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Western Fighters#1
Cover: Jack Kirby & Joe Simon

Western Fighters #1

Apr 1948 · Hillman · 0.10 USD
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"Black Bart" kicks off with a tense Western mystery in 1948, where a vigilante committee steps in to restore order—only to uncover a shocking betrayal. Lee Elias handles both pencils and inks on the story, bringing raw, expressive art to a tale rooted in a true account, while Jack Kirby and Joe Simon deliver a striking cover that captures the era’s gritty spirit.

Contains 9 stories
Black Bart
8 pp · Western-Frontier
Black Bart (road agent) [Mr. Boles]Sheriff BradleyDetective Hume

In the dusty shadows of the frontier, Black Bart—known to some as a poet, to others as a road agent—rides a trail of justice and rhyme. With Sheriff Bradley closing in and Detective Hume tracking his every move, the man who wrote verses before he was locked away must decide whether his legend will end in chains or in a final, defiant verse.

Killers Die Too!
8 pp · Western-Frontier
Ben Thompson (gunman)Wilson (bartender)King Fisher (gunman)
Belle Starr
6 pp · Western-Frontier
Belle Starr (gun girl)Cole YoungerJesse JamesJim ReedSam Starr
Bill Mayfield
7 pp · Western-Frontier
Bill MayfieldHenry PlummerBen Grees (gambler)CynthiaCherokee Bob (barowner)Marshal John Blackburn
.45 Calibre Sneeze
2 pp
Pingo PeteMargy JonesSi Jones
Vanishing Kid
8 pp · Western-Frontier
Ernest Cashel
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor, Western-Frontier
Tucson TomSweeneyTough Guy
Justice by Vigilante
7 pp · Western-Frontier
Harry PlummerGeorge BrownAlex Carter

In "Justice by Vigilante," a small frontier town grapples with rising lawlessness, and as tensions mount, George Brown and Alex Carter join forces with Sheriff Harry Plummer to restore order—only to uncover a shocking betrayal that turns their fight for justice into a reckoning with the very man they trusted.

Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor, Western-Frontier
Tucson Tom

ComicBooks.com Value

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Raw (Good) $48
CGC 9.4 · 1 in census $1,398*
CGC 9.2 $897
CGC 9.0 · 1 in census $623*
CGC 8.5 · 1 in census $435*
CGC 8.0 · 3 in census $341*
CGC 7.5 · 2 in census $274*
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CGC 7.0 · 3 in census $230
CGC 6.5 · 2 in census $191*
CGC 6.0 · 2 in census $165*
CGC 5.5 none in existence
CGC 5.0 · 1 in census $132*
CGC 4.5 · 3 in census $113*
CGC 4.0 · 1 in census $98*
CGC 3.5 · 1 in census $87*
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Full credits

artist, inker Lee Elias
cover pencils Jack Kirby
cover inks Joe Simon

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