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Western Killers (1948) comic books

  • Issue #NN
    Western Killers (1948) NN
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #0351454018
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    No number, not dated (c. early 50's). The cover is reprinted from Western Killers #63 (March 1949) with some alterations, such as the removal of the Fox logo. However, the interior pages are from Range Riders #1 (1950). For unknown reasons, it seems apparent that this cover was reprinted expressly for the purpose of binding it to unsold copies of Range Rider #1. The practice of binding new covers to unsold copies for resale is not unheard of from this time period. NOTE: First story page is missing. Normally, it would have been printed on the inside front cover of Range Rider's #1, but the new Western Killers cover replaces it with a chewing gum ad.
    "Showdown at Rancho Nuevo" (9 pages, originally 10), "Knots" illustrated filler on tying knots, "Baggataway" text story (2 pg), "Cactus Nell's Dangerous Gamble", Range Busters in "Vanishing Gold", and "The Saga of John Wesley Hardin". 36 pages, FC. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #60
    Western Killers (1948) 60

    In order of appearance: "Sam Bass, The Kind-Hearted Killer, The Three Bullets!"; "Tom Horn, Murder Is My Business!"; and "Eddie the Duke, The Midwest Czar of Murder". "Death Stalks the Dawn" text story reprinted in Murder Incorporated (1948 1st Series) #13 and March of Crime (1950 Fox) #7. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #61
    Western Killers (1948) 61
    • Centerfold detached at one staple.

    All comic stories reprinted in Outlaws, The (1952 Star) #12. In order of appearance: "Billy the Kid, The True Story of a Fabulous Outlaw!" art by Leonard Starr, retitled and reprinted without first page as "Ruthless Killer" in Outlaws, The (1952 Star) #12; "William Hale, The Osage Terror" swiped from "The Osage Butcher" in Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #33A; and "English Jim, Terror of the Barbary Coast". "The Hidden Joker" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.