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Sunday, 29 April 2018

Straight Arrow #01 - #55 (1950 -1956) Magazine Enterprises [Complete Series]



Publisher: Magazine Enterprises
Publication Dates: February-March 1950 – March 1956
Number of Issues Published: 55 (#01 – #55)
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Pages: 36     Indicia Frequency:  Bi-Monthly

Authors: 

Script
Gardner Fox

Pencils
Fred Meagher (signed), Bob Powell (signed), Ogden Whitney (signed), 

Inks
Fred Meagher (signed), Bob Powell (signed), Ogden Whitney (signed), 

Letters

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The Straight Arrow radio program was a western adventure series for juveniles which was broadcast, mostly twice weekly in the United States from 1948 or 1949 through 1951. A total of 292 episodes were aired.
Although first broadcast only in California, in early 1949 it was broadcast nationally on the Mutual Broadcasting Network. All the programs were written by Sheldon Stark.



The protagonist, rancher Steve Adams, became the Comanche Indian, the Straight Arrow, when bad people or other dangers threatened. In fact, Adams was a Comanche orphan who had been adopted by the Adams ranching family and later inherited the ranch.
His dual identity was known to only one friend. Internal evidence places the ranch in the vicinity of the Colorado Rockies in the 1870s. Howard Culver played both Adams and Straight Arrow. The program was sponsored by Nabisco Shredded Wheat.


Like many other children’s programs, this one soon had cross-over presence. The Straight Arrow Comic book. published by Magazine Enterprises, first came out in February 1950.
Most of the stories were written by Gardner Fox. In addition, there was a Straight Arrow comic strip for which Fox wrote all the scripts as well as and Straight Arrow collectible cards of Indian crafts inserted in the boxes of Nabisco Shredded Wheat.


Information thanks to the Grand Comic Database
and https://westerncomicsblog.wordpress.com/











Also 1 Australian issue 16
Also 1 issue Straight Arrow’s Fury #1



Links ⇲⇲  #01 - 55#Australian issue 16, Straight Arrow’s Fury #1

Sunday, 27 August 2017

Straight Arrow #03 [M.E.] Fred Meagher & Frank Frazetta


Publication    June-July 1950 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 36 | Frequency: bi-monthly
Notes    Cover art credits from Greg Theakston.

Featuring    Straight Arrow
Credits    Pencils: Frank Frazetta | Inks: Frank Frazetta
Content    Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Straight Arrow
Notes    Cover art credits from Greg Theakston.


Illustration    Points of a Horse (1 page)
Credits    Pencils: Fred Meagher | Inks: Fred Meagher | Letters: typeset
Content    Genre: Non-fiction
Notes    On the inside front cover.


Comic Story    The Killer Bear! (8 pages)
Featuring    Straight Arrow
Credits    Script: Gardner Fox | Pencils: Fred Meagher (signed) | Inks: Fred Meagher (signed)
Content    Genre: Western-frontier


Comic Story    The Doctor of Medicine Hat! (7 pages)
Featuring    Straight Arrow
Credits    Script: Gardner Fox | Pencils: Fred Meagher | Inks: Fred Meagher
Content    Genre: Western-frontier


Comic Story    In the Earthshaker (7 pages)
Featuring    Red Hawk
Credits    Script: Gardner Fox | Pencils: Bob Powell | Inks: Bob Powell
Content    Genre: Western-frontier
Notes    Signed Powell in first panel.


Text Story    The Fire Medicine (2 pages)
Credits    Letters: typeset
Content    Genre: Western-frontier


Comic Story    The Traps of Terror! (7 pages)
Featuring    Straight Arrow
Credits    Script: Gardner Fox | Pencils: Fred Meagher | Inks: Fred Meagher
Content    Genre: Western-frontier




Coming soon: Straight Arrow #04 [M.E.] Fred Meagher


More information about this collection, here

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