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Issue: Bill Boyd Western #5
Publication Date: August 1950
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Issues: #5 of 23 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFawcett
Brand: A Fawcett PublicationView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Fawcett Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 20 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): V. A. Provisiero
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
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Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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The Missing Exit

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Bill Boyd
Character(s): Bill Boyd (photography of William Boyd)
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Pages: 1
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Three All-Star Cameras

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kodak
Synopsis: Kodak Cameras for your vacation shots.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sam Glankoff (signed)
Penciller(s): Sam Glankoff (signed)
Inker(s): Sam Glankoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Popsicle Hall of Fame
Character(s): Popsicle Pete; Patrick O'Hare
First Line: Gee this is fun...
Synopsis: Half page Popsicle comic strip about Patrick saving another boy from drowning.
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Pages: 1
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The Missing Exit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Pete Riss ?
Inker(s): Pete Riss ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Bill Boyd
Character(s): Bill Boyd; Midnite (horse); Tex Packard; Jadmore (mineowner); Horseface; Cranky; Kansas; Frisky; Sheriff
Synopsis: The gold robbers haul the bags of stolen gold up a hidden shaft above the mine
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Pete Riss is credited on pencil and ink on Bill Boyd by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and the inking seems similar to his credited stories on "Kid Eternity", but few of his wedge shaped faces with eyes far apart, as in most of his credited stories in "Adventures Into the Unknown", are present in this story. The horses with large, square snouts and extremely large hooves, are identical to the horses in 4-5 issues in this series. Only Riss and Elkan are credited on Bill Boyd, so these stories could either be Riss, or some other uncredited artist. He had more realistic horses in 1953 than here.
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A Real Dummy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, western
Feature(s): Brainy Buster
Character(s): Brainy Buster; Dopey Oscar
Synopsis: Buster is studying ventriloquist lessons with a dummy.
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Pages: 1
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Dress Up Just Like Hopalong Cassidy

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Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Frederick Loeser & Co., Inc.
Character(s): Hopalong Cassidy
Synopsis: Frontier suits and western hats by air mail.
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The Prairie Fortune Teller

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, western
Character(s): Professor Mystic
Synopsis: A visit at the Prairie Fortune Teller.
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Pages: 2
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Red Swift Leaps For Life

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Ball-Band Jets
Character(s): Red Swift
Synopsis: Using Ball-Band shoes to save a boy from drowning.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Short comic strip.
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The Ominous Door

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Charlie Tomsey ?
Inker(s): Charlie Tomsey ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Bill Boyd
Character(s): Bill Boyd; Midnite (horse); Zeke Rayburn (rancher); Jack Rayburn (nephew); Gladstone (crooked lawyer); Sheriff
Synopsis: The old dying rancher puts all his money in a suitcase, leaves it inside a deserted house and attaches a sign to the door, saying that behind the door lies a surprise of fame, fortune or death.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Tomsey is credited on westerns for Fawcett by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and some square jawed faces, and movements looks like his credited work on "Lance O'Casey" in Whiz Comics #134 and #136. Probably his work.
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The Death Brand

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Bill Boyd
Character(s): Bill Boyd; Midnite (horse); Brad Allen (robber and killer); Blacksmith
Synopsis: An accidental brand on a horse turns out to be a clue to the killer of the hotel clerk.
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Pages: 7
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Treasure in the Shack

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Rod Reed [as Clement Good] (signed)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Phineas Griggins; Jake; Bobby
Synopsis: Phinneas didn't find the money in the book because he didn't know how to read.
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Pages: 2
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Get This Official "Rocky" Lane Posse Shoulder Patch

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Carnation Malted Milk
Character(s): Rocky Lane; Black Jack (horse)
Synopsis: Drink Carnation, it's our official posse favorite.
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Pages: 1
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The Moving Story

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, western
Feature(s): Windy Whopper
Character(s): Windy Whopper
Synopsis: Windy tries to get a role in a picture.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Bails indicates Boughner wrote, pencilled, and inked this feature.
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Bumpy Road Ahead

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, western
Feature(s): Hammerhead
Character(s): Hammerhead; Boss
Synopsis: Hammerhead puts up wallpaper and forgets the pictures.
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Pages: 1
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The Midnight Marauders

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Bill Boyd
Character(s): Bill Boyd; Midnite (horse); Sheriff Tone; VILLAINS: Wild Bill Banks; Digger; Randy
Synopsis: Outlaws are stealing the gold from the gold camp.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Same artist as on the "Smiley Burnett" story in "Six-Gun Heroes" #3, with very marked lines on the cheeks.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ray Thompson [as Ray T] (signed)
Penciller(s): Ray Thompson [as Ray T] (signed)
Inker(s): Ray Thompson [as Ray T] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum
Character(s): Pud; Fiddler; Kids
First Line: Heel and toe and strut yer stuff...
Synopsis: Pud and the kids are dancing to a fiddle.
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, western
Feature(s): Battered Batts
Character(s): Batts
First Line: Huh? Jumping Jehoshaphat...
Synopsis: Batts is battered up with a broken leg and arm.
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Trouble at Ghoet-Town

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure
Character(s): Jim Wise
Synopsis: Comic strip for P-F Canvas Shoes.
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Always the Best

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Fawcett Publication
Synopsis: For top notch reading excitement buy a Fawcett Publication.
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Disclose Notes: Logos for 18 different Fawcett Comics.
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Hey Gang!

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Penciller(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mechanix Illustrated
Synopsis: Full size plans of electric motor powered model cars from Mechanix Illustrated.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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