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Two completely different genres with one thing in common, immense popularity in the late 40’s to early 60’s.
Carole Seuling approached Stan Lee to develop and script a female character for Marvel Comics as part of a number of new series being launched in the early…
Once upon a time in the Wild West, an Eastern syndicate with sinister intentions hatched a plan to gain control of the western frontier. Seeking to drive out…
Both Cisco Kid and Durango Kid are heroic Western characters who fought for justice and defended the innocent as contemporaries in popular culture during the 1950’s. Cisco Kid…
Let’s just get the tragic parts of this story out of the way. Archer St. John, owner/editor of St. John Publishing overdosed on sleeping pills in 1955, at…
Western Printing File copies, also known as Dell File copies, were sold as “The Random House Archives” by Heritage Comics in its Signature Auction #816 May 20, 2005…
American pulp writer Johnston McCulley debuted Zorro (Spanish for fox) in the novel The Curse of Capistrano. The story was published over five installments starting August 9, 1919…
The Hawk was a comic series that ran for twelve issues. The first three were published by Ziff Davis, while St. John carried on publishing issues #4 through…
Cowgirl Romances, Flaming Western Romances, Cowboy Love, Romances of the West – comics frequently tapped into pulp magazines for inspiration and it was no different for the romantic…
With a cover title like “True Stories of Famous Western Gun Gals” it was almost assured to draw the attention of both readers and the anti-comic psychiatrist Fredric…
Red Circle comics was published by “Enwil,” a company that operated from 2747 W. Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois. Edwin Hamilton was acting proprietor. The business also operated under…