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Real Western Hero (1948) comic books

  • Issue #71
    Real Western Hero (1948) 71

    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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    $67 REAL WESTERN HERO #71 6.5 FAWCETT 1948 OFF-WHITE PAGES
    $68 REAL WESTERN HERO #71 in FN/VF a 1948 FAWCETT Golden Age Comic TOM MIX

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  • Issue #72
    Real Western Hero (1948) 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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    $21 Real Western Hero # 72 GOOD November 1948 Captain Tootsie See below
    $52 REAL WESTERN HERO #72 5.5 FAWCETT 1948 OFF-WHITE PAGES

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