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Gunsmoke Western is an American series that was published initially by Atlas Comics, the 1950s forerunner of , and then into the 1960s by Marvel. A anthology that ran 46 issues, it featured early stories of the Marvel heroes and the , and work by such artists as , , , , and many others.


Publication history
Gunsmoke Western was published by Atlas Comics, the 1950s forerunner of . It ran 46 issues, taking over the numbering of a previous series, Western Tales of Black Rider, beginning with #32 ( Dec. 1955). Gunsmoke Western at the Grand Comics Database. The series, which fell under the Marvel Comics banner with issue #65 (July 1961), Gunsmoke Western #65 at the Grand Comics Database. This was the first issue with the "MC" cover box. The final two issues were labeled "Marvel Comics Group" ended with #77 (July 1963).

The publication had premiered in 1948 as the comic All Winners, a.k.a. All-Winners Comics, vol. 2, then after one issue immediately became All Western Winners, a.k.a. All-Western Winners, for three issues; Western Winners for three issues; Black Rider for issues #8-27; and Western Tales of Black Rider for #28-31. The series was one of several Atlas Westerns that included Frontier Western; Western Gunfighters; and Western Thrillers and two successor series that took over its numbering, Cowboy Action and Quick-Trigger Western.

With the change to Gunsmoke Western, the series began starring , drawn by its longtime artist Jack Keller. The lesser-known Atlas character Billy Bucksin served as a backup feature for three issues, with anthological stories in-between. Issue #35 (June 1956) introduced the backup feature "Wyatt Earp", starring a version of the , for two issues before back-up features were dropped in favor of Kid Colt plus standalone stories. The Earp feature returned in issue #43 (Nov. 1957), running as backup (and in one instance as the lead feature) through #58 (May 1960).

Clay Harder, introduced in 1948 as the first of Marvel's two Western heroes called the , was re-imainged and reintroduced in Gunsmoke Western #57 (March 1960), in a feature by writer-editor and artist . The feature ran through #63 (March 1961). The second Two-Gun Kid, Matt Hawk, would be introduced in Two-Gun Kid #60 (Nov. 1962), which that Clay Harder was merely a fictional character who inspired Hawk to become a masked Western crimefighter.

Occasional stories starred the , the Gunsmoke Kid, and others.

All cover art through issue #50 (Jan. 1959) was by either Severin or , except for one each by , , and Jack Davis. Afterward, all covers were by save for one each by Davis and Maneely. A wide range of artists drew the interior stories, with multiples drawn by artists including Keller, Kirby, Severin, , , , and , and at least two each by Matt Baker, , , , and , among others. co-creator , outside his normal realm of and tales, drew one Gunsmoke Western story, "The Escape of Yancy Younger", written by Lee, in issue #66 (Sept. 1961).


See also
  • The Mighty Marvel Western


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