmen with books and fists. "Johnny Thunder sure proved that books can be bullets!"
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