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Cover: Paul Gustavson & Bill Ward
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Range Romances #1

Dec 1949 · Quality Comics · 0.10 USD
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This anthology issue contains four Western romance stories: "Gunsmoke Heartbreak" features a woman who discovers a man planning to kill her father and must stop him before tragedy strikes; "Petticoat Law" involves a female rancher dealing with cattle rustlers and a dangerous outlaw; "Outlaw Love" tells of Sue, a ranch woman drawn to a daring rustler despite his criminal ways, as she struggles between romantic feelings and moral duty; and "Tenderfoot Sweetheart" follows Fran, a city girl visiting a ranch who develops feelings for a local cowboy named Ron while learning about Western life, ultimately agreeing to a riding lesson and barn dance.

Contains 4 stories
Gunsmoke Heartbreak
9 pp · Romance, Western-Frontier
Del Stuart [Della Stuart]Race WhitleyBat HaleyRobert StuartClint DerwinBuckSlim

When Del Stuart arrives in the frontier town of Hackamore, she's drawn to Race Whitley, a kind farmer who rescues her from a gunfight—but her Uncle Robert and the powerful cattleman Clint Derwin warn her that nesters like Race are unwelcome in cattle country. As Del grows closer to Race and witnesses the ranchers' violence against the farming settlement, she faces an impossible choice between the man she's falling for and her deepest convictions about what kind of future she can accept.

Petticoat Law
6 pp · Romance, Western-Frontier
Katie RyanSheriff Matt WesterlyJed WilkinsDuke Kellan (villain)

In frontier Washupp, headstrong dressmaker Katie Ryan and Sheriff Matt Westerly clash over his inability to stop the cheating and corruption running through Duke Kellan's gambling hall—until Katie's fiery determination to expose the crook puts her directly in Kellan's path. When Matt discovers the evidence he needs and Katie realizes her reckless plan to provoke the villain has backfired dangerously, their conflicting ideas about justice and order come to a head in a fight that will decide both Kellan's fate and their own future together.

Outlaw Love
8 pp · Romance, Western-Frontier
Sue WadeMarshal Clay DallasBonny (a horse)ShortyThe Gifford Gang [Hack (villain)Mr. Gifford (villain)Pete (villain)]

Sue Wade catches a dashing stranger red-handed rustling her cattle, but when the noose of justice closes in, she realizes she's fallen for the charming outlaw—and must decide whether to let him hang or risk everything to save him. Written by the creative team behind Range Romances, this eight-page frontier romance entangles Sue in a dangerous game of the heart that forces her to question everything she believes about justice, loyalty, and love.

Tenderfoot Sweetheart
7 pp · Romance, Western-Frontier
Fran BarloweTenderfoot [Ron Boyce]Tom BarloweDade RossOld Belle (a horse)

When a young lawyer from the East arrives at the Barlowe ranch, Fran finds herself drawn to Ron Boyce's courtly charm—until the local foreman and rival suitors begin using him as the butt of their jokes, exposing how little the tenderfoot knows about riding, roping, and shooting. As Fran struggles between her heart and her pride, she grapples with whether a man's worth can be measured by frontier skills alone, especially when danger comes calling on the way to the barn dance.

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Raw (Good) $45
CGC 9.4 · 1 in census $1,568*
CGC 9.2 · 1 in census $1,006*
CGC 9.0 none in existence
CGC 8.5 · 1 in census $488*
CGC 8.0 · 1 in census $382*
CGC 7.5 none in existence
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CGC 7.0 · 1 in census $255*
CGC 6.5 · 1 in census $214*
CGC 6.0 none in existence
CGC 5.5 · 1 in census $156*
CGC 5.0 · 1 in census $148*
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Full credits

inker Bill Ward
cover pencils Paul Gustavson
cover inks Bill Ward

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