Hopalong Cassidy (1943 Fawcett/DC) comic books 1953-1955
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Issue #77
$7.60
Stories and art by Frank Bolle and Westbrook Wilson. Western adventure featuring one of the most popular heroes of the mid-20th century, star of TV, film and radio. Hopalong is skeptical when a "pied piper" offers to rid the farmlands of rabbits, but there's something more sinister going on. Medical student Jim buys a clandestine corpse for his studies, but when it turns out to be the body of his rival for Faith's affections, he's in a heap of trouble. Pistol Packing Pattie meets Peter and berates him for the slacker that he is. Plus a vintage ad for "Hopalong Cassidy's Favorite Spun Honey - Spreads Like Butter!" Flying Rustlers; The Gravedigger's Secret; Hill Billy; Whitey Whiskers: The Buckshot Buckaroo; Pistol Packing Pattie; The Tax Plots; Hopalong Cassidy and the Fatal Formula; Quiz. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #78
$6.40
Western adventure featuring one of the most popular heroes of the mid-20th century, star of TV, film and radio. Investigating a double murder at the Double M Ranch, Hopalong tracks the killer to a giant safe - but he doesn't realize the killer is hiding inside. Rusty protects a dog from gunfighter Blaze, and finds himself marked for death. Pistol Packing Pattie has a bon mot for every occasion. Kill or Die; Murder Deals a Double; Hill Billy; Whitey Whiskers: The Eccentric Eccentric; Pistol Packing Pattie; Million to One Shot; Hopalong Cassidy and the Fatal Formula; Quiz. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #79
$7.60
$6.40
Western adventure featuring one of the most popular heroes of the mid-20th century, star of TV, film and radio. A testimonial dinner to Hopalong is interrupted by news a of a deadly underground blaze that could wipe out the town. Hoppy investigates a murder at a traveling carnival. The town of Wheel Hub isn't sure what to think when hypnotist Doctor Demon brings his show to town. Hold Me Up!; The Underground Inferno; Hill Billy; Whitey Whiskers: The Deep Freeze; Murder at the Carnival; Colonel Corn and Jawbone Jeffers: The Bull Story. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #87
$8.00
Stories and art by Gene Colan, Julius Schwartz, Mort Drucker, Jack Miller, Morris Waldinger, Joe Giella, Sy Barry, Raymond Perry and Don Cameron. Western adventure featuring one of the most popular heroes of the mid-20th century, star of TV, film and radio. Trained animals commit robberies, including a bear, bobcat, eagle, timber wolf, porcupine, and even a prairie dog, in one of three stories this issue illustrated by future Marvel legend Gene Colan. How rivers both aided and hindered the colonization of the Old West, in a one-pager written by legendary DC editor Julius Schwartz. And a one-pager by future Mad Magazine legend Mort Drucker. Plus a vintage ad for the Superman TV series starring George Reeves, and a hair-cream ad featuring Al Capp's Fearless Fosdick. The Tenderfoot Outlaw; Range Signals!; Cattle Trains; All in a Day's Work!; Pioneer River Crossings; The Trail to Yesterday!; Cattle Trains; The Amazing Animal Bandits! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
