Youthful Magazines (Gunsmoke, Captain Science, Chilling Tales, etc.) 1 1

[Electricmastro]

An appreciation thread for Youthful Magazines, who started off with Gunsmoke in 1949 and went defunct in 1954, their longest-running series having been Gunsmoke, Redskin, and Indian Fighter.

Their comics include:

Gunsmoke (1949)

Redskin (1950)

Indian Fighter (1950)

Buffalo Bill (1950)

Captain Science (1950)

Chilling Tales (1952)

Daring Confessions (1952)

Atomic Attack (1953)

Attack (1952)

Stamps Comics (1951)

Beware (1952)

Famous Western Badmen (1952)

Stamp Comics (1952)

Fantastic (1952)

Super Western Comics (1950)

Thrilling Adventures in Stamps Comics (1953)

Truthful Love (1950)

Youthful Love (1950)

Other appreciation threads: https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/topic/470215-publisher-appreciation-threads/

Edited August 24, 2020 by Electricmastro

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[Electricmastro]

On 5/28/2020 at 1:49 AM, Robot Man said:

Especially nice with the Joe Orlando and Wally Wood art!

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31 minutes ago, Electricmastro said:

Especially nice with the Joe Orlando and Wally Wood art!

Other than maybe #1, an outstanding of covers and contents as well. 

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[Scrooge]

If someone posts a Redskin # 8, I'll faint.

Edited June 10, 2020 by Scrooge

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4 hours ago, Scrooge said:

If someone posts a Redskin # 8, I'll faint.

Are you still looking for one?

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Romance Wood cover.

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2 hours ago, rjpb said:

Are you still looking for one?

Sadly, yes … 

[Scrooge]

But I did pick up a cheap # 4 last year -

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From Captain Science #4 (June, 1951). Art by Joe Orlando and Wally Wood.

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Interesting name drops of Ed Goldfarb, Bob Baer, Harry Harrison, Ernie Bache, and Steve Kirkel in Beware #12 (October, 1952), whom had all worked on Youthful’s Fantastic #9 just a few months earlier.