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I have to admit rembering the Hugh O'Brian version of Wyatt Earp on the TV show... yes I am that old, (baby boomer) !! The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp was a western television series that was loosely based upon the adventures of the frontier marshal Wyatt Earp. It was a half-hour black and white series that ran on ABC-TV from 1955 to 1961 and featured Hugh O'Brian as Wyatt Earp. Amazingly, an off-camera barbershop quartet sings the theme song and hums the catchy background music in the early episodes of this TV show! Dell Comics printed a series of Wyatt Earp comics, after publishing three issues in the 'Four Color Comics' run. The photo covers with Hugh is the main reason for this title's collector popularity. The issues ran from #4 (September 1958) thru #13 ending in December, 1960. Growing up in the 1950's I watched a lot of westerns on TV. I didn't get to see many western movies until the mid 1960's as they cost money and I was buying comics for my entertainment with my allowance instead. When looking for Wyatt Earp comics based upon my nostalgia for the TV Show, I came across Wyatt Earp comics from Atlas Comics that were published from November 1955 to June 1960. They had nothing to do with the Hugh O'Brian portrayal of Earp, but this Earp version was also printed in Gunsmoke Western, also published by Atlas. Marvel Comics, (Atlas' sucessor), reprinted some of these stories from issue #30 to 34 from 1972 - 1973. Charlton Comics also got into the Wyatt Earp business about the same time with their Wyatt Earp, Frontier Marshall comic in January 1956. Earp's name must have been in the public domain, as they had issues #12 thru #72 which ran until December 1967. My main interest in Wyatt Earp was the TV show and the spinoff comics. However I do enjoy the Atlas/Marvel version also. I would not put Hugh's version up there with either Roy Rogers, or Gene Autry, but it was a good representation of the late 1950's cowboy heroes TV Shows. Any chance to get this DVD for a friend who likes old TV westerns inexpensively is something I would do! MichaelRead full review
Wyatt and his brothers including Doc Holiday went against the Clayton/Mcloury group in the Gunfight at the Ok coral in 1881. Pretty tragic ending for the Clinton-Mcloury gang. The most famous gunfight in American West History.
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Love the old westerns. I look forward to watching it. It plays very well. thanks
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A good collection from a good actor in this Role
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Brings back memories of my young days when I watched Hugh O'Brien as Wyatt Earp on TV. Westerns were big on TV in those days. Saw the first few seasons of the show, then I missed the Tombstone episodes. Don't care to get the entire Season 1 or subsequent seasons now becoming available on DVD. Too much stuff to watch. This is an excellent selection. Just enough to recall the good times of TV westerns in a far more innocent age. O'Brien was good as Earp among movie depictions of the historic character, better than Harris Yulin, Randolph Scott, Millard Mitchell; but he takes a back seat to Henry Fonda, James Garner, Kevin Costner, and Kurt Russell in their full length movies. Why was TV afraid of showing men in mustaches back then? Great for nostalgia fans of TV westerns from long ago. No one of us thought any of these shows would ever be seen again.Read full review
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