WES SLADE US DEPUTY MARSHAL HC

This is the very first time these stories have been reprinted since first appearing in the 1960s and 70s.

Regarded by comic aficionados as the finest western strip ever published, Wes Slade ran from 1961 until 1981. Written and drawn by George Stokes, the artwork is very special. All the stories show a fresh and authentic treatment of the role of the Native Americans in the West.

Here we present 10 never-before reprinted tales of Wes Slade written and drawn by George Stokes between 1962 and 1974 and scanned directly from the original artwork held in the Express newspaper archives.

Not only does it portray the plight of the various tribes at the hands of the encroaching white settlers, it does so with some of the most accomplished Western artwork ever to grace a newspaper on both sides of the Atlantic.

George Stokes was born in 1934 the son of a British officer serving in the Indian Army. He returned to England in 1948 and completed his education and became a commercial artist. Travel in Canada and the USA deepened his interest in the West and in 1960 he jumped at the opportunity to draw a newly created western strip for the Sunday Express, Wes Slade.

He drew Wes Slade weekly for the next 20 years until his untimely death aged 47 in 1981. We are very pleased to be able to offer this supreme collection of Western stories and artwork with the very finest reproduction from the original artwork.