Crack Western #83 (1953) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Rattlesnake Pete's Revenge	cover	1	pencils: Reed Crandall; inks: Reed Crandall	Bob Allen (frontier marshal); Rattlesnake Pete
1	-	comic story	9	script: Paul Gustavson; pencils: Paul Gustavson; inks: Paul Gustavson; letters: Paul Gustavson	Arizona Raines; Spurs; Blue Flame; Ricardo Portego; Little Panther
2	The Fiend in Knee Pants	comic story	5	script: Robert Bernstein; pencils: Leo Morey; inks: Leo Morey	Two-Gun Lil; Pop Lodge; Doc; Hollis; Joey;
4	The Dead Shot	comic story	7	pencils: Charles Sultan	The Whip [Johnny Lash]; Diablo (The Whip's horse); Jeb Haskins (death); Mr. Jonas; Lupo Dorish [aka The Dead Shot] (villain, death); Lupo's gang [Ed (death); Chub (death); others un-named (all die)] (villains)
5	Draw against Death	text story	1	letters: typeset	Arizona Raines; Mary Emmett; Deuces Dawson; George Whitfield
6	Rattlesnake Pete's Revenge	comic story	7	pencils: Reed Crandall; inks: Reed Crandall	Bob Allen; Pete Kimball; Cal Kimball

Plus 3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Best of the West #65	2007	On eBay ›
Men of Mystery Comics #93	2014	On eBay ›

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