See more ideas about western comics, comics and comic books. But pete reeve didnt have the reputation of a dead shot because he relied on his common sense. Golden age western comics lovingly reproduces in fullcolor, restored, complete scans of 20 of the best western storiesplus a few pinupscreated between the years 1948 and 1956. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the. A famous monsters of filmlandstyle tribute to the western, from the same publisher. Back in the day, between the 1940s and 1960s, westerns were like comicbook movies now. Your logic isnt far removed from saying that blade runner isnt one of the greatest sci fi movies ever made because it was a novel adaptation. Jonah hex first appeared in the seventies, not the fifties and sixties like most comic book westerns, and has managed to survive to the present. They have so little in common its surprising that they even paid for the rights to the comic. According to editor sam sherman, when we got to a point where we felt the magazine would not be continued by publisher jim warren, we came up with the idea to do a catchall magazine that coveredhe things the other magazines didnt all the comic book characters tht had been adaptedinto. This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format. New covers, on all but three issues, were by herb trimpe, john severin and. It seems as if everything i post makes reference to famous monsters of filmland magazine, and dont dream that this one will be any different.
Wrote the chapter i kill the dead in the wicked west 2. A profile of screen legend john wayne and his 1960 film the alamo. The fantastic art in this one is what really tells the story. Everyone that was anyone had to have a western on their resume, so most of the pinup women would throw on a cleavagerevealing dress with ruffles and ride off in the sunset with john wayne or clint eastwood or charles bronson or clark gable. Lightning struck once, then flashed three more times in quick succession. Early marvel westernscomic book cowboys, by boyd magers.
Magers interviews a western tv series related star for an hour. First published by atlas comics, a forerunner to marvel comics, wild western. The comic is a revenge story that takes place in the 1800s about an undead priest battling demons to get revenge on the death of the woman he loved. We stern comics was an anthology series, featuring such characters as the wandering cowboy the wyoming kid, the native american lawman pow w ow smith, the cowboy marshal, jim sawyer, show man ro deo rick, a nd matt savage, trail boss. Western comics and books page 1 of 5 comic book plus. Golden age western comics lovingly reproduces in fullcolor, restored, complete scans of over 40 of the best western stories created between the years 1948 and 1956. Favorite westerns of filmland 1960 magazine comic books. Sadly, warrens wildest westerns magazine was a failure. The wild west has been romanticized in american culture ever since the dime novels capturing.
The vampi special was a bit lower grade than i was looking at but white pages and great price were hard to beat. In fact, the comic strip appeared only five years after the radio show 1938and over a decade before the television show which, incidentally, was preceded by the comic book as well. My name is tim lasiuta, and my work has appeared in true west magazine, mad for kids, illustration magazine, wildest westerns, and the old cowboy picture show. The man who died twice starring black rider, art by al hartley. Stories and art by paul laikin, jack davis and forrest j. Western comics comic books all regular issues are out of stock. Drawing on his radio broadcasting background, magers serves as cohost about once a month on ksav san ramon, ca, and internet radios talking television with dave white. The stats given are calculated by the share of the market, marvel stands at 38.
All portions of the grand comics database, except where noted otherwise, are ed by the gcd and are licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 4. If theres one thing that hell on wheels does well, its incorporating real charactersespecially obscure ones that need to be introduced to the worldinto a work of fiction. Despite the number of westerns in the theaters, and newer shows like the big valley appearing on the tube, wildest westerns was failing. Western comics is a comics genre usually depicting the american old west frontier usually anywhere west of the mississippi river and typically set during the late nineteenth century. Dial b for blog the worlds greatest comic blogazine. Get the best deals on dell golden age westerns comics when you shop the largest online selection at. Marvel still reigns as the bestselling comic book company, based on unit sales as of 2017. Western gunfighters comic books 1970 series all regular issues are out of stock. A western anthology that ran 46 issues, it consisted of reprint stories of the marvel old west heroes the rawhide kid, kid colt, the twogun kid, and matt slade, featuring much art by jack kirby, jack keller, and others. But the heyday of comic book westerns really ended around 1954. The characters nickname, real name if known, identity, primary setting, the comic book and issue number of their first appearance, and an artist or artists associated with the character are. The 5 best modern western comics nerd to your mother. The good news is we have both these historic issues in our collection.
The term is generally associated with an american comic books genre published from the late 1940s through the 1950s though the genre had continuing popularity in europe, and persists in. We will say that the golden age begins in 1938 and ends in 1956, when the silver age began. Dc still plugged along, publishing westerns until about 1961 marvel still printed some westerns in the 60s and even into the 70s, but they were mostly reprints. Scroll down to add issues to your want list and well email you when they arrive view pictures of their covers. Ken maynard made his first comics appearance in wow what a magazine. Comic book artist, eisner award winner for best comicsrelated magazine, celebrates the lives and works of great cartoonists, writers and editors from all eras through indepth interviews, feature articles, and unpublished art. He approached jurtzman to head up a monsters of filmworld type of magazine, but this time about westerns. See more ideas about western comics, comic books and tv westerns. If you love western comics, this is so much the book for you.
Then bull and pete crossed paths, and townsfolk braced for the battle. Marvel westerns comic read marvel westerns comic online. Read marvel westerns comic online free and high quality. Western comic by arturo del castillo and ray collins. Westerns have been a staple genre of comic books with some ups and. Comic book collection is a hallowed tradition and has a large following all around the. Fine the hero of several old westerns and serials in the rare first issue of his dell comic book. Pulp fiction and comic strips had a massive readership.
You will receive my standard notification for each win. The mighty marvel western was an american comic book series published by marvel comics. Dcs long estrunni ng western title, it published 85 issues from 1948 to 1961. I have 6 dogs at home now so no way i wasnt going to buy something from solar boy. Thanks to lansing sexton for the following info on the comic book series of ken maynard. Wrote the story the fifteen minute room for explosions. Top 100 most valuable comic books of the golden age 19381956 the 100 most valuable comic books from each age. Charlton comics published the last real westerns until recently, keeping them in print a ways into the 80s. Our line of titles consisted of fm, wildest westerns, spacemen, and. Western sex stories, hardcore fucking, xxx sluts a porn. I have written biographies of tom gill, joe sinnott, a book on collecting western memorabalia, contributed to tocps, and contributed fiction pieces to moonstone books zorrocaptain. The following list contains western, cowboy, cowgirl, native american and related characters that have appeared in comic books published by dc comics. Bonanza, bob steele, bob baker, albert dekker and girls of the range a glance at some of the gals who keep cowboys away from the open range all of 3 pages and 4 photos in that feature.
Nostalgia westerns, wildest westerns, and many more. This is largely because jonah hex is an antihero and has had more interesting plot lines and. Check out this primer on comic book westerns to get you hooked on cowboy. This was a magazinesized anthology series that lasted only four issues. Western comi cs wa s a western comic book series publis hed by d c comics.
Now, powerhouse books is pleased to present a collection of these uniquely american stories as told through a uniquely american mediumthe comic book. According to bob overstreets indespensable comic book price guide, johnnys own series began in march 1950 as part of dell publishings four color anthology. Centaur publications is credited with creating the first standalone western comics titles launching both star ranger and western picture stories with cover dates of february 1937. Blogs comic book men ten cowboy comics that prove the. Tales of wells fargo annual gallery western comics, le far west, wild west. This page will deal with the most valuable of all, golden age comic books. And he hoped that kurtman would bring his regular contributors and give it his own brand of humor. Warren publishing was an american magazine company founded by james warren. A look at the most genrebending western comic books out there. Join facebook to connect with mike gaglio and others you may know. By the time comic books based on movie and tv cowboys were extremely popular in the late 40s and 50s, hoot gibsons star had long faded at the box office so the big two of western movietv related comic publishers, dell and fawcett, were simply not interested in old hooter who wound up at fox features syndicate in 1950. Dc comes in at second place and image comics the walking dead, spawn comes in at third.
Wildest westerns 1959, formerly favorite westerns of filmland, six issues help. Interviews with western actors nick adams and bob livingston. The popularity of the western genre in comic strips and other media gave birth to western comics, many of which. Well, for the budget warren had, kurtzman could only get a cover of pages and a cover.