That's some mighty nifty gun-handlin' on this issue of POPULAR WESTERN, courtesy of artist Sam Cherry. I don't recall running across another behind-the-back shot on a Western pulp. POPULAR WESTERN ran quite a few series stories, and that's true in this issue. There's a Sheriff Blue Steele story by Syl McDowell writing as Tom Gunn, a Buffalo Billy Bates yarn by house-name Scott Carleton (possibly Chuck Martin, who has a story in this issue under his own name), and a Fiddlin' Danny tale by Ben Frank. I'll confess, I've never heard of Fiddlin' Danny and don't know a thing about him. One of my favorite authors, W.C. Tuttle, contributes a stand-alone story, as do Chuck Martin and house-names Jackson Cole and Tex Holt. There's plenty here to provide some good reading.
5 comments:
That guy's lucky he didn't shoot himself in the kidney.
That would have been embarrassing.
If I remember correctly Tex Holt is one of the several pseudonyms of the multifaceted Archie Joscelyn.
Best from Italy,
Tiziano Agnelli
Thanks, Tiziano. Now that I think about it, I believe you're right about Tex Holt.
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