Durango Kid #1 - Frank Frazetta art
Durango Kid #1, 1949 - Dan Brand and Tipi begin as a back-up series, and Frank Frazetta starts his first and only continuing serial in comics. A young man from colonial Philadelphia tracks his fiancee's murderer in the western frontier. After befriending some Indians, he learns their skills and metes out his revenge. Subsequently, he adopts a young Indian boy whose father the chief is killed in battle. The adventures of Dan Brand and Tipi are generally roaming Samaritan stories, and Frazetta's art is perfectly suited to this historical frontier genre. His wilderness settings are not as detailed as other works, focusing more on the characters and their motivations. A fine start, at any rate. This is one of four Frazetta / Dan Brand tales nicely reprinted in White Indian #11. This is number 1 of 16 Durango Kid issues with Frazetta art and/or covers. See today's posts or more Frazetta or Durango Kid issues. See also this blog's Frazetta checklist or Top 10 Frazetta comics.
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Untitled Frazetta story pencils and inks 7 pages = ***
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2 comments to date:
Great website! I love the top notch artist profiles and background history on their careers. I have one questions for you though: With all the great coverage of legendary team, Al WIllaimson?Frank Frazetta, why don't we see anything coverage from their work on "John Wayne Adventure Comics" by Toby Press, 1950? This series has some really great art. Just curious?
Keep up the great work,
Robbie
I try to review issues I personally own or scans from various sources. The Frazetta/Williamson John Wayne issues are especially hard to find and I've only seen individual pages of original art. I'm hoping someone out there will eventually provide scans of the those issues to the general public.
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