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WHAT IF: Wild Western Vol. 1

Map by Chris Leazer: reprints Wild West #1-2, Wild Western #3-6 (239 pages)

Spring/48: Wild West #1 (28 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Syd Shores (pencils); Syd Shores (inks)

  • Two-Gun Kid

  • "Marauders of the Range!" (10 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script); Syd Shores (pencils); Syd Shores (inks)

  • Arizona Annie

  • "Unknown" (6 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • text story

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

  • Tex Taylor

  • "Law of the Smoking Guns!" (10 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

July/48: Wild West #2 (27 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Syd Shores (pencils); Syd Shores (inks)
  • Two-Gun Kid

  • "No Guns for a Killer!" (10 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script); Syd Shores (pencils); Syd Shores (inks)

  • Arizona Annie

  • "The Town that Wasn't There!" (6 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • text story

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

  • "Unknown" (1 page house ad)

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

  • Tex Taylor

  • "Blazing Six-Shooters and the Thundering Herd!" (8 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

September/48: Wild Western #3 (43 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Syd Shores (pencils); Syd Shores (inks)
  • Two-Gun Kid

  • "Guns Bark in Batesville!" (12 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • Tex Taylor

  • "Rustler's Gold Means Hot Lead!" (6 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • Arizona Annie

  • "Annie Rides the Owl Hoot Trail" (6 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • text story

  • "The Gallant Lady" (2 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script)

  • "The Corpses of Dr. Sacotti" (1 page house ad)

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

  • Tex Morgan

  • "Draw, Killer, or Die!" (10 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • The Sheriff

  • "Law Comes in Greased Holsters!" (6 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

November/48: Wild Western #4 (46 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Syd Shores (pencils); Syd Shores (inks)
  • Kid Colt Hero of the West

  • "Bushwhack Bullets for a Colt-Quick Gunhawk!" (10 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script); Russ Heath (pencils); Russ Heath (inks)

  • Tex Taylor

  • "Hot Lead for Horse Thieves!" (8 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • Tex Morgan

  • "Colt Merchants and Bucking Broncs!" (7 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • text story

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

  • Arizona Annie

  • "Six-Shooter Schoolmarm!" (5 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • Two-Gun Kid

  • "Gun-Smoke over Vulture Valley!" (14 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script); Russ Heath (pencils); Russ Heath (inks)

January/49: Wild Western #5 (45 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Syd Shores (pencils); Syd Shores (inks)
  • Two-Gun Kid

  • "Two Guns Bark Along Terror Trail!" (8 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • Black Rider

  • "Lead Law in Leadville!" (5 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script); Syd Shores (pencils); Syd Shores (inks)

  • "Blonde Phantom/Human Torch/Captain America" (1 page house ad)

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

  • Kid Colt Outlaw

  • "Flashing Steel of Doom!" (12 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script); Russ Heath (pencils); Russ Heath (inks)

  • text story

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

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

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

  • Tex Taylor

  • "Ride the Rustlers Down!" (9 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script); Pierce Rice (pencils); Chu Hing (inks)

  • Blaze Carson

  • "Colt-Crazy Maverick!" (7 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script); Dick Rockwell (pencils); Dick Rockwell (inks)

March/49: Wild Western #6 (44 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Syd Shores (pencils); Syd Shores (inks)
  • Two-Gun Kid

  • "Slaves of the Six-Gun Empire!" (10 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • Blaze Carson

  • "Two-Gun Terror Rides the Range!" (8 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • Two-Gun Kid

  • "Western Rope Lore!" (1 page)
    Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • Tex Taylor

  • "Gun-Hungry Ghosts!" (8 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • text story

  • "The Long Wait" (2 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script)

  • Kid Colt

  • "Gun Guilty!" (7 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

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

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

  • Tex Morgan

  • "Buckaroo Badmen of Big Rock!" (7 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

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