Volume: 1
Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1950
Editing: Kay Woods (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Lash LaRue Western (Fawcett, 1949 series) #6 Edit Cover
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The Frontier Phantom!
(Table of Contents)

Lash LaRue / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
? (photo)
Inks:
? (photo)
Colors:
? (photo)
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:western-frontier
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Who is the Frontier Phantom? Is he man or myth?
Characters:
Banker Tilson; Sheriff Laylor; Big Tim Crone (gambler); Frank (gunman); Sandy (gunman)
Reprints (3)

Issue Data

Yes, We Have No Bananas
(Table of Contents: 1)

Molasses Mouth / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Howard Boughner ?
Pencils:
Howard Boughner ?
Inks:
Howard Boughner ?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; western-frontier
Characters:
Molasses Mouth
Synopsis:
How to spell banana without stopping.
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Artwork very similar to original scan from "Jed & Ned" in Jerry Bails' Who's Who. Art ID by Steinar Ådland January 2011.

The Frontier Phantom
(Table of Contents: 2)

Lash LaRue / comic story / 11 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:western-frontier
Characters:
Banker Tilson; Sheriff Laylor; Big Tim Crone (gambler); Frank (gunman); Sandy (gunman)
Synopsis:
Has Lash LaRue, the roving marshal turned outlaw? If not, who is the man in the doctor's office? The answer can be found in the nearby hills where the real Lash lies battered and unconscious in the brush. He has been drygulched and his clothes stolen.
Reprints (1)

The Post Card
(Table of Contents: 3)

Dusty / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; western-frontier
Characters:
Dusty; Buster

The Gold Mine Murder
(Table of Contents: 4)

Lash LaRue / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Frank Doyle
Inks:
Frank Doyle
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:western-frontier
Characters:
Lash LaRue; Whitey (miner); Jud (miner); Bill Shotten (crooked lawyer);
Synopsis:
The two miners borrow money from Lawyer Shotten to fix their mine, but the crooked lawyer intends to take over the mine by framing Jed for murdering his partner.

Indexer Notes

Compared with artwork in Ranger Comics # 41, credited to Doyle, this is identical on his incredibly awful horses. Just that is enough, but the awkward movement of people running is also identical to his art in other credited comics in GCD. Art ID by Steinar Ådland January 2011.

Wounded Cowman
(Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages

Script:
Whitman Marsh (credited)
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:western-frontier
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Doc Steed had his problems, and they were not all medical by any means.
Characters:
Doc Steed; Doc Millingham; Rex Monarch; Mary Lou; Ephraim Teller
Reprints (2)

The Fantastic Mail Robberies
(Table of Contents: 6)

Lash LaRue / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Tony Sgroi
Inks:
Tony Sgroi
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:western-frontier
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Mail robbers were among the worst menaces of the old West. All lawmen, including the fearless Roving Marshal Lash LaRue, were always on the look out for these dangerous outlaws.
Characters:
Lash LaRue; Chief Mashal; Raige (outlaw); Cinner (outlaw); Jack Distler; Stranger

Complaints Galore!
(Table of Contents: 7)

Wagonwheels / comic story / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; western-frontier
Characters:
Wagonwheels; Chuck
Reprints (1)

Lash LaRue, star of Western Adventure Productions
(Table of Contents: 8)

Lash LaRue / illustration / 1 page

Pencils:
? (photo)
Inks:
? (photo)
Colors:
? (photo)
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:western-frontier
Characters:
Lash LaRue
Synopsis:
Photo of Lash with his lash, listing some of his movies.

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. The Frontier Phantom!
    Lash LaRue
  2. Yes, We Have No Bananas
    Molasses Mouth
  3. The Frontier Phantom
    Lash LaRue
  4. The Post Card
    Dusty
  5. The Gold Mine Murder
    Lash LaRue
  6. Wounded Cowman
  7. The Fantastic Mail Robberies
    Lash LaRue
  8. Complaints Galore!
    Wagonwheels
  9. Lash LaRue, star of Western Adventure Productions
    Lash LaRue
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  • Darrel McCann
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