I mentioned this one back on the first page, Lime: "Actually, I think one of the best ever western strips would be Kung Fu from mid-70s Look-In ... " (Just letting you know so you don't think you're the only fan!) It really was a great strip, often beautifully drawn. That paddle steamer serial is probably my favourite of its run.Lime Street Leopard wrote:
I'll reassess when I get time Raven.Just been thinking about western strips again.I don't know if it qualifies,there was an excellent KUNG FU strip from the TV series which ran in LOOK-IN for a couple of years from 1974.
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Lime Street Leopard
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Should've went to Specsavers...... 
Sorry Raven,hey,it was late when I wrote it.Glad to see Im not the only fan!
Sorry Raven,hey,it was late when I wrote it.Glad to see Im not the only fan!Lookout for LOOK-IN
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A bit obscure, maybe, but hopefully worth bringing back this western strip thread for ...
The Cor Summer special 1972 (the one with the bandstand on the front with Gus Gorilla's trombone full of ice cream) features a very nicely drawn ten page western adventure strip called Trail-Blazer!
It stars a blond-quiffed boy cowboy, Chuck Connor, who's a pony express rider and lives with his mother and sister at the Connor ranch. In this adventure he comes up against a villain called Black Hart who's after Chuck for getting his son jailed.
I was wondering what this was a reprint of. Does anyone know if it's likely to be Don Lawrence's Pony Express strip from early 60s Swift?
The Cor Summer special 1972 (the one with the bandstand on the front with Gus Gorilla's trombone full of ice cream) features a very nicely drawn ten page western adventure strip called Trail-Blazer!
It stars a blond-quiffed boy cowboy, Chuck Connor, who's a pony express rider and lives with his mother and sister at the Connor ranch. In this adventure he comes up against a villain called Black Hart who's after Chuck for getting his son jailed.
I was wondering what this was a reprint of. Does anyone know if it's likely to be Don Lawrence's Pony Express strip from early 60s Swift?
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VictorHornet
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Interesting that you mention The Town Tamers, Kashgar. I'm looking to review this series on my website later in the year. I knew that the characters were from the Olsen books, but I didn't know that Olsen himself had scripted the stories. Is that the information you have gathered? Is this mentioned in an interview with the author?
Whilst I know of Olsen's work, I haven't read any of his books, so I've no idea if the stories in The Victor are based on some of his short stories (if he wrote any), or if he wrote them especially for the comic, which seems to be the case.
Just to put my twopennyworth in about western comic strips, I too enjoy the Jonah Hex stories, old and new and some of those mentioned previously. My knowledge of British comics is limited, that is to mainly Valiant, Victor, Hornet, 2000AD, Commando comics, so my choices are limited to those comics. The Deputy of Colorado Springs (Victor; artist Kearon?); The Lost Gold of the Haunted Canyons (Hornet, artist Antonio Garcia?); and others. I haven't read The Buffalo Boy, (it didn't look very interesting), but I'll go back and check that series out. Thank you.
I also seem to recall that Slade appeared in the early issues of The Victor, artwork for some of the stories was by Sutherland. But these stories revolved around other Pony Express riders, with Slade appearing as and when required. That correct Kashgar?
For those who are interested please view the Victor / Hornet indexes on my website, Western Stories heading (The indexes are a lonnnnnng way from being complete, but you never know I might finish them one day).
Whilst I know of Olsen's work, I haven't read any of his books, so I've no idea if the stories in The Victor are based on some of his short stories (if he wrote any), or if he wrote them especially for the comic, which seems to be the case.
Just to put my twopennyworth in about western comic strips, I too enjoy the Jonah Hex stories, old and new and some of those mentioned previously. My knowledge of British comics is limited, that is to mainly Valiant, Victor, Hornet, 2000AD, Commando comics, so my choices are limited to those comics. The Deputy of Colorado Springs (Victor; artist Kearon?); The Lost Gold of the Haunted Canyons (Hornet, artist Antonio Garcia?); and others. I haven't read The Buffalo Boy, (it didn't look very interesting), but I'll go back and check that series out. Thank you.
I also seem to recall that Slade appeared in the early issues of The Victor, artwork for some of the stories was by Sutherland. But these stories revolved around other Pony Express riders, with Slade appearing as and when required. That correct Kashgar?
For those who are interested please view the Victor / Hornet indexes on my website, Western Stories heading (The indexes are a lonnnnnng way from being complete, but you never know I might finish them one day).
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Interesting that you mention The Town Tamers, Kashgar. I'm looking to review this series on my website later in the year. I knew that the characters were from the Olsen books, but I didn't know that Olsen himself had scripted the stories. Is that the information you have gathered? Is this mentioned in an interview with the author?
Whilst I know of Olsen's work, I haven't read any of his books, so I've no idea if the stories in The Victor are based on some of his short stories (if he wrote any), or if he wrote them especially for the comic, which seems to be the case.
Just to put my twopennyworth in about western comic strips, I too enjoy the Jonah Hex stories, old and new and some of those mentioned previously. My knowledge of British comics is limited, that is to mainly Valiant, Victor, Hornet, 2000AD, Commando comics, so my choices are limited to those comics. The Deputy of Colorado Springs (Victor; artist Kearon?); The Lost Gold of the Haunted Canyons (Hornet, artist Antonio Garcia?); and others. I haven't read The Buffalo Boy, (it didn't look very interesting), but I'll go back and check that series out. Thank you.
I also seem to recall that Slade appeared in the early issues of The Victor, artwork for some of the stories was by Sutherland. But these stories revolved around other Pony Express riders, with Slade appearing as and when required. That correct Kashgar?
For those who are interested please view the Victor / Hornet indexes on my website, Western Stories heading (The indexes are a lonnnnnng way from being complete, but you never know I might finish them one day).
Whilst I know of Olsen's work, I haven't read any of his books, so I've no idea if the stories in The Victor are based on some of his short stories (if he wrote any), or if he wrote them especially for the comic, which seems to be the case.
Just to put my twopennyworth in about western comic strips, I too enjoy the Jonah Hex stories, old and new and some of those mentioned previously. My knowledge of British comics is limited, that is to mainly Valiant, Victor, Hornet, 2000AD, Commando comics, so my choices are limited to those comics. The Deputy of Colorado Springs (Victor; artist Kearon?); The Lost Gold of the Haunted Canyons (Hornet, artist Antonio Garcia?); and others. I haven't read The Buffalo Boy, (it didn't look very interesting), but I'll go back and check that series out. Thank you.
I also seem to recall that Slade appeared in the early issues of The Victor, artwork for some of the stories was by Sutherland. But these stories revolved around other Pony Express riders, with Slade appearing as and when required. That correct Kashgar?
For those who are interested please view the Victor / Hornet indexes on my website, Western Stories heading (The indexes are a lonnnnnng way from being complete, but you never know I might finish them one day).
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There's a western strip running at the moment in the DFC....called Frontier.
By Jason Cobley and Andrew Wildman, and it's quite good
By Jason Cobley and Andrew Wildman, and it's quite good
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As a child in the 60s there were dozens of tv series on the telly. Two of them The Rifleman and Branded starred Chuck Connors so the character in the Cor Summer Special obviously got his name from him. Have both those series on dvd.
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Not only dozens of westerns but only two and then latterly three channels to show them on. Every second programme seemed to have had someone riding high in the saddle.
Just to name a few The Lone Ranger, Wagon Train, Rawhide, Bronco Layne, Bonanza, Cheyenne, Have Gun Will Travel, Maverick, and then in due course on BBC2 The Virginian, The High Chapparal and Alias Smith and Jones. And then The Waltons and Columbo in his dirty raincoat arrived and tumbleweed began to blow across all those western back-lots.
Just to name a few The Lone Ranger, Wagon Train, Rawhide, Bronco Layne, Bonanza, Cheyenne, Have Gun Will Travel, Maverick, and then in due course on BBC2 The Virginian, The High Chapparal and Alias Smith and Jones. And then The Waltons and Columbo in his dirty raincoat arrived and tumbleweed began to blow across all those western back-lots.
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Re: "hi what about the many western pocket library comics some of the early ones are very good [ 1950 to 1960s ] you can get some sharp artwork and well written stories. the prices on ebay etc are not too bad 
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"I had noticed some of those on Ebay from time to time, thanks, and they certainly have some striking covers - though I'd wondered whether the stories were any good or just churned out generic hack-type stuff! There must have been lots in the '50s when westerns were huge and filling up the Tv and cinema schedules."
There's a book out at the moment called High Noon which reprintes about 600 pages of stories from Cowboy Picture Library -- an excellent read, on a par with most western TV shows of the time.
David Simpson
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"I had noticed some of those on Ebay from time to time, thanks, and they certainly have some striking covers - though I'd wondered whether the stories were any good or just churned out generic hack-type stuff! There must have been lots in the '50s when westerns were huge and filling up the Tv and cinema schedules."
There's a book out at the moment called High Noon which reprintes about 600 pages of stories from Cowboy Picture Library -- an excellent read, on a par with most western TV shows of the time.
David Simpson
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Re: "hi what about the many western pocket library comics some of the early ones are very good [ 1950 to 1960s ] you can get some sharp artwork and well written stories. the prices on ebay etc are not too bad "
and
"I had noticed some of those on Ebay from time to time, thanks, and they certainly have some striking covers - though I'd wondered whether the stories were any good or just churned out generic hack-type stuff! There must have been lots in the '50s when westerns were huge and filling up the Tv and cinema schedules."
There's a book out at the moment called High Noon which reprintes about 600 pages of stories from Cowboy Picture Library -- an excellent read, on a par with most western TV shows of the time.
David Simpson
"and
"I had noticed some of those on Ebay from time to time, thanks, and they certainly have some striking covers - though I'd wondered whether the stories were any good or just churned out generic hack-type stuff! There must have been lots in the '50s when westerns were huge and filling up the Tv and cinema schedules."
There's a book out at the moment called High Noon which reprintes about 600 pages of stories from Cowboy Picture Library -- an excellent read, on a par with most western TV shows of the time.
David Simpson
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Wizard had quite a few good Western Strips in the 70's.
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Which month and year is that one from, steelclaw?steelclaw wrote:Wizard had quite a few good Western Strips in the 70's.
Any other especially good 'uns?
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RavenRaven wrote:Which month and year is that one from, steelclaw?steelclaw wrote:Wizard had quite a few good Western Strips in the 70's.
Any other especially good 'uns?
The Lost Boy Of Redman's Rock started in WIZARD No.34 October 3rd 1970
Not sure if the following few are especially good, but go and have a look at the story titles on my Wizard blog
I'm sure their are a few more then this.http://wizardcomics1970-1974.blogspot.c ... guide.html
The Wizard No.83 September 11th 1971
THE WIZARD No.23 July 18th 1970
The Wizard No.136 September 16th 1972
The Wizard No.126 July 8th 1972
The Wizard No.124 June 24th 1972
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steelclaw wrote: Not sure if the following few are especially good, but go and have a look at the story titles on my Wizard blog
Thanks for those! I'm very familiar with your Wizard blog (though your ukcomicsarefun one is much more my kind of thing as it's so IPC-packed!) but it seemed to have trouble loading the last few times I went on - the covers were taking so long. I shall have another go soon, though.
I like the look of some of those strips.