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Issue: Desperado #5 Public Domain
Publication Date: November 1948
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Issues: #5 of 8 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagLev Gleason
Brand: Lev Gleason PublicationsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Lev Gleason Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Charles Biro; Bob Wood
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Charles Biro (signed)
Inker(s): Charles Biro (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Claude Moore (signed)
Penciller(s): Claude Moore (signed)
Inker(s): Claude Moore (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, western
Feature(s): Sure as Shootin'
Character(s): Minnie Shouse; Mary Boston; Joseph Slade
First Line: Camels were brought from Egypt...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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King Hunter - The Self Proclaimed King!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Kida
Inker(s): Fred Kida
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): A True Wild West Story
Character(s): King Hunter; Queenie Leroy; Jack Thompson; Club Michaels
Synopsis: The self-proclaimed king had a deadly calling card, which was the ace of spades, and meant almost certain death within 24 hours.
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Pages: 13
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Claude Moore (signed)
Penciller(s): Claude Moore (signed)
Inker(s): Claude Moore (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, western
Feature(s): Sure as Shootin'
Character(s): Judge Bannon; Scarface Murphy; Detective Woodridge; Tom Smith; Slippery Pete
First Line: Judge Bannon...
Synopsis: Small facts from the old west.
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Pages: 1
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Clay Cottrell

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Bare
Inker(s): Al Bare
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): A True Wild West Story
Character(s): Clay Cottrell (killer)
Synopsis: When Clay Cottrell's teeth ached he killed, and they ached most of the time.
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Art is identical to Al Bare's work in Desperado #6, and Black Diamond Western #13. Rounded and varied brushlines. He is credited on work for Lev Gleason by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
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A Force for Good in the Community

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Letters about Crime Does Not Pay
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Rattlesnake Jake Fallon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Guardineer (signed)
Inker(s): Fred Guardineer (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): A True Wild West Story
Character(s): Rattlesnake Jake Fallon (killer); Longhair Owens (killer)
Synopsis: Rattlesnake Jake Fallon was all his name implied and more. This two-legged reptile lived only to kill.
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Pages: 8
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The Last of the Daley Gang

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Kida (illos)
Inker(s): Fred Kida (illos)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): A True Wild West Story
Character(s): Sheriff Jack Wood; Deputy Ben Tanner; Mike Daley (outlaw) De Muth (outlaw); Cotter (outlaw)
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Pages: 3
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Bat Slater!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dick Rockwell ?
Inker(s): Dick Rockwell ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): A True Wild West Story
Character(s): Bat Slater (killer); Al Tracy (outlaw)
Synopsis: Bat Slater killed over 30 men, but none of them in a fair fight.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Horses and inking are a little different from Rockwell.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Robert Perry
Inker(s): Robert Perry
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): This'll Kill Ya!
First Line: Sorry we haven't had a new deck, Jed!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The art is identical to the other gags in the feature Western Whackies signed by RAP. The noses are very special.

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