2-Gun Western, February 1954 — page 4: what you’re looking at

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ROBERT O. ERISMAN, Editor ARTHUR LANE, Associate * %* BRAND NEW ACTION YARNS x& x 1) TIME FOR A HANGIN’ ....... 5 en ee Kenneth L. Sinclair 6 Five of them, there were — Sawdey, a pair of his punchers, and two other ranchers. All armed to the teeth, Yet Jed felt he had to call them. 2) BUT ONE MAN ALONE MIGHT .............. Raley Brien 15 He'd begin his harsh tirade, end with the wild screech and sudden gunfire — and another of the killer's promised victims would topple lifeless .. . 3) BUSHWHACKER'S BRIDE .......... Wayne D, Overholser 22 Cattle-wise, sure, but not much of a man, Marty Daren. Or he'd never have let his wife look at his range boss like that... 4) - TOMBSTONE SIORY oie ok5c 0 ses 2 ees Lauran Paine 28 Yes, Tom Waters of Tombstone was sho? ke death for no better reason than that he wore a cotton shirt of big, black and white checks ..... 5) BADMAN ON THE BENCH .......... Harry Harrison Kroll 31 Hot biscuits for a horsethief? But were they hot biscuits — and was Windy a horsethief? 6) THE TROUBLED GUN .......... es H. A. DeRosso 39 Vengeance, they all figured he wonted. Because he'd been framed to prison by his rival for the hand of pretty kucy Holbrook, Weil, maybe he did want vengeance... . pee ER oe 8 ceria: ae ree wre ee W. K. Putney 48 "| swear this: | shall avenge your death a hundred fold.’ — So vowed Bill Quick over the grave of his father. But ninety-nine Indians were all he Sonia Vind ic ... S)— WHEN A TEXAN TAKES OVER. ..:.... we sce Louis L'Amour 50 There was a sixshooter in his belt and a Winchester in his saddle boot — yet the stranger wanted no part of any gun ruckus. 9) MEET YOU ON THE MISSOURI .......... Noel M. Loomis 58 The West was plenty big, but it was whittled down to size by the man who dared to travel! up the Missouri's three thousand miles of wild river through raw-red savage country ..... 10) THE KILLING AT SPANISH LICK .............. Ed Ashley 63 Vern Sanders? He wasn't a man, he was a gun,.... (28 ee 0) ek Ae we ert Sy ek ee eee ee . L. D. Guemlek 66 A man had to die sometime ond. hanging was a smail price to pay for ridding the country of Will Staley..... sk «6% «6 ANTHOLOGY OF.TIME-HONORED CLASSICS *%* 12) THE SHERIFF TRIES TWIN SIXES .......... Johnny Lawson 71 The holdup wasn't Sheriff Bill Stowe's only trouble, but it was the only - law-job he could handle with guns! Copyright 1942 Newsstand Pub., Ine. OP | kL ey i ce co ee eee ee Gee a Brent North 76 "Got gunpowder in his blood,'' folks said of Gil Farnol, ‘'He'll die fighting hot lead or a hangnoose.. ."' H Copyright 1941 Manvis Pub., Ine. 14) THE COLD-DECK CLUE ....... sgnesacgee eee .... Ken Jason 86 Back in Montana Jim Marshall had known manbreoker murder, but this brand of .30-30 slaughter was beyond what he'd ever notched his gun for! Copyright 1942 Newsstand Pub., Ine. 152: GRAVETARG Guns ei i eS .... Gunnison Steele 95 This wasn't a job for the law, this was strictly a gun-chore, this would take a pair of Colts with filed triggers and preferably a gent who knew how to fan ‘em! Copyright 1944 Newsstand Pub., Ine. i te 2-GUN WESTERN published quarterly by Stadium Publishing Corporation. Office of publication, 27 Park Ave., New York 17, N.Y. Entered as second class niatter at the Post Office at New York, ‘N.Y, Additional entry at Holyoke, Mass. Contents copyrighted 1953 by Stadium Publishing Corporation. Vol. 1 No, 4 February 1954 issue. 25¢ per copy, 12 issues for $3.25 including postage. No similarity is intended between actual names, persons, characters, institutions and those used in stories and semi-fiction articles, and any such similar ver F thes may exist is purely coincidental. Not responsible for unsolicited manuscripts, Printéd in the U. 8, A 4 COnnicooolks.<o