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5August 1950
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Bill Boyd Western #5

Fawcett · August 1950

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Series
Bill Boyd Western (Fawcett, 1950 series)
Issue
#5
Publication date
August 1950
Key date
1951-08-00
Indicia publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Missing Exitcover1pencils: ? (photo); inks: ? (photo); colors: ? (photo); letters: typesetBill Boyd (photography of William Boyd)
3The Missing Exitcomic story10pencils: Pete Riss; inks: Pete RissBill Boyd; Midnite (horse); Tex Packard; Jadmore (mineowner); Horseface; Cranky; Kansas; Frisky; Sheriff
4A Real Dummycomic story1Brainy Buster; Dopey Oscar
6The Prairie Fortune Tellercomic story2Professor Mystic
8The Ominous Doorcomic story7pencils: Charlie Tomsey; inks: Charlie TomseyBill Boyd; Midnite (horse); Zeke Rayburn (rancher); Jack Rayburn (nephew); Gladstone (crooked lawyer); Sheriff
9The Death Brandcomic story7Bill Boyd; Midnite (horse); Brad Allen (robber and killer); Blacksmith
10Treasure in the Shacktext story2script: Rod ReedPhineas Griggins; Jake; Bobby
12The Moving Storycomic story4script: Howard Boughner; pencils: Howard Boughner; inks: Howard BoughnerWindy Whopper
13Bumpy Road Aheadcomic story1Hammerhead; Boss
14The Midnight Marauderscomic story8Bill Boyd; Midnite (horse); Sheriff Tone; VILLAINS: Wild Bill Banks; Digger; Randy
16Battered Battscomic story0.5pencils: Al Zere; inks: Al Zere; letters: Al ZereBatts
18Always the Bestpromo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset

Plus 7.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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