Pioneer West Romances (1950) 6
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Published Dec 1951 by Fiction House.Auction opens October 5
- Oxidation.
Stories by John Mitchell, credited as John Starr. Art by Robert Webb and David Heames. Cover by Maurice Whitman. Adventures of the Western hero Firehair, a white woman raised by the Dakota tribe. Gold fever causes prospector Jake to go all Fred C. Dobbs on his partners; Rustlers pay an unsuspecting Wild Bird to lead a herd of wild horses into a trap; Unscrupulous traders offer alcohol to the Crow tribe. Typically exquisite cover by Maurice Whitman. Final issue under this title; resumes the Firehair title with Firehair Comics (1948) #7. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.