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Issue: All Star Western #83
Publication Date: June 1955
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Issues: #83 of 62 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/03/1955
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (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
Format Notes:  
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Smokescreen Sheriff!

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 [Walt Trigger; Wayne Trigger]
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In Issue: FlagTomahawk #9/1955 published ?cover
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Draw Me!

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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Smokescreen Sheriff!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Lee Goldsmith
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 [Walt Trigger; Wayne Trigger]
Synopsis: Before Wayne can switch clothes back to his storekeeper identity, the Twins rescue a boy from a burning hotel. The kid follows Wayne, his new hero - even as Wayne races off in a stagecoach after outlaws. He and the boy are trapped in a cave, and Wayne must sneak out to to bag the outlaws, then sneak back in. Maybe the smoke made the kid see double. "There is only one Sheriff Walt Trigger!"
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In Content Item: FlagSeriemagasinet #8/1958 published July 1958
as Tvillingsjeriffene [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Hundred Comic Monthly #31 published April 1959
as Smokescreen Sheriff! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Strange Adventures; My Greatest Adventure
First Line: To the boys and girls of America...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Antelope Raiders of Sunset Valley!

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
Character(s): Strong Bow
Synopsis: Before Spaniards introduced horses, Strong Bow finds raiders riding antelopes (pronghorns) to loot villages. He trips up the raiders, but one Indian chief is in on the racket, and Strong Bow is trapped. He rides the side of an antelope and sparks "magic liquid" (oil) to trap the raiders in a cave with fire. The antelope raiders are captured, and Strong Bow moves on.
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In Content Item: FlagSeriemagasinet #1/1958 published January 1958
as Antiloperytterne! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAll Favourites, The 100-Page Comic #12 published April 1959
as The Antelope Raiders of Sunset Valley! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
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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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Irwin Hasen
Penciller(s): Irwin Hasen
Inker(s): Irwin Hasen
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Irwin Hasen
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, western
Feature(s): Tex
First Line: This time I won't miss yuh!
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Pages: 0.67
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Manufacturing Company
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Pages: 0.33
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Ambush at Sombrero Mesa!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Broome
Penciller(s): Howard Sherman
Inker(s): Howard Sherman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Foley of the Fighting 5th
Synopsis: Lt Dan Foley is pulled of his current assignment, finding rifles stolen by Indians, and ordered to protect an archaeologist digging at a mesa. Comanches arrive and the heroes run. But the archaeologist insists on returning for his "most precious discovery", so they crawl back. Dan is captured and fights until the 5th Cavalry arrives. And they find the stolen rifles. The discovery that almost cost their lives? A reindeer bone that proves "the Ojibway Indians crossed the Humboldt River before 1250!"
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In Content Item: FlagSeriemagasinet #1/1958 published January 1958
as Rett i fella! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Ojibway; archaeology
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The First Homes on the Range

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, western
First Line: When editors of Western papers lacked news...
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Pages: 0.67
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Fearless Fosdick; Wildroot Cream Oil
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Pages: 0.33
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Battle in the Dust!

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: western
Feature(s): Johnny Thunder
Character(s): Johnny Thunder; Swift Deer
Synopsis: Schoolmaster John Tane (JT's secret identity) is offered a bonnet as honorary chief for his schooling of Swift Deer. But he must earn the honor with a great deed. Dumping leaves to make smoke, he switches to JT. He first stops a buffalo stampede by bulldogging the leader, then beats down a Sioux war party's leader. The tribe believes he disappeared by magic and turned back the buffalo and Sioux, so John Tane earns his war bonnet.
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In Content Item: FlagAll Favourites, The 100-Page Comic #12 published April 1959
as Battle in the Dust! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Sioux; buffalo
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Anra, Inc.
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Pages: 1
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Buzzy Says: "There May Be a Career in Health for You!"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff
Penciller(s): Win Mortimer
Inker(s): Win Mortimer
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, teen
Feature(s): Buzzy
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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