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True Western 1
Atlas Tales
Title Profile
Curated Atlas tales, timelines, and cover art notes.
Issue Overview
True Western #1 was published by Mutual Magazine Corp. in December 1949. It is part of the True Western series, which ran from December 1949 to March 1950.
Atlas Tales indexes 4 stories for this issue, including "The Kid Who Couldn't Stop Shootin'!." Indexed story credits include Gene Colan and Vince Alascia, among others.
Looking for the full run? Browse the True Western checklist to see every indexed issue in one place.
Issue Information
- Cover Date
- December 1949
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia Publisher
- Mutual Magazine Corp.
- Cover Titles
- The True Unbelievable Story behind Billy the Kid!
- Cover Credits
- Can you identify the creators? Let us know
Stories
The Kid Who Couldn't Stop Shootin'!
Credits
Gene Colan pencils unsigned
Vince Alascia inks guess
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Welcome Home
Credits
Credits not yet documented
He Came to Kill!
The Man With Two Lives!
Credits
Pierce Rice pencils unsigned
Chu Hing inks attributed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Notes: Supposedly the story of a white cavalry scout named
Mickey Free (1852-1876) who was raised among the Sioux and died at the
Battle of the Little Bighorn (Jun 1876); Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer
(1839-1876) appears. There was a half-breed Apache cavalry scout named
Mickey Free (1847-1915), but the events of his life do not match those
related here; cf. Mickey Free: Manhunter by A. Kinney Griffith (Caxton
Printers, 1969).