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Golden Ag E W Estern Comics Golden Golden Age Western Comics Western Golden Age he Wild West has been romanticized in American culture ever since the dime novels capturing the exploits of Jesse James were produced in the years directly Tfollowing the Civil War, and the Western genre continues to enthrall audiences to this day. The stories of frontiersmen, outlaws, cowboys, Indians, prospectors, and marksmen surviving the harshest of environments through wit, skill, and determination, or meeting their end by bullet, noose, or exposure speak to what it means to be American and play an essential part in how we define ourselves as a nation. These mythic stories have been captured and created in almost every popular mass medium of the past century and beyond from tabloids to novels, radio plays, television shows, and movies. Now, powerHouse Books is pleased to present a collection of these uniquely American stories as told through a uniquely American medium…the comic book! Golden Age Western Comics lovingly reproduces in full-color, restored, complete scans of over 40 of the best Western stories created between the years 1948 and 1956. These lavishly illustrated stories of guts and glory, violence and valor, intrigue, romance, and betrayal, on the range and in lawless frontier towns, were created by some of the best artists and writers of the era. The action flies off the page in stories such as “The Tragedy at Massacre Pass,” and “Breakout in Rondo Prison,” from the greatest earliest publishing houses, including: Fawcett, Charlton, Avon, Youthful, and more. Golden Age Western Comics is a collection unlike any other and is sure to delight fans of rootin-tootin, gun- toting, adventure of all ages! Featuring Western Legends of Life, Literature, and Filmdom such as: • Jesse James • Annie Oakley • Kit Carson • Daniel “Dan’l” Boone • Lash Larue Golden Age • Gabby Hayes • Tom Mix And Many More! 52495 WESTERNComics Edited by Steven Brower Foreword by Christopher Irving 9781576 875940 This PDF is NOT the entire book GOLDEN AGE WESTERN COMICS Edited by Steven Brower Foreword by Christopher Irving Published by To be released: April 2012 This PDF of Golden Age Western Comics is only a preview and an uncorrected proof . Lifting images from mechanical files is strictly prohibited. To see the complete version, please contact Nina Ventura, Publicist: [email protected] This PDF is NOT the entire book Golden Age Western Comics Edited by Steven Brower Foreword by Christopher Irving Brooklyn, NY 1 Golden Age Western Comics TABLE OF CONTENTS Editor / Designer: Steven Brower Production: Janna Brower Foreword by Christopher Irving......................Page 5 Text, Compilation & Editing © 2012 Steven Brower First edition, 2012 Foreword © 2012 Christopher Irving Western Comics by Steven Brower......................Page 7 Every effort has been made to trace the copyright Library of Congress Control Number: 2011945347 holders. In the event of any accidental infringements Texas Tim, Ranger (Blazing West-American Comics Group, 1948 Series) of copyright, the author and publisher offer their Hardcover ISBN 978-1-57687-594-0 Script: Richard E. Hughes......................Page 9 apologies and undertake to make the necessary corrections in future editions. Printing and binding through Asia Pacific Offset The King’s Ransom (Lash Larue Western #56 - Charlton, July 1955) ......................Page 17 All rights reserved. No part of this book may A complete catalog of powerHouse Books and be reproduced in any manner in any media, or Limited Editions is available upon request; please call, transmitted by any means whatsoever, electronic write, or visit our website. Magic Arrow Rides the Pony Express (Indian Fighter - Youthful or mechanical (including photocopy, film or video Publications, 1950 Series) Pencils: S.B. Rosen......................Page 25 recording, Internet posting, or any other information 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 storage and retrieval system), without the prior Tom Mix and the Desert Maelstrom (Tom Mix Western #15 - written permission of the publisher. Printed and bound in China Fawcett, circa 1949) ......................Page 32 Published in the United States by powerHouse Books, a division of powerHouse Cultural Jesse James (Cowboy Western Comics #39 - Charlton, June 1955) Entertainment, Inc. Pencils & Inks: William M. Allison......................Page 39 37 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201-1021 telephone 212.604.9074, fax 212.366.5247 Peril Shadows the Forest Trail (Dan’l Boone #4 - Magazine e-mail: [email protected] Enterprises, December 1955) Pencils & Inks: Joe Certa......................Page 43 website: www.powerhousebooks.com Buffalo Belle (Blazing West - American Comics Group, 1948 Series) Script: Richard E. Hughes......................Page 51 Little Lobo the Bantam Buckaroo (Blazing West - American Comics Group, 1948 Series) Pencils & Inks: Leonard Starr......................Page 59 Tenderfoot (Blazing West - American Comics Group, 1948 Series) ......................Page 68 Little Eagle: Soldier in the Making (Indian Fighter - Youthful Publications, 1950 Series) Pencils & Inks: Manny Stallman......................Page 76 Terror at Taos ( Kit Carson #6 - Avon, March 1955; Reprinted from: Fighting Indians of the Wild West! - Avon, 1952 Series) Pencils & Inks: Jerry (Gerald) McCann......................Page 83 Young Falcon and the Swindlers (Gabby Hayes Western #17 - Fawcett, April 1950)......................Page 90 Annie Oakley (Cowboy Western Comics #38 - Charlton/ Capitol Stories, FOREWORD April-May 1952) Pencils & Inks: Jerry Maxwell (Iger)......................Page 94 Christopher Irving Flying Eagle in Golden Treachery (Death Valley #9 - Charlton, hen the Western was at its peak, from October 1955)..................Page 98 Wabout the 1930s–50s, the period of the Old West had only been over for around Cry For Revenge (Cowboy Western #49 - Charlton, May-June 1954) 50 years, and the craze has since been over Pencils: Dick Giordano, Inks: Vince Alascia......................Page 102 for about that length of time. While the current generation of kids embraces the Chief Black Hawk and His Dogs of War ( Kit Carson #6 - Avon, giant robots made popular in the years most of their comics were hastily drawn March 1955; Reprinted from: Fighting Indians of the Wild West! - Avon, 1952 following the Western’s peak, the cowboy by freelancers anxious to produce enough Series) Pencils & Inks: Harry Larsen......................Page 108 is largely forgotten in this politically correct pages to make a living wage. time. Toy guns are generally taboo, and There were, however, some real Triple Test (Cowboy Western #49 - Charlton, May-June 1954) “Cowboys and Indians” just doesn’t fly on diamonds in the rough, the brightest being Pencils: Dick Giordano, Inks: Vince Alascia......................Page 114 today’s playground. Charlton artist, and eventual editor, Dick But once, when being American was a Giordano. A trio of Giordano’s stories is The Big Game Hunt ( Gabby Hayes #17 - Fawcett, April 1950) way of life, the cowboy was king, and this presented here, showing the craftsmanship ......................Page 122 collection celebrates that era in an array of and pride he put into even the lowest paying spectacular and offbeat comics. work. He later went on to edit at DC Comics, Breakout in Rondo Prison (Range Busters #10 - Charlton, September By the late-’40s and through the mid- eventually becoming the Managing Editor 1955) Pencils: Dick Giordano, Inks: Vince Alascia......................Page 130 ’50s, as superheroes became less exciting (his modest title for Editor-in-Chief) and and relevant, the cowboy stepped in with his then Vice President/Executive Editor in the Four Talon’s Nest (Masked Raider #2 - Charlton, August 1955) spurred boots to keep the comics industry mid-’80s. Giordano suffered from hearing Pencils: Mike Sekowsky....Page 138 afloat. The shrinking comics industry didn’t loss for most of his adult life and, by the time have enough room for both genres, and the of his death in 2010, was practically deaf. cowboy was the quicker draw, beating the Although not credited, chances are the long underwear crowd out. The last standby, Charlton Westerns were written by Joe All-American Comics’ All-Star Comics (which Gill, a dyed-in-the-wool Irishman and self- featured the first major superhero team in professed “hack” writer. Entering the comics the Justice Society of America), gave way to industry with best pal Mickey Spillane (of All-Star Western. Mike Hammer fame) in the early ’40s, Joe After reading this assemblage of stories, became the head writer at Charlton and put together by Steven Brower, you’ll see stayed there until they closed shop in ’86. why they were all the rage, whether for story There, he wrote every genre of story from quality or sheer kitsch factor. There were romance to superhero to crime to Western. I more publishers in the Golden Age of comics was lucky enough to know Gill a few years than badmen in a saloon, and they produced before he died in 2007; he was a helluva Westerns of all flavors and levels. character, always equipped with a wisecrack Several of the stories herein were and sound writing advice. published by Charlton Comics, once one of Charlton was also a last resort for the largest publishers of comics in the United struggling artists in the ’50s, which made it States. Founded in Seymour, Connecticut by possible for them to occasionally score artists a former Italian bricklayer and a disbarred like Mike Sekowsky, future Justice League of attorney he’d met in prison, Charlton held America artist, who contributes the Masked the distinction of housing everything from Raider story here. His use of solid blacks and editorial to distribution under one roof. geometric shapes gives his work a kinetic The downside to Charlton is that they paid nature that pops off the page. Charlton later the worst rates in the business; as a result, boasted a post-Spider-Man Steve Ditko in 5 their ranks, as he returned to his first major responsible for giving the legendary Eisner WESTERN COMICS home in comics in the mid-’60s to draw The his start in comics. When Eisner met Iger in Steven Brower Question and Blue Beetle.
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