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CREATOR

Name: Horwitz Publications Inc. Pty Ltd. * (Australian comics corporation).
Personal dates: Founded in 1920 by the couple Israel and Ruth Horwitz, who later included their children in heading the company. The main production was trade journals, pulp novels, and sports magazines**. Ongoing.
Other creations: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under Horwitz in the Creators section.
Successors: None.
Comments: * The corporation was first named Associated General Publications Pty Ltd, and later Transport Publishing Co.
** From 1950 to 1965 comic books in diverse genres were added.

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1954. Stopped in 1955 after 9 issues, but continued during 1957 (5 issues).

The starring character is a 17-year old teenager named Davy Laramee and called the Arizona Kid, who fights injustice in the Old West as a lone gunfighter. Eventually, he joins the Texas Rangers as a scout.