Black Diamond Western (1949) comic books 1959 or before
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Issue #9
Published Mar 1949 by Lev Gleason.$16.50
View scan- Staple rust. Rust migration.
First issue of the series (formerly Desperado). Edited by Charles Biro and Bob Wood. Cover by Charles Biro. Stories by William Overgard, Claude Moore, Robert Perry, Fred Kida, and Fred Guardineer. Black Diamond and his horse Reliapon begin, origin and 1st appearance of Black Diamond. "Black Diamond in the Days of the Desperadoes!" (art by William Overgard), "Sombrero Nick Tebbets" (art by Fred Kida), and "Sheriff Bill Cranton" (art by Fred Gardineer). Rough and tumble action tales of cowboys and the Old West. U.S. Marshall Black Diamond battles master criminal Jeff Hawkins. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #13
Published Jul 1949 by Lev Gleason.$26.00
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Edited by Charles Biro and Bob Wood. Cover by Charles Biro. Stories by William Overgard, Claude Moore, Fred Guardineer, Robert Perry, and Al Bare. Black Diamond (art by William Overgard), Captain Josh Brad (art by Fred Gardineer), and Sheriff Coriolanus Thorpe. Rough and tumble action tales of cowboys and the Old West. Black Diamond leads a last-minute charge into the jaws of death to try and save a platoon of U.S. soldiers. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #14
Published Aug 1949 by Lev Gleason.$4.20
Edited by Bob Wood. Cover by Charles Biro. Stories by William Overgard, Robert Perry, Fred Guardineer, and Ed Moore. Black Diamond (art by William Overgard), Mike Carrel vs. James Trimbull and Sylvester Cain (art by Fred Gardineer), and Fighting Sheriff Jack Queen. Rough and tumble action tales of cowboys and the Old West. Black Diamond faces Faro Kid; both are said to be the fasted draw in the west. Article about a bullfight in the United States and a Mexican horsethief. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #34
Published May 1952 by Lev Gleason.$7.80
Cover by Charles Biro. Stories by Al Luster, Dick Rockwell, Bill Walton, and Tothesque. Rough and tumble action tales of cowboys and the Old West. Black Diamond and Bumper are on the trail of the murderous raiders of the Express. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #35
Published Jun 1952 by Lev Gleason.$9.00
Cover by Dick Rockwell. Stories by Bob Fujitani, Claude Moore, and Al Luster. "Dead on Arrival", "The Phantom Killer of Poplar Valley", and "Duel to Death". Rough and tumble action tales of cowboys and the Old West. Lead Stryker, a reformed outlaw who kills lawmen, traffics in bad guys who are on reward posters. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #36
Published Jul 1952 by Lev Gleason.$8.50
$4.49
Cover by Dick Rockwell. Stories by Dick Rockwell and Bill Walton. Rough and tumble action tales of cowboys and the Old West. A prospector strikes gold, but is then killed, spurring the attention of Black Diamond. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #38
Published Sep 1952 by Lev Gleason.$9.00
Cover by Dick Rockwell. Stories and art by Dick Rockwell and Bill Walton. Masked like the Lone Ranger or Zorro, Black Diamond fights for justice in the West, aided by his sidekick Bumper and his status as a federal marshal. Black Diamond and Bumper stumble on a town that's under the thumb of a corrupt sheriff. A man with a pet coyote is the target of mob justice after a series of murders, but Black Diamond isn't convinced of his guilt. BD investigates rumors of a centaur causing horse stampedes, and meets future series co-star Red Fire. Also featuring a vintage ad for Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards. Black Diamond: Fangs of Death; Dilemma In Drygrass; Black Diamond: Fear Was the Law of Custerville; Black Diamond: The Unbelievable Red Fire. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #39
Published Oct 1952 by Lev Gleason.$8.50
Black Diamond in "Judas of the Plains," "Laughin' Fat Blackie," abd "King of Scoundrels." Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #53
Published Dec 1954 by Lev Gleason.$9.60
Stories and art by Bill Walton and Allan Bellman. Masked like the Lone Ranger or Zorro, Black Diamond fights for justice in the West, aided by his sidekick Bumper and his status as a federal marshal. Black Diamond and Bumper track an outlaw gang to their secret hideout on an island in a lake. Buck Roper and Hotfoot investigate after a robbery of the rodeo payroll turns to murder. Red Fire is abducted while investigating the disappearance of the town's neighboring tribe. Black Diamond: Terror Island; Buck Roper: Rodeo Payroll Murder; Western Lore; Too Young to Die; Red Fire: Fight for Life. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #58
Published Oct 1955 by Lev Gleason.$4.00
Cover by Myron Fass. Stories and art by Bill Walton and Myron Fass. Masked like the Lone Ranger or Zorro, Black Diamond fights for justice in the West, aided by his sidekick Bumper and his status as a federal marshal. When The Scorpion and his gangs target towns left defenseless by the Civil War, Black Diamond joins forces with Davy Crockett to fight back, in a story with early art (and cover) by future MF publisher Myron Fass. An outlaw seeks to rig a town election to secure the power to make his own laws. The Mason brothers target settlers with a protection racket. Black Diamond: Return of the Scorpion; Thieves' End at Gasper Gulch; Black Diamond: Bullets and Ballots; Black Diamond: The Marrying Kind; Red Fire: Revenge at Black Rock. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
