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WHAT IF: Western Outlaws and Sheriffs Vol. 1

Map by Chris Leazer: reprints Best Western #58-59, Western Outlaws and Sheriffs #60-64 (234 pages)

June/49: Best Western #58 (28 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Syd Shores (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • Two-Gun Kid

  • "The Million Dollar-Train Robbery!" (12 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script); Syd Shores (pencils); John Severin? (inks)

  • "A Letter to Our Readers and Their Parents!" (1 page editorial)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • text story

  • "Double Pay-Off" (2 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script)

  • Black Rider

  • "Blood on the Range!" (9 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script); John Severin (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • Kid Colt

  • "The Wicked Wedding!" (4 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script); Russ Heath (pencils); Unknown (inks)

August/49: Best Western #59 (26 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Syd Shores (pencils); Syd Shores (inks)
  • Kid Colt

  • "The Mystery of the Mad Monk!" (10 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script); Russ Heath (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • Scrapbook of the West

  • "Siege of the Alamo" (1 page)
    Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • Black Rider

  • "The Black Rider Strikes!" (5 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • text story

  • "City Kid Carver" (2 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script)

  • Two-Gun Kid

  • "The Secret of the Valley of Fear!" (8 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script); Syd Shores, John Severin (pencils); Unknown (inks)

December/49: Western Outlaws and Sheriffs #60 (42 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Photo Cover
  • "The Kansas Massacre Of 1864!" (8 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Joe Maneely (pencils); Joe Maneely (inks)

  • "Two-Gun Showdown At Black Rock!" (8 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • text story

  • "Bad Men Die Twice" (2 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script)

  • "California Byrnes / He Tried To Starve A Thousand Men!" (8 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • "Gun Duel In Powder Valley!" (8 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); John Buscema? (pencils); John Buscema? (inks)

  • "Sheriff Harvey 'Gilamonster' Gilbert. They Called Him The One-Man Posse!" (8 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Dave Berg (pencils); Dave Berg (inks)

March/50: Western Outlaws and Sheriffs #61 (41 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Photo Cover
  • "Pepper Lawson / Texas' King of the Badmen!" (8 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • "Chief Tall Wolf's War!" (8 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • text story

  • "Fatal Error" (2 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script)

  • "The Double Cross of Sam Bass!" (8 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • "The McCanles Massacre" (7 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • "Kill the Sheep-Men!" (8 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

June/50: Western Outlaws and Sheriffs #62 (40 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Joe Maneely? (pencils); Joe Maneely? (inks)
  • "Murder at Roaring Horse Bridge" (8 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • "No Law West of Larado" (8 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • text story

  • "Blackout" (2 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script)

  • "Thirty-five Notches!" (8 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • "Judge Ron Thomas' Gun-Gavel!" (6 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • "El Sombro! Mexico's Ghost of Chapel Hill!" (8 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

September/50: Western Outlaws and Sheriffs #63 (25 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Joe Maneely (pencils); Joe Maneely (inks)
  • "The Massacre at Butcher's Island" (8 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • "Rafe Hammer" (7 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • text story

  • "Last Chance" (2 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script)

  • "The Rio Killer!" (8 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Russ Heath (pencils); Russ Heath (inks)

December/50: Western Outlaws and Sheriffs #64 (25? pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)
  • "Unknown" (8? pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • "Unknown" (7? pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • text story

  • "Unknown" (2 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script)

  • "Unknown" (8? pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

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