Unofficial All Star Western Index

ALL STAR WESTERN #72

Cover Date: August-September 1953
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1953-06-03

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Gil Kane
Inks: Joe Giella

Story: "Boomerang Ambush" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Robert Kanigher
Pencils	Mort Drucker
Inks	Sy Barry
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Johnny Thunder

Villain(s):

Unnamed gang (first appearance for all; use John Tane as a decoy to make the town think that Johnny was going to be killed by them)

Location(s):

Mesa City

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Second Story: "Death at Roaring Clouds!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Dave Kahn
Pencils	Jerry Grandenetti
Inks	Joe Giella
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Strong Bow (also in flashbacks to his early life in stories told by Grey Cloud)

Villain(s):

Crazy Wolf (first appearance; seek to kill Grey Cloud and his children)

Location(s):

Somewhere in Northern Canada or Alaska

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Third Story: "Raiders of the Dakota Trail!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	John Broome
Pencils	Irwin Hasen
Inks	Joe Giella
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Lt. Foley

Supporting Character(s):

Col. Henry

Villain(s):

Cattle rustlers (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

"Captain" Theodore Roosevelt (first appearance?; head of a cattleman association; aids Foley in finding and stopping rustlers)

Location(s):

Fort Desolation

Comment(s):

This story occurs between 1883 and 1887.

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Second Story: "Legend of a Lawman!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	William Woolfolk
Pencils	Gil Kane
Inks	Bernard Sachs
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Trigger Twins:

Walt Trigger

Wayne Trigger

Villain(s):

Kidnappers (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Rocky City

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