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Western Tales #31: Davy Crockett by Jack Kirby!

07 Sunday Jul 2013

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Today we’ll share with you Jack Kirby and Joe Simon’s vision of Davy Crockett. Yes, we prefer science fiction and crime stories, but it’s interesting to see the King’s take on an American Western legend. Simon and Kirby collaborated on #31-33 of Western Tales. Supplemental material includes instructions on riding horses and making war rattles, and a piece on the Texas Rangers.

Collector’s Guide: From Western Tales #31; 1955, Harvey Comics.

Lone Ranger – Dynamite’s First Issue!

08 Saturday Sep 2012

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Dynamite’s first Lone Ranger series ran for twenty-five issues. It was clearly ‘written for the trade,’ so we waited until the whole series was over before buying it up. We were not disappointed! The story and the artwork really come together when you can read the complete stories without that thirty-day lag between issues.

About half of this issue covers the tragic incident that begets the Lone Ranger. We’ll share that with you today. The other half consists of flashbacks (not included) interspersed within this scene that give you a feel for the Ranger’s relationship with his father and brother.

Collector’s Guide: From Lone Ranger #1; Dynamite Comics, 2006. Reprinted in the Lone Ranger TPB #1, and the Lone Ranger Hard Cover #1.

Featuring the all-star creative team of writer Brett Matthews, art director and cover artist John Cassaday, artist Sergio Cariello, colorist Dean White, and letterer Simon Bowland.

Billy the Kid stars in the First Issue of Death Valley!

07 Friday Sep 2012

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Let’s rock this tale of Billy the Kid with artwork by Ross Andru and Mike Esposito. Yes, they would later go on to do some of your bronze age favorites from Marvel and DC in the 1970s. Here they are in a golden age western!

Collector’s Guide: From Death Valley #1; Comic Media, 1953.

I Suppose You’ll Torture Me!

23 Wednesday Nov 2011

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We’re not really sure what to make of 1951’s Indian Braves #3 by Ace magazines. On the one hand, the characterization of the indigenous peoples of America seems a bit trite, not to mention slanted. On the other hand, the historical footnotes do serve an educational purpose. And, the treacheries of the colonists and the British Army are pretty clear.

At their best, the narrative stories attain a kind of primitive Dances With Wolves vibe — a real neat story for boys, with some garbled facts on native culture. But you don’t need us to play thought police. You can judge for yourself right here.

Courtesy of the Digital Comic Museum.

Hamburgers Made out of Dinosaurs!

22 Monday Aug 2011

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Rex Riders exploded into bookstores on June 21 like a stampeding herd of triceratops! Did you say you needed aliens with your dinosaurs? No Problem! Bullwhip fights on the frontier? You got it! How about a gigantic platform with four carved apatosaurs waiting in a secret cave to teleport you to another planet? A planet of jungle and roaming carnivore packs from our own distant past? Coming right up!

JP Carlson crafted a 430-page adventure just for you. He even throws in a barn infested with giant flesh-eating beetles that fly. If that doesn’t sound like a good time to you, you’re at the wrong web site!

We preview a page of the text below, along with stunning illustrations from Jim Calafiore, and the amygdala-annihilating cover artwork of Fabio Pastori. Today’s cover art bonus includes JP’s bio, too! We share a few more of our favorite Rex Riders moments with you this summer in a Rex Riders Gallery. Meanwhile, Ride your own Rex right over to Amazon and score REX RIDERS today!

You might also enjoy our complete Dinosaur Comics Gallery.

Rex Riders Exclusive Preview!

20 Monday Jun 2011

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Imagine riding a juvenile T-Rex the size of a horse through a prehistoric forest; fighting off an attack by a tribe of axe-wielding marauders atop feathered raptors; being chased down a riverbed by a ferocious baryonyx; riding through a herd of stampeding triceratops . . . This is the world of REX RIDERS!

JP Carlson‘s first novel is the kind of adventure story Willis O’Brien would come up with if he was around today. The illustrations are by Marvel and DC Comics’ artist Jim Calafiore. (Jim Calafiore drew our favorite Lizard story!) The cover is by paleo-artist extraordinaire Fabio Pastori.

Ride your own Rex right over to Amazon and score REX RIDERS today!

Spurs: Steve Bissette Meets Alex Niño!

11 Saturday Jun 2011

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In 1989, New Comics Group published two issues of Asylum. The first issue featured two of our favorite artists on the same story: Steve Bissette and Alex Niño. Whoa — We must be dreaming! Feast your eyes on the furious western horror of their nine-page epic, Spurs.

Collector’s Guide: From Asylum #1.