Publishers / Quality Comics / Crack Western (1949) / #78
78May 1952
$0.10

Crack Western #78

Quality Comics · May 1952

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Identification plate

Series
Crack Western (Quality Comics, 1949 series)
Issue
#78
Publication date
May 1952
Key date
1952-05-00
Indicia publisher
Comic Magazines
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Killers of Laurel Ridgecover1pencils: Reed Crandall; inks: Reed CrandallArizona Raines
1The Killers of Laurel Ridgecomic story9script: Paul Gustavson; pencils: Paul Gustavson; inks: Paul Gustavson; letters: Paul GustavsonArizona Raines
2-comic story5script: Robert Bernstein; pencils: Pete Morisi; inks: Pete MorisiLil Peters [Two-Gun Lil]; Ab Reynolds (marshal); Luke Bassett (villain)
3Blackhawkpromo (ad from the publisher)1
4Greed is a Deadly Disease!comic story7
5The Vanishing Stagecoachtext story1letters: typesetJeff Riley (sheriff); Becky Mills
6Hombres at Largecomic story7Johnny Lash [The Whip]

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