CATALOG RECORD
Annie Oakley #5
first appearance of Annie Oakley, Nugget, Idaho Smith and others
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Annie Oakley (Marvel, old west era) — introduction
- Nugget (Marvel, from Annie Oakley) — introduction
- Idaho Smith (Marvel, from Annie Oakley) — introduction
- Yucca Bates (Marvel, from Annie Oakley) — introduction
- Ben Oakley (Marvel, from Annie Oakley) — introduction
Dates
- Cover date
- June 1955
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Introducing... the Champion Cowgirl of the West Annie Oakley · 6 pages
Annie and her horse Nugget capture an outlaw gang and bring them into the small town of Buena Vista, where she lives with her father, Ben Oakley. Ben introduces her to new sheriff Idaho Smith and his sidekick Yucca. They are immediately attracted to each other, Idaho thinking she'd be a good homemaker-type wife. Annie believes that Idaho would fall in love with a girl who excels in all the cowboy skills. Later, at the rodeo, Annie beats Idaho in every event, crushing his ego so badly that he just says goodbye to her and walks away. Annie is left crushed and clueless.
- The Mystery of the Vanishing Herd! · 6 pages
The townspeople want to fire Sheriff Idaho, saying that he not only was beaten by Annie in all the rodeo events, but also failed to catch the black angus bull rustlers continually striking the local ranchers, and that he himself should be arrested as the thief. Annie, told that the town wants her as the new sheriff, rides out and accidentally spies her father and Yucca herding bulls in the valley. She now must choose whether to turn her father in and clear Idaho, or say nothing and watch Idaho take the blame.
- Gold Strike · 2 pages
- The Deputy · 5 pages
The sheriff of Eldoro is laid up for a spell with a gunshot wound. When no-account strangers start filing into town causing fistfights and shootings, the sheriff brings reputed fast draw artist Joe Gray in from a neighboring town and deputizes him. When Joe takes out his Winchester, and faces down a huge thug, the other strangers quickly follow suit and head out of town. Turns out the sheriff's and Grey's bluff worked out fine, as Grey was not a gunslinger at all, but an artist who paints fast.
- The Secret of Lost Canyon! · 6 pages
Annie and Idaho stop a murderous real estate agent from evicting a poor mother and her young son from an old mining shack.
Characters
Reprinted in
Annie Oakley (1957)