Monte Hale Western (1948 Fawcett/Charlton) comic books 1953

Stories and art by Dick Kraus and Leonard Frank. Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. Monte gets trapped in a mine cave-in caused by outlaws who want to steal the mine payroll. Monte suspects that a developer's plan to build a canal from Texas to Chicago is a swindle, and gets trapped in a gas chamber when he tries to prove it. Gabby Hayes invents the bullet-proof vest, but can't figure out how to protect his head or other important parts of his body. Disaster Strikes Unannounced; Bronko Betsy; Gabby Hayes: Headless Horseman of the Prairies; Blood of the Renegade; The Great Canal; Gray Hawk: Mountain Getaway; Gun Hints; Jawbone Jeffers: The Mountain Movers. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Monte Hale and Pardner cover photo. Spooky Shots text story by Walter Farmer. Counterfeiter's Holiday, art by Edmond Good; Monte is determined to seek out the counterfeiters and give them a long vacation in jail. The Kindest Man in Town!, art by Edmond Good; Some money from a bank robbery is put into Monte's pocket when asleep, and he is jailed by the sheriff. Tonsorial Twosome! starring Colonel Corn and Jawbones Jeffers. Rustler's Haven, art by Edmond Good; Texas ranchers call Monte for help to catch the two ruthless gang leaders of the rustlers, and in the showdown, he uses a Gatling Gun. The Plot on Rattler's Trail!; A mail clerk is ambushed and robbed by an insurance swindler. Spooky Shots text story by Walter Farmer. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. Monte sets out to find the truth behind the ghostly figures seen haunting a cave on the Shoshona Trail. Monte decides to turn the tables on a carny con-man who's running a fool's-gold swindle, leading to a chase around the carnival. A hero-worshipping kid goads deputy Jawbone Jeffers into a fight with Fierce Fred Pierce, twice his size and even meaner. Revenge; The Ghosts in the Night; Bronko Betsy; The Costly Bargain; The Hateful Wastrel; Old Slick; Jawbone Jeffers: Nero's Hero; The Prisoner of the Wheel Chair. Final issue published by Fawcett; Charlton took over with issue #83, published two years later in 1955. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Stan Campbell. Stories and art by Edmond Good, Dick Kraus and Leonard Frank. First issue published by Charlton. Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. Cavalry troops still divided over the end of the US Civil War must put aside their differences when Sioux forces attack border settlements. An animal-cruelty activist doesn't want perennial sidekick Gabby Hayes to put horseshoes on his horse. Monte finally tracks down the swift-fingered gang known as Safe-Crackers Unlimited, but they get the drop on him and capture him. Pony Boy Pedro... Knows His History!; Old Smokey; Two Flags At Dawn; Indian Sign Language; Gabby Hayes and the Unlucky Horseshoes; Imagine That!; Old Slick; Rodeo Gun-Trail; Gray Hawk: Waterfall of Doom; Lucky Day; Safe-Crackers Unlimited; Pinto Pete. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Edmond Good, Dick Kraus and Leonard Frank. Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. Monte faces down the Mexican revolutionary El Leon and his followers, but beautiful gunrunner Carlotta Montez stops him in his tracks. When outlaw steals a fresh batch of Aunt Hester's fudge from the Bar Nothing Ranch, he arouses the ire of both Gabby Hayes and Aunt Hester herself. The range war between cattlemen and farmers comes down to the destruction of the Shanda Valley Dam, a plan that Monte must stop. Cactus Brain; The Gunrunners of Acatera; Dimwit Diddle; Bronko Betsy; Gabby Hayes: Fearless Fudgy; Grubstaker's Bargain; Gray Hawk: Wahita Mercy; Old Slick; The Building of Shanda Dam; Ten Gallon Tex; Molasses Mouth. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.