Vintage Pulp | Nov 8 2013 |
All work and no gunplay makes Joe a very dull boy.
We have more German goodness for you today. Above is a cover of Big Joe’s Wildwest-Abenteuer number 5, Joe gründet eine ranch, which means Joe Sets Up a Ranch. We know little about this series, except that it debuted in 1955, and Joe was usually chasing and shooting guys, rather than doing chores. Most of these seem to have been written by someone calling himself Glenn Stirling, but others were the work of Marc Relling. We found no references to the series in English, so we’re assuming these are West German originals, rather than reprints of American work, and judging by the €2 asking price these are not particularly rare. We’ll see if we can find out more, and whatever we uncover we’ll certainly share.