Tom Mix Western (1948 Fawcett) comic books 1948

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Stories and art by Al Liederman and others. Silent-movie cowboy Tom Mix became a pop-culture icon with his 1940s radio show and this tie-in comic. While Tom shows his stuff at a rodeo, outlaws scheme to steal the diamond-studded belt he won for being the Best Cowboy Ever. A desperate town sends a request that Tom "come hyar" and find out what happened to their missing sheriff. Confusion reigns when a 12-year-old outlaw calling himself The Pecos Kid shows up, right after wanted killer Pecos Pete wounds the local sheriff. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Saves the School Party, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. The Saga of Tom Mix; Cowboy Cal; Saddlehead; The Mystery of the Missing Sheriff; The Shooting of Little Duke; Tumbleweed Jr. Has a Pet Theory; Round Up Time with Tom Mix; The Big Bank Robbery; Whipper-Snappers; The Fallen Hero. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Al Liederman and others. Silent-movie cowboy Tom Mix became a pop-culture icon with his 1940s radio show and this tie-in comic. Tom investigates when a stagecoach mysteriously disappears and reappears. Prospector Clem seeks Tom's help when he's haunted by a ghost in his mine, but Tom suspects it's owlhoots, not haints. Tom seeks the answer after a series of murders where the victims are all found smiling. The Mystery of the Vanishing Stagecoach; Cowboy Cal; Saddlehead; The Trespassers; The Dude Who Dood It; Tumbleweed Jr. The Pipe Dreams; Round Up Time with Tom Mix; The Ghost of the Dobie Gold Mine; Whipper-Snappers; The Smiling Dead Men. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Al Liederman and Carl Pfeufer. Silent-movie cowboy Tom Mix became a pop-culture icon with his 1940s radio show and this tie-in comic. Before Tom can stop an outlaw, he must rescue a trapped Ranger from a raging forest fire. To prevent a fight over a water source from erupting into bloodshed, Tom shoots the guns out of five men's hands in one panel. Tom meets Celia, who has tracked her father's killer from all the way Back East. The Blaze of Death; Cowboy Cal; Saddlehead; Doc Greene's Dilemma; The Badman Wins; Tumbleweed Jr.: School Daze; Round Up Time with Tom Mix; The Whip; Whipper-Snappers; Scales of Justice. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Al Liederman and Howard Boughner. Silent-movie cowboy Tom Mix became a pop-culture icon with his 1940s radio show and this tie-in comic. A mismatched love affair between two star-crossed lovers complicates Tom's rescue mission. When Farmer Minton's threshing machine is mysteriously destroyed, he risks losing his farm to Porter Meanfellow, and Tom Mix smells a rat. Someone mistakes Tom for "Jed" and tries to kill him, and Tom sets out to find out what makes Jed worth killin'. Plus Comix Cards (like the later Marvel Value Stamps) featuring Mary Marvel. Treachery in the Hills!; Cowboy Cal; Saddlehead; The Threshing Machine Threat!; Last Shot; Tumbleweed Jr.: The Home of the Brave!; Round Up Time with Tom Mix; The Dobie Rustlers; Mawby the Medicine Man; Dizzy Daisy; The Mistaken Assailant! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Al Liederman and Bill Brady. Silent-movie cowboy Tom Mix became a pop-culture icon with his 1940s radio show and this tie-in comic. Tom's friends Dick and Moonbeam Runningeagle are threatened by the return of Skunkheart, who wants a human sacrifice. Tom's old foe The Whip (from issue #3) returns with vengeance on his mind. Jed inherits a huge diamond from his uncle, but his two no-good cousins Ned and Red are keen to have it for themselves. The God of Evil!; Billy the Kid and Oscar; The Whip Stings Again!; Bedside Battle; Death Prances in the Arena!; Cowboy Cal; Tumbleweed Jr. Paddles Away; Round Up Time with Tom Mix; Saddlehead; The Death Diamond! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Al Liederman, Chad Grothkopf, Carl Pfeufer and Bill Brady. Silent-movie cowboy Tom Mix became a pop-culture icon with his 1940s radio show and this tie-in comic. Tom realizes that a suspicious freight-train crash was actually the work of "wheat rustlers" trying to swindle Dobie's farmers by shutting down trade. Tom investigates when a bandit is robbing patrons at the county fair. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear with Invisible Light, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. And another vintage ad for the Tom Mix radio show, and Tom Mix glow-in-the-dark spurs! The Wheat Rustlers; Rustler Trap; Cowboy Cal; Willie the Worm; The County Fair Mystery!; Last Shot; Tumbleweed Jr.: The Black Gold; Round Up Time with Tom Mix; The Saga of Fleeing Beauty; Billy the Kid and Oscar; The Trade of Treachery. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Al Liederman, Chad Grothkopf, Carl Pfeufer and Bill Brady. Silent-movie cowboy Tom Mix became a pop-culture icon with his 1940s radio show and this tie-in comic. Tom rescues a baby from a burning farmhouse using only his lasso, then must protect the baby's family from a buffalo stampede. Outlaws try to get at Tom by poisoning his horse Tony. Outlaw "Red Bull" and his gang capture the Dobie town sheriff and plan to hang him, unless Tom can stop them. Plus Comix Cards (like the later Marvel Value Stamps) featuring the Marvel Family. Also, a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Tames a Tornado, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck, and a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade. Trail Blazer; The Mistaken Identity; Cowboy Cal; Guns of Destiny; The Poison Peril; Tumbleweed Jr.: Go Fly a Kite; Round Up Time with Tom Mix; Badmen Roundup. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover by Everett Kinstler. Stories and art by Carl Pfeufer and others. Silent-movie cowboy Tom Mix became a pop-culture icon with his 1940s radio show and this tie-in comic. A corrupt newspaper editor who's the head of a rustling gang uses his paper to frame Tom for murder. Tom meets the beautiful Ann, but she has a strange connection to the outlaws who are plaguing the town. Tom realizes that the mysterious killer stalking the town is carnival performer Samara, and her trained leopard! Plus Comix Cards (like the later Marvel Value Stamps) featuring Ibis and Taia. Also, a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Traps the Circus Culprit, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck, and a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade. Painted cover by comics and fine-art legend Everett Raymond Kinstler. Accused!; Cowboy Cal; Saddlehead; Jail Break; Divided Loyalty!; Tom Mix and the Laughing Leopard Lady; Tumbleweed Jr.: and the Sunday Suit; Round Up Time with Tom Mix; Tom Mix and the Gallant Guns. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Al Liederman and Bill Woolfolk. Silent-movie cowboy Tom Mix became a pop-culture icon with his 1940s radio show and this tie-in comic. Tom tracks a mad killer who hacks off his victims' hands. This disturbing (but not gory) pre-Code story was mentioned in the text (pp. 323-325) of the anti-comics classic Seduction of the Innocent. Tom opens his doors to strangers who need refuge, but they're actually outlaws who take him hostage and raid his larder. The constant "gunplay" in Big Boulder makes crossing the street a life-threatening decision, but one man wants to stop the madness. Tom tries to keep his friend's son "Spurs" from hanging out with gambler Giant Todd, but Spurs tells him to mind his own business. Plus a vintage ad for the Tom Mix radio show, and Tom Mix glow-in-the-dark spurs! Homicidal Hospitality; A Tale of the Lonesome Cowboy; Hands Off; Cowboy Cal; Saddlehead; Indian Lore; Stranger in the Night; The Tragedy of Joe Miller; Tumbleweed Jr.: The Bucking Bronco; Round Up Time with Tom Mix; The Song of the Deadly Spurs. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Al Liederman and others. Silent-movie cowboy Tom Mix became a pop-culture icon with his 1940s radio show and this tie-in comic. This issue was NOT mentioned in the text of the anti-comics classic Seduction of the Innocent, despite an erroneous report in Overstreet (it was the previous issue that was mentioned). Tom tracks down the culprits who have been vandalizing various properties around town, in one of many stories from the era focused on "juvenile delinquents" (the story calls them "little coyotes"). The fierce competition between rival stagecoach companies escalates to sabotage and attempted murder. Outlaw Big Hat McCoy plots to get rid of Tom by switching out the blanks that Tom's gunfighting students use during training. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear with Invisible Light, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. And another vintage ad for the Tom Mix radio show, and Tom Mix glow-in-the-dark spurs! The Vandals; Cowboy Cal; Saddlehead; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb; Murder in Advance; Accessories Before the Fact; Masked Treachery; Tumbleweed Jr.: A Tuneful Tale; Round Up Time with Tom Mix; Uncle Oscar; Death on the Prowl. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Al Liederman and others. Silent-movie cowboy Tom Mix became a pop-culture icon with his 1940s radio show and this tie-in comic. Three convicts captured by Tom Mix team up and escape to exact their revenge, leading to a fun fight in a working sawmill. Tom meets a lady passing through town with her dog, never suspecting that she's a deadly jewel thief... and so is the dog. Tom finds a lost will hidden in a well, but a killer wants to send Tom to a watery grave. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie and "The Babe Ruth Story", with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. And another vintage ad for the Tom Mix radio show ,and Tom Mix glow-in-the-dark spurs! Painted cover may be the work of comics and fine-art legend Everett Raymond Kinstler. The Triple Revenge; Cowboy Cal; Saddlehead; Vault of Gold; The Mystery of the Canine Collar; The Creek Controversy; Masked Treachery; Tumbleweed Jr.: The Big Catch; Round Up Time with Tom Mix; The Letter of Crime. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Al Liederman and others. Silent-movie cowboy Tom Mix became a pop-culture icon with his 1940s radio show and this tie-in comic. Tom tracks the mysterious masked leader of the Black Onyx Gang, who managed to shoot Tom in the shoulder, only to learn the leader is actually a woman. Tom tries to get a homeless young boy to change his thieving ways, but outlaws want to make him part of their robbery scheme.After his father is killed by a train while fleeing Tom Mix, outlaw Mike Clifton swears revenge against all trains. Plus a vintage ad for the Tom Mix radio show, and Tom Mix glow-in-the-dark spurs! And the original Captain Marvel offers a patriotic song, "I'm the You in the U.S.A." The Black Onyx Queen; Cowboy Cal; The Youthful Menace; Death Rides the Rails!; Gunning for Slim; Tumbleweed Jr. and the Interminable Termites; Round Up Time with Tom Mix; The Secret of the Antique Sword! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.