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Cover: Matt Baker & Ray Osrin
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Western Bandit Trails #2

Apr 1949 · St. John · 0.10 USD
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In "The Last Ride of the Masked Mavericks," the Marshal closes in on a mystery as silver bullets mark a trail of violence across Eagle Springs, leaving the town divided and the truth buried. With bold artwork by Howard Larsen on the interior and a striking cover by Matt Baker and Ray Osrin, this 1949 Western Bandit Trails tale delivers a tense, classic frontier thriller.

Contains 5 stories
The Last Ride of the Masked Mavericks
8 pp · Western-Frontier
Lon Hooper (Marshal)Tina AllenSmoky Curran (maverick rider)Steve McBurney (maverick leader)

In the dusty heart of the frontier, Marshal Lon Hooper rides a trail of suspicion, chasing a band of masked mavericks who’ve turned Eagle Springs into a lawless ghost town. With silver bullets marking their deadly handiwork, the trail leads to a secret only one man—Steve McBurney, the maverick leader—might know, and a young woman, Tina Allen, who may be the key to unraveling the truth.

Untitled Detective-Mystery story
6 pp · Detective-Mystery
Jinx Jordan (crime reporter)Ginny (reporter)Larry (newsboy)Davito (crooked contractor)Tom Shane (dam inspector)Davies (editor)Blackie (crook)Frank Collins (engineer)
Untitled Adventure story
7 pp · Adventure
Globe Trotter [Steve Trotter]Fang (hyena)Killer Corsino (jungle raider)Mary CarewCarew (plantation owner)Captain Sanders
Arizona Pete
1 pp · Non-Fiction, Western-Frontier
Arizona Pete

Arizona Pete, a sharpshooter and cunning outlaw, made his home in the hills while eluding lawmen across two states through a life of rustling, robbery, and card games. Quick with his gun and quicker with his wits, he preyed on the vulnerable and clashed with those who stood against him, amassing stolen goods in his mountain hideout.

Blood Blazes a Trail to Texas
7 pp · Western-Frontier
Mary LouLobo (robber)Rudy (robber)Sandy WelchJ. GallagherJack (robber)Claude (robber)

A band of outlaws—Lobo, Rudy, Jack, and Claude—stage a cattle stampede through town as cover for robbing the local cattle buyers, but range detective Sandy Welch stops the herd and discovers their scheme. Now Welch must track the fleeing bandits across the Texas badlands, armed with a clever advantage that might turn the tables on even the most ruthless killers.

ComicBooks.com Value

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Raw (Good) $175
CGC 9.6 · 1 in census $5,402*
CGC 9.4 none in existence
CGC 9.2 none in existence
CGC 9.0 none in existence
CGC 8.5 none in existence
CGC 8.0 · 1 in census $843*
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CGC 7.5 · 1 in census $677
CGC 7.0 · 4 in census $566
CGC 6.5 · 1 in census $472*
CGC 6.0 · 1 in census $408*
CGC 5.5 none in existence
CGC 5.0 · 1 in census $326*
CGC 4.5 · 1 in census $278*
CGC 4.0 · 2 in census $242*
CGC 3.5 · 2 in census $215*
CGC 3.0 · 1 in census $191*
CGC 2.5 · 3 in census $143
CGC 2.0 · 1 in census $132*
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Full credits

artist, inker Howard Larsen
cover pencils Matt Baker
cover inks Ray Osrin

Reprints

↩ Reprints Star Ranger #6 (1937), Spotlight Comics #1 (1944), Authentic Police Cases #1 (1948)

Reprinted in Western Bandit Trails #2 (1949), The Texan #7 (1950), The Texan #8 (1950), The Fightin' Texan #16 (1952), Triple Western Pictorial Monthly #2 (1955), Colt Western Library #27 (1957)

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