Western comics.

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From the Encyclopaedia Britannica entry on the "western genre" (www.britannica.com/art/western):

"The western has as its setting the immense plains, rugged tablelands, and mountain ranges of the portion of the United States lying west of the Mississippi River, in particular the Great Plains and the Southwest. This area was not truly opened to white settlement until after the American Civil War (1861–65), at which time the Plains Indians were gradually subdued and deprived of most of their lands by white settlers and by the U.S. cavalry. The conflict between white pioneers and Indians forms one of the basic themes of the western. Another sprang out of the class of men known as cowboys, who were hired by ranchers to drive cattle across hundreds of miles of Western pasturelands to railheads where the animals could be shipped eastward to market. The cattle and mining industries spurred the growth of towns, and the gradual imposition of law and order that such settled communities needed was accomplished by another class of men who became staple figures in the western, the town sheriff and the U.S. marshal."

Plenty of examples in this thread of the second and third themes (cowboys and "law and order" men), but not many of the first (the conflict between pioneers and Indians). I aim to rectify that disparity right here and now:

This one's for a good ol boy who's been out ridin the range. Welcome back, pard. The campfire's lit and there's a cup of joe waitin for ya.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great books, boys! Those Baker Westerns are always welcome, Bob, especially the Giants, and looks like Ed managed to slip a quality Quality in between the stacks of gorgeous EC GFC.

Welcome back, Pebbles and Bam-Bam!

now these next books will show how the real settlers dealt with restless neighbors

Here's an EC "western" you don't see every day:

Great books, boys! Those Baker Westerns are always welcome, Bob, especially the Giants, and looks like Ed managed to slip a quality Quality in between the stacks of gorgeous EC GFC.

 

Welcome back, Pebbles and Bam-Bam!

 

now these next books will show how the real settlers dealt with restless neighbors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Love the Mitzi in Hollywood. I believe it's from Movie #4 (Friction House). It's been a while since I looked at my copy but if I remember right it is just full of irregular panels showing all aspects of Mitzi's body. One of Baker's best works and a real sleeper.

Here's an EC "western" you don't see every day:

 

Nor would you want to!

Actually, that's a fun book that I don't recall having seen before.

Here's an EC "western" you don't see every day:

 

A real hard to find EC Ed! When I had my EC collection it was one of only about 5 I needed to have ALL of them. Nice copy too!

Here's an EC "western" you don't see every day:

 

Nor would you want to!

For an EC completist ( ), it's a sight for sore eyes. Handy Andy is the man.

Robot knows

It's interesting how Bill Jr. used the same cover format a few years later but substituted "Dandy", "Tuffy" and "Tumbles" for a more grittier trio. Even the masthead is the same.

A couple (#1's).

Best Western #58 (#1). Shores cover with Heath, Severin and Shores stories in this one.

Western Winners #5 (#1). Buscema cover with a Heath story.

Does anybody know if it was a boardie who purchased the sweet Kid Colt #1 on e-bay about a week ago?

I couldn't resist picking up this one because it's a Baker cover and I'd never seen it before. Not a particularly appealing cover, though. In fact, probably the weakest of his Western covers.

Scalping cover!

Scalping cover!

Maybe ... depends on how good a shot the guy riding in with the bow and arrow is.

Nice #1's Damonwad. As usual! And nice pickup Sqeggs. Thought that would interest you.

Here's a few I haven't posted before. At least in this thread. I think.