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Western Winners 6

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Published June 1949 – December 1949
Issue Numbers 5 – 7
Total Issues 3
Continued From All Western Winners
Continues To Black Rider
Issue Information
Cover Date
August 1949
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia Publisher
Current Detective Stories, Inc.
 
Cover Titles
The Cobra Strikes!
The Mountain of Mystery!
 
Starring
Two-Gun Kid starring
The Black Rider starring
 
Cover Credits
John Severin pencils unsigned
Joe Maneely inks attributed
 
Contributions
Michaël Dewally: Cover Image
Tom Lammers: Cover Creator Credit
Doc V.: Cover Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Cover Creator Credit

Issue Overview

Western Winners #6 was published by Current Detective Stories, Inc. in August 1949. It is part of the Western Winners series, which ran from June 1949 to December 1949.

Cover credits include John Severin and Joe Maneely. This issue features Two-Gun Kid and The Black Rider.

Atlas Tales indexes 7 stories for this issue, including "The Cobra Strikes!." Indexed story credits include Syd Shores and Russ Heath, among others.

Stories

Notes: Anachronism: the Kid checks out a copy of H. G. Wells' The Outline of History, which was not published until 1919.
Notes: Brief biographical account of outlaw William ("Billy the Kid") Bonney (1859-1881).
Feature: Scrapbook of the West
Notes: Ad for Rex Hart 6
Notes: Fantasy elements: prehistoric "beast men" survive on isolated mountain top.
Notes: Brief historical account of the Battle of the Little Bighorn (25-26 Jun 1876).
Feature: Scrapbook of the West

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