Real Western Hero (1948) comic books 1948
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Issue #70
$69.00
View scans- 1.25" Internal page tear.
$3.80
Stories and art by Carl Pfeufer and others. Numbering continues from Wow Comics (1940-1948 Fawcett) #69. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Sheriff Hopalong Cassidy battles scheming land-grabbers trying to steal homesteaders' land. The outlaw known as the Coyote targets the San Pedro bank, not knowing that Monte Hale is sleeping in the hotel next door. Western movie hero Tom Mix helps homesteaders defend their new land. Hopalong Cassidy: The Land Grab; Chief Gray Matter; Cactus Brain; Young Falcon; Li'l Buck; Monte Hale: Coyote Hunt; Muscle Hedd; Loco Lew; Red Roan: King of the Herd; Whitey Whiskers and Daniel Boone Jr.: Mule Head; Tom Mix: Gunfire Decision. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #71
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Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk and Al Liederman. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Sometimes the opening caption says it best: "Many are the fabled outlaws...but none was so cunning and elusive as the ruthless desert bandit Gopher Graham!" Monte Hale investigates a series of killings by "Billy the Hangman," and learns it's a vendetta against the perpetrators of a long-ago murder. Gabby Hayes winds up trapped between outlaw Grizzly Gus and an actual grizzly, but luckily, he has cookies containing horse tranquilizers. Plus a profusion of vintage comics-format ads, including a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade, and a Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear with Invisible Light, by Shazam co-creator CC Beck and Pete Costanza. Hopalong Cassidy: Gopher Hole; Chief Gray Matter; Saddlehead; Young Falcon: Clawing Death; Li'l Buck; Monte Hale: The Hangman's Scroll; Muscle Hedd; Loco Lew; Red Roan: Cougar Challenge; Cowboy Cal; Gabby Hayes and the Kayo Cookies; Tom Mix: Bullets Can't Spell! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #72
- 2" Cumulative spine split. Heavy water damage.
Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk and Stan Campbell. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Hopalong Cassidy tracks outlaws across the Rio Grande, and gets trapped in a gun battle in a flooding tunnel. Tom Mix becomes a Pony Express rider, just as outlaws violate the peace treaty with Chief Thunder Eye's people. Investigating sudden hostilities between the Cheyenne and white settlers, Monte Hale is aided by a Cheyenne boy he once saved from an eagle attack. Hopalong Cassidy: Border Patrol; Chief Gray Matter; Young Falcon: The Escape; Monte Hale: Duel to the Death; Loco Lew; Red Roan: The Untamed; Gabby Hayes: Trail of Gold; Tom Mix: The Ride to Doom! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #73
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Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Hopalong Cassidy tries to protect a wagon train from outlaws, and winds up tied to a stake. When Young Falcon tracks down the renegades who are impersonating his tribe, he uses a tribal mask to impersonate their shaman. Tom Mix realizes that the showboat that's stopped outside of town is just a distraction so outlaws can rob the bank. Hopalong Cassidy: Stakes of Death; Cactus Brain; Young Falcon: The Victorious Masquerade; Monte Hale: The Coyote Chase; Li'l Buck; Red Roan: Grizzly Killer; Gabby Hayes: Victory of the Vittles; Tom Mix: The Crime Show Boat! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
