Straight Arrow Comics #5

Published
May 1955
Page count
24
Cover price
9d [0-0-9 AUP]
Colour
Black & white
Size
Standard size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
Branding
None
GCD
www.comics.org/issue/922352

Credits

Editing
, editor

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover The Executioners of Straight Arrow (Straight Arrow) Cover, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Straight Arrow
Genre
Western-frontier

Credits

Art
, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer
Show/hide 1. Untitled (Lodgepole Lore) Comic story, 1 page

"The medicine man of the Plains Indian..."

Featuring

Feature
Lodgepole Lore
Genre
Western; native americans

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Bob Powell, line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
Raymond C. Krank, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Straight Arrow (Magazine Enterprises, 1950 series) #1 (February-March 1950)
Lodge Pole Lore
Also printed
Australia
Straight Arrow Comics (Red Circle, 1955 series) #5 [New series] (May 1955) (May 1955)
Untitled
Show/hide 2. Secret of the Spanish Spectres (Straight Arrow) Comic story, 7 pages

Featuring

Feature
Straight Arrow
Genre
Western-frontier

Credits

Writing
Gardner Fox , scripter
Art
Fred Meagher, line art [signed]
Text
, letterer
Editing
Raymond C. Krank, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Straight Arrow (Magazine Enterprises, 1950 series) #40 (December 1954)
Secret of the Spanish Specters
Also printed
Australia
Straight Arrow Comics (Red Circle, 1955 series) #5 [New series] (May 1955) (May 1955)
Secret of the Spanish Spectres
Show/hide 3. Two Guards for Death! (Red Hawk) Comic story, 7 pages

Featuring

Feature
Red Hawk
Genre
Western-frontier

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Bob Powell, line art [signed]
Text
, letterer
Editing
Raymond C. Krank, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Straight Arrow (Magazine Enterprises, 1950 series) #40 (December 1954)
Two Guards for Death!
Also printed
Australia
Straight Arrow Comics (Red Circle, 1955 series) #5 [New series] (May 1955) (May 1955)
Two Guards for Death!
Show/hide 4. The Fight with a Grizzly Comic story, 1 page
Show/hide 5. The Executioners of Straight Arrow! (Straight Arrow) Comic story, 7 pages

Featuring

Feature
Straight Arrow
Genre
Western-frontier

Credits

Writing
Gardner Fox , scripter
Art
Fred Meagher, line art
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

First print
United States
Straight Arrow (Magazine Enterprises, 1950 series) #40 (December 1954)
The Executioners of Straight Arrow!
Also printed
Australia
Straight Arrow Comics (Red Circle, 1955 series) #5 [New series] (May 1955) (May 1955)
The Executioners of Straight Arrow!

Notes

There appears to be two variants of this issue -- one with 'new series' on the cover, the other without those words.

Status

This issue includes help from

  • Alternate Worlds
  • Joe Italiano

AusReprints ID

  • 88992

Entry created

  • 16/05/2021

Cover added

  • 16/05/2021

Index completed

  • 16/05/2021

Last updated

  • 16/05/2021