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Issue: Western Gunfighters #2
Publication Date: October 1970
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Indicia Publisher: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/07/1970
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 10 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1970 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound (#1-7), saddle-stitched (#8-33)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Guns of the Ghost Rider!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
western
Ghost Rider [Carter Slade]
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Tarantula No More!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
western
Carter Slade [the Ghost Rider]; Clay Riley [Tarantula]; Sheriff Ben Brooks; Natalie Brooks (his daughter)
Clay Riley! I can't believe it...but there he is...
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Part 2 of 2. Story continued from previous issue.
The Fury of Red Stallion!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
western
Apache Kid; Jud; Mike; Pete (rustlers)
The lowest criminal of the wild west was the rustler!
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FlagApache Kid #13 published April 1955
was The Fury of Red Stallion! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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F-727
On page 2 panel 2, the Apache Kid's horse's name has been re-lettered from "Nightwind" to "Whirlwind". On page 4 panel 4, however, "Nightwind" remains unaltered. This may have been attempted because the Rawhide Kid, fairly popular at the time, also had a horse named Nightwind.
The Man from Cheyenne

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
western
Hank Jorden; Jeb Burris; Clay Grant; John Grant (his son)
He was big, blonde and burly, his face was grim and expressionless...
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FlagQuick Trigger Western #13 published July 1956
was The Man from Cheyenne [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Pony Express

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
western
Jim Clay; the Yates brothers (two villains)
It was a day like most days, as Jim Clay rode out of Abilene!
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FlagApache Kid #13 published April 1955
was Pony Express [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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When the Sioux Attack

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
western
Rand Calhoun; Chief Running Moose (Sioux)
The men atop the hill were hard-bitten and hostile!
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FlagQuick Trigger Western #13 published July 1956
was When the Sioux Attack [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Wild One!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
western
Harry Wyatt; Christopher Carson
Although this unusual story is not a fairytale...indeed it's far from it,E
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FlagQuick Trigger Western #13 published July 1956
was The Wild One! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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At the end of the story, it's revealed that the protagonist is a young Kit Carson, frontier scout. Baker credit per original publication.
Uprising!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
western
Apache Kid; Flying Cloud
Stop the Apache Kid!
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FlagApache Kid #13 published April 1955
was Uprising! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
F-728
Once again, as in this issue's first Apache Kid story, "Nightwind" has been re-lettered. On page 3 panels 8 and 10, "Nightwind" becomes "Whirlwind". Amazingly, on the same page, panels 4 and 6, "Nightwind" remains unchanged.
Outlaw's Hideout

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
western
Laredo Smith
Laredo Smith's life was a series of mistakes,E
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FlagQuick Trigger Western #13 published July 1956
was Outlaw's Hideout [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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"Two More Triumphs for Marvel..!"

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
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Miscellaneous
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House ad for Fantastic Four Annual #8(December 1970) and The Mighty Marvel Western #10 (September 1970), featuring both covers. Both books "Now On Sale".

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