Western Hero (1949) comic books 1949

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Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk, Stan Campbell, John Jordan, and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. When counterfeit bills flood the West, the Treasury Department asks Hopalong Cassidy to get involved. Monte Hale finds his outlaw-bashing curtailed when a judge orders him not to fire his six-guns within city limits or risk violating the peace. The Butler Brothers, Dick, Evan and Fred, want revenge on the sheriff, Tom Mix. Plus a profusion of vintage comics-format ads, including a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade. Hopalong Cassidy: The Counterfeiting Ring; Cactus Brain; Big Bow and Little Arrow: Buckaroos; Young Falcon: The Mystery of Little Star; Monte Hale: Peace Bond; Li'l Buck; Red Roan: Captive Herd; Gabby Hayes: Bucking Wheels of Glory!; Tom Mix: The Infamous Revenge. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk and others. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Protecting a seemingly worthless treasure seems like an easy job for Hopalong Cassidy, but it's neither worthless nor easy. Young Falcon proves Little Star didn't commit the theft that got her exiled from her tribe, but finding the real culprit is trickier. An outlaw framed for murder is blackmailed by the real killer. Hopalong Cassidy: Buried Trouble; Cactus Brain; Young Falcon: Little Star's Secret; Monte Hale: The Men Who Died Twice; Hammer Head; Red Roan: Outlaw Valley; Gabby Hayes: The Cliff Bandits; Vita Min; Tom Mix: Blackmail. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk, Bob Laughlin and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Hopalong Cassidy seeks a missing geologist, and finds he's in danger of disappearing himself. Monte Hale faces "the melancholy master of malevolent mischief, a dandified desperado known as The Weeper" (no apparent relation to the 20th-century Bulletman foe, but the shtick is the same). Tom Mix tries to find a new water source when a greedy rancher demands half his neighbors' cattle in exchange for access to a stream. Plus a profusion of vintage comics-format ads, featuring mascots like R. C. & Quickie and Popsickle Pete. Hopalong Cassidy: The Shadow of Death; Monte Hale Meets the Weeper; Red Roan: Killer Wolf; Tom Mix and the Lost Creek. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by Leonard Frank and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Hopalong Cassidy helps Las Pedras recover from an earthquake, but then someone else shows up as well: The Caravan Banditos. Monte Hale gets deputized so he can mount a cross-country chase to capture fugitive gambler King Faro, who leaves an Ace of Spades as a calling card. Tom Mix doesn't suspect that ranch hand Curly is involved with the rustlers who stole wild horses...or does he? Plus a profusion of vintage comics-format ads, including one featuring movie cowboy Rocky Lane. Hopalong Cassidy: The Caravan Banditos; Monte Hale: Death Plays the Ace; Cactus Brain; Red Roan: Peril of Cougar Hollow; Gabby Hayes: The Chariot Race; Li'l Buck; Muttering Murtagh; Big Bow and Little Arrow: Food For Thought; General Store George; Whimpy; Tom Mix: The Rustlers of the Range. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by Leonard Frank and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Hopalong Cassidy is shocked when reformed ex-con Joe is held in a gambler's murder, but he suspects there's more to the story. Monte Hale faces the return of The Weeper, a sort of reverse-Joker who makes victims cry with pepper and onion-juice attacks (but a different Weeper than the one who fought Bulletman). Tom Mix tries to figure out who would abduct members of Blue Moon's tribe, and why. The last of a series of painted covers by Norman Saunders. Plus a profusion of vintage comics-format ads, including one featuring movie cowboy Rocky Lane. Hopalong Cassidy: The Perfect Frameup; Monte Hale: Crying Crimes; Red Roan: Mountain Famine; Li'l Buck; Cactus Brain; Tom Mix: The Slaves in Bondage; Literary Lister. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Leonard Frank and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. When rancher Mobray's son starts sleepwalking, a ranch hand with gambling debts realizes he can frame him for his father's murder. Monte pretends to have turned outlaw and holds up stagecoaches to expose an insurance swindle. Con men try to sell desert land by claiming it has an underground river, but Tom Mix is skeptical. Plus a profusion of vintage comics-format ads, including one featuring movie cowboy Rocky Lane. Hopalong Cassidy: Death Walks the Night; Monte Hale, Outlaw; Cactus Brain; Red Roan: Runaway Train; Gabby Hayes: Frantic Feet; Li'l Buck; Buck and Cluck: Oh, Brother; Big Bow and Little Arrow: The Escape; Tom Mix: The Underground River. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.