Crack Western #81 Values

Publisher: Quality Comics, 1952

About Crack Western #81

Reed Crandall cover. The Photo-Journal Guide to Comic Books rates this book an "8" ("rare") on its Scarcity Index.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: The Secret of Terror Canyon

Characters: Arizona Raines; Spurs

Pencils: Reed Crandall

Inks: Reed Crandall

Notes: The faces with wide open eyes, and horses are by Crandall, and he is credited on pencils and ink on covers for Quality Comics by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

STORY DETAILS

(5 Stories)

Title: Arizona Raines and the Secret of Terror Canyon

Characters: Arizona Raines; Thunder (a horse); Spurs; Calico (a horse); Pedro Mortez (villain, death)

Synopsis: The only way to get Mortez and his gang in Terror Canyon is by trickery.

Pages: 9.000

Script: Paul Gustavson

Pencils: Paul Gustavson

Inks: Paul Gustavson

Letters: Paul Gustavson

Notes: Faces with heavy jaws in sideview, and also the eyes and smile are all signs of Gustavson. He is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. Gustavson credits also from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

Characters: Two-Gun Lil [Lil Peters]; Hank; Sam Ericson; Jed Maxon (villain, death); Charley (villain, death)

Pages: 5.000

Script: Robert Bernstein

Pencils: Pete Morisi

Inks: Pete Morisi

Notes: Pencils: Ger Apeldoorn suggests Morisi. Morisi is credited on pencils and ink on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and the round eyes in round faces, and sneering mouth in sideview are similar to his signed stories in Danger #2 (Comic Media). Script credit from Martin O'Hearn.

Title: Hangmans Horror!

Characters: The Whip [Johnny Lash]; Diablo (a horse); Wes Jones; Miss Jones; Judge Hastings

Pages: 7.000

Pencils: Charles Sultan

Notes: Sultan is credited on pencils on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and some faces with pouchy lines under the eyes in side view point to him.

Characters: Marshal Bob Allen; Kanawis; Pete Dorger (villain, death)

Pages: 7.000

Pencils: Harry Anderson

Reprints: Apache Trail (Farrell, 1957 series) #3 (February 1958)

Notes: The layout with many heads halfway inside the panel borders, and shouting faces that are very similar to many of Anderson's credited stories, as in T-Man Comics and Nyoka. His peculiar lines outside corners of eyes are missing, but he is only credited on pencils on this feature in Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3

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