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Tex Ritter Western #17

Jun 1953 · Fawcett · 0.10 USD
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# Tex Ritter Western #17 This issue contains two complete serials: "The Evil Reign" and "The Hidden Fortress." The visible stories include "Loonie Les in 'He's Dynamite!'" where Loonie Les carries dynamite and engages in slapstick confrontations, a narrative titled "Riding the Range with Tex Ritter" in which Tex recounts a humorous tale about a coyote and a badger, and another story in which an absent-minded train conductor is duped into giving free passage and later confronts a phony smart character named Alec, resulting in a train accident.

Contains 7 stories
The Hidden Fortress Chapter 1: The Bandit City
7.75 pp · Western-Frontier
He's Dynamite
0.5 pp · Humor

Loonie Les has something mysterious in his pocket, and when asked about it, he's reluctant to share. This half-page humor story plays on the setup of a secret that's about to cause some trouble in the Old West.

The Hidden Fortress Chapter 2: Death in Solitary
5 pp · Western-Frontier
The Train Ride
4 pp · Humor, Western-Frontier

Buffalo Bull dreams of escaping his homesick hometown when he stumbles upon an old train ticket—and hatches a scheme to ride the rails by chewing away last week's date. His clever con nearly works until he runs into the railroad's owner, who has some unconventional ideas about fare collection.

The Evil Reign of the Cattle Baron Chapter 1: The Coward's Treachery
8 pp · Western-Frontier
Untitled Western-Frontier story
1 pp · Western-Frontier
The Reign of the Cattle Baron Chapter 2: The River of Death
5 pp · Western-Frontier

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Raw (Good) $13
CGC 9.2 · 1 in census $228*
CGC 9.0 none in existence
CGC 8.5 none in existence
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CGC 7.5 · 1 in census $70*
CGC 7.0 · 1 in census $58*
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artist, inker Tony Tallarico

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