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Western Comics 85

WESTERN COMICS #85

Cover Date: January-February 1961
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1960-11-01

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Gil Kane
Inks: Joe Giella


Story: "The Dance Hall Queen and the Desperadoes!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
PencilsGil Kane
InksJoe Giella
LetteringGaspar Saladino
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Matt Savage (last appearance)

Supporting Character(s):

Lute Jones (last appearance)

Villain(s):

Bank robbers (first appearance for all three)

Location(s):

Northern Texas
Painted Post, TX (first appearance)

Story Reprinted in:

Super DC Giant #S-22 (February-March 1971)


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Second Story: "The Secret of the Wandering Lawman!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtHoward Sherman
LetteringGaspar Saladino
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Wyoming Kid (also in flashbacks as his time as a Sheriff of Saddlehorn)

Villain(s):

Red Magee (first appearance; an outlaw captured by Wyoming Kid)

Other Character(s):

Randolph Hughes (first appearance in flashback only; offers to support the Kid as he roams the West, but he never draws monies from any account set up for him)

Location(s):

Comanche Gulch (first appearance; visited there a year before by Wyoming Kid)


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Third Story: "Treasure Trail to Tumbleweed Gap!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtCarmine Infantino
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Pow-Wow Smith (last in Armageddon: The Alien Agenda #3; last appearance)

Supporting Character(s):

Fleetfoot (becomes officially engaged to Ohiyesa; last appearance)

Villain(s):

Two stage coach robbers

Location(s):

Sioux camp

Comment(s):

This story takes place in September, 1875.


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