Witches' Western Tales (1955 Harvey) comic books
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Issue #29
$33.00
View scans- 1 1/4" tear on back cover. Pen marking.
$14.00
View scan- Centerfold detached.
Cover by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Stories and art by Mort Meskin, Bruno Premiani, George Roussos, Marvin Stein, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. As the Comics Code goes into effect and horror comics are taken out of the marketplace, this former horror mainstay switches to reprints of the classic Simon and Kirby comic Boy's Ranch. This kid-gang series set in the Old West is often hailed as a creative high-point in the partnership of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Clay and Willie fear the worst after the boys disappear in hostile territory. The townspeople fear Apaches have been attacking their supply wagons, but Clay suspects that it's all a scam by local crooks. Lessons for readers on how to ride, rope and even talk like cowboys. The Last Mail to Red Fork!; How To Ride a Horse, Lesson 5; The Riders of the Pony Express; Bandits, Bullets and Wild Wild Women!; How to Make Your Own Headdress; Ambush at Cherokee Pass; The Man of Iron; How to Spin a Rope, Lesson 5. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #30
$32.00
View scans- Water damage.
$95.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Label #17-4049963-097
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
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Cover by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Stories and art by Paul McCarthy, Marvin Stein, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. As the Comics Code goes into effect and horror comics are taken out of the marketplace, this former horror mainstay switches to reprints of the classic Simon and Kirby comic Boy's Ranch. This kid-gang series set in the Old West is often hailed as a creative high-point in the partnership of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. The boys strike out for the Oklahoma territory. Clay is enlisted as part of a team to protect a fortune arriving by train from Kansas City, but he doesn't trust the others. Lessons for readers on how to ride, rope and even talk like cowboys. First issue with the Comics Code seal on the cover. Teeth for the Iron Horse!; How To Ride a Horse, Lesson 6; Remember the Alamo!; Happy Boy Carries the Ball!; Fun at the Zoo; Now You Can Make Your Pair of Western Moccasins; How Cowboys Say It; How To Spin a Rope, Lesson 6; Indian Attack; Six-Gun Justice. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
