Monte Hale Western (1948 Fawcett/Charlton) comic books 1955 or before

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Monte Hale and Pardner cover photo. The Ghost Town, art by Carl Pfeufer; Monte Hale enters a ghost town, and meets up with ghosts able to handle six-guns and set off dynamite blasts. Wheaties ad with baseball player Ralph Kiner. Smart Like a Fox story starring Big Bow and Little Arrow. Railroad Ruckus, art by Carl Pfeufer; Someone on the inside are wrecking and dynamiting the railroad. Wildroot Cream Oil ad with Sam Spade, pencils by Lou Fine, inks by Don Komisarow. Monte's Double, art by Carl Pfeufer; Mistaken for a hated outlaw, Monte Hale is on the verge of being hung by a mob. The Raiders text story with Son of the Chief by Richard Kraus. Right Makes Might starring Whitey Whiskers and Daniel Boone Jr. Comix Cards. Trail-Blazers Showdown, art by Carl Pfeufer; Landgrabbers are trying to drive the new settlers off their new land. Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear Tootsie Roll ad, art by C.C. Beck. Winthrop Shoes ad with Stan Musial. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk and others. Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. Monte helps capture an outlaw gang, but now he must escort them alone across seventy miles of desert. Monte helps an aging sheriff capture the outlaw Red Jack, and gets framed for his trouble. The story of how Monte met his faithful stallion, Pardner, while chasing the outlaw Johnny Deuces across the desert. Plus a vintage comics-formatted ad for Wildroot Hair Tonic and the radio show The Adventures of Sam Spade. Terror Trek; Bronko Betsy; The Over Age Sheriff; Gray Hawk: Panther Peril; Pardner: Outlaw Stallion; Big Bow and Little Arrow: The Brainstorm; Tribe of the Tomahawk. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Gil Kane, Bill Woolfolk and Edmond Good. Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. Trapped by a blizzard, Monte investigates reports of a werewolf stalking the Western frontier. A friend of Monte's invents the horseless carriage a few decades early, but it promptly gets hijacked by bank robbers. Monte aids Navajo warriors against outlaws, in a rare (for its era) story about the plight of Native Americans, featuring early art by future Marvel legend Gil Kane. Plus a vintage ad for WWII surplus "US Army Air Forces Flying Helmets." The Fangs of the Wolfman; Bronko Betsy; Old Slick; The Horseless Coach; Gray Hawk: Knives of the Plainsmen; The Black Gold; Big Bow and Little Arrow: The Big Reward; The Killers' Tournament. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Gil Kane and Leonard Frank. Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. Outlaw Bankroll Barr hires Monte's old enemy The Gravedigger (formerly the Undertaker) to help him get rid of Hale. A sheriff needs Monte's help capturing outlaw Luke Cleaver, who's disguised as a "prairie peddler" or traveling salesman, in a story featuring early art by future Marvel legend Gil Kane. Grizzled sidekick Gabby Hayes experiences his own version of the famous jumping-frog story. Gunbarrel Justice; Bronko Betsy; Gabby Hayes and the Jumping Frog; Prairie Peddler; Vultures of the Buffalo Range; Gray Hawk: Trail by Fire; Big Bow and Little Arrow: Surrounded; Desert Raiders. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart PR 0.5 $2.65 INCOMPLETE. Multiple pages missing, interrupts art and story. 2" cumulative spine split. Center wrap detached. Cover detached at one staple. Water damage.

Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk and others. Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. Monte's old enemies The Gravedigger (formerly the Undertaker), The Coyote, and The Gopher join forces to trap Monte in an open grave. Monte gets the goods on a corrupt land baron who's swindling settlers with faked contracts, featuring a scene where Monte uses a filing cabinet as a bullet-shield. While running supplies to his prospector pals Baldy and Chuck, Monte learns they've made an incredible diamond strike, and sticks around for the trouble he knows will follow. Three Enemies; Old Slick; Abijah's Dark Defeat; Bronko Betsy; Gray Hawk: Nuisance Hound; Slaves of Jewel Valley; Gabby Hayes: Demon Dentist; The Man Who Hated Indians. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. Monte meets the legendary Pueblo Kid, and must decide if he's the Robin Hood of the West or just a gun-toting outlaw. Legendary Western sidekick Gabby Hayes meets the eccentric Barnacle Ben, who's turned his covered wagon into a sailboard - but once it gets going, it can't stop. Plus a vintage ad for Walt Disney character "Joinies" paper dolls (inside boxes of Raisin Bran). Showdown With the Pueblo Kid; Gray Hawk: White Man's Magic; Gabby Hayes: The Prairie Clipper. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Monte Hale and Pardner cover photo. The Massacre, pencils by Leonard Frank; Chief Angry Bear had assembled his warriors in a mighty force to attack the fort at Little Bow. Son of the Turtle text story starring Gray Hawk. Prairie Plague, art by Bob Laughlin; Monte had to find out if Doc Blabber aimed to save people from the Bubonic Plague or if he just "invented" it. Cowgirl Courage, art by Edmond Good; When a traveling show of girl dancers and singers are stranded by a crooked manager, they buy a ranch and manage to run it. Tight Rope to Doom, art by Jack Binder; Gabby walks on a tight rope for charity. The Graverobbers Escape; As The Gravedigger waited for his hanging he searched desperately for a means to escape. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. Monte is amazed when the new sheriff who calls himself Mr. Law is able to capture every bad guy in town in just one week, but he suspects there's more to the story. A traveling circus's hot-air balloon gives Monte the chance to make an aerial raid on an outlaw encampment. Monte investigates when a river mysteriously changes its course, leaving settlers homeless. Plus a vintage comics-formatted ad for Wildroot Hair Tonic and the radio show The Adventures of Sam Spade, and another for Tootsie Roll featuring Captain Tootsie. Monte Meets Mr. Law; Gray Hawk: Attack by the Poncas; Quicksand Haven; Blood Brothers; Gabby Hayes: Stage Struck!; Poor Pop; The River That Wouldn't Stay Put! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk and others. Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. When Monte investigates an abandoned mine that suddenly starts producing gold, he runs into his old enemy The Gravedigger. Monte pursues the mysterious "pirate train," a rogue locomotive (flying the Jolly Roger!) that makes raids on other trains. Monte faces the return of his old foe, the feral Wolfman. The Great Gold Strike; Bronko Betsy; Pirate Train!; Old Slick; Lamebrain Lem; Millionaire Roundup; Big Dreamer Bigglesberry; Gray Hawk: Mountain Ambush; Quicksand Haven; Blood Brothers; Gabby Hayes: Medicine Man; Return of the Wolfman. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk and others. Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. Monte is framed for horse rustling, a hanging offense, and must escape to clear his name. Sidekick Gabby Hayes tries to put one over on rotund pie thief Thaddeus Scrumps. Monte's friend Pappy Parsons, a steamboat captain, seeks Monte's help when the rival stagecoach line tries to put him out of business. Plus vintage "Comix Cards" (like the later Marvel Trading Cards) featuring Fawcett's Western hero Golden Arrow, and a comics-formatted ad for Carnation featuring Rocky Lane (and some great tiger art). And a vintage ad for Wheaties ("Breakfast of Champions!") featuring Hal Newhouser of the Detroit Tigers. Monte Hale Battles the Horse Rustlers; Bronko Betsy; Gabby Hayes Bites the Hand That Feeds Him!; Steamboat Passage; Gray Hawk: Swamp Monster; Guns Across the Truro; Sporty Sparkins. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. Monte sets out to protect a man falsely accused of murder from the vigilante band that has the whole town in terror. Monte pursues the bandit known as The Texas Kid to fulfill a promise he made to a dying Texas Ranger. Sidekick-hero Gabby Hayes arranges for a Western version of the new game called "baseball" to cheer up a sick kid, but the cowpokes aren't quite clear on the rules. Plus a cowboy song and a vintage ad for a "laminated plastic recording" of Monte Hale Western songs, Monte Hale Sings For You! Monte Hale Fights the Vigilante Terror; Old Slick; Bronko Betsy; Monte Hale and the Dying Ranger; Monte Hale's Cowboy Songs: The Cowboy's Lament; Hard Monte Hale Rides The Trouble Trail!!; Gabby Hayes: Wild West Baseball!; Gray Hawk: River Trap; Monte Hale Rides The Piute War Trail. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover photo of Monte Hale and Gabby Hayes. Carnation Malted strip ad featuring Rocky Lane. Overland to Oregon, art by Edmond Good; Struggling pioneers on the Overland Route to Oregon. Wolverine's Trail text story featuring Gray Hawk. Put More Opportunity in Your Future...; Captain Marvel talks U.S. Savings Bonds with some patriotic kids. The Orphan's Return!, art by Carl Pfeufer; Ken Scott traveled across the country to find out who killed his father, and to avenge his death. The Man From Texas; The rooting, tooting gun-toter, Tex Brodie from Texas helps Monte catch the Crothers Gang. Comix Cards of Ozzie and Babs. Wildroot Cream Oil ad with Sam Spade. Gabby Hayes Carries the Mail!, art by Leonard Frank; Gabby is going to deliver an important message to the Governor. Monte Hale Battles the Buzzard, art by Edmond Good; Man-sized birds in the shape of buzzards appears over Bighorn Valley. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Edmond Good and Dick Kraus. Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. Monte tries to prevent a ruthless cattle baron from forcing his neighbors off disputed land and starting a range war. Monte dares outlaws and hostile Natives to help Prof. Carstairs find a lost Mayan temple in Mexico. Sidekick-hero Gabby Hayes gets a chance to use his new trick lariat when he runs across two rustlers, accidentally inventing the hula hoop in the process ("You know - for kids!"). The Fence War; Menace of the Hills; Bee and Bop: Bank Buffoons; The Blizzard Stampede; Gabby Hayes: The Thick Lariat; Gray Hawk: Hard Bargain; Head Strong Hack. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. Monte helps the pretty new schoolmarm set up the town's new school when someone seems determined to stop it. Monte tries to keep ornery bull One Horn in line, but when rustlers set up an ambush on a cattle drive, they're glad One Horn is along. Head Strong Jack tries to cheer up a despondent barber. Plus a cowboy song. The Danger Bell; The Saga of One Horn; The Musical Madman; Head Strong Jack; Gabby Hayes: The Cuckoo Crooks; Monte Hale's Cowboy Songs: The Cowboy's Dream; Whitey Whiskers: The Old Rocking Chair; Gray Hawk: Hard Bargain; The Desert of Death. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. Lobo Long sets up an outlaw encampment inside a reservation, where they are supposed to be outside US law, and Monte is determined to stop it. Monte tries to figure out how highwaymen are targeting stagecoaches carrying gold shipments. The governor hears Gabby bragging about how brave he is, and sends him to negotiate a peace treaty with a dangerous tribe. Plus a cowboy song and a vintage Tootsie Roll ad featuring Captain Tootsie. Outlaw Clean-Out; Gabby Hayes: The Perilous Pipe of Peace; Earthquake City; The Telegraph Goes Through; Old Slick; Bronko Betsy; Big Bow and Little Arrow: Dish Night; Gray Hawk: Peril Passage (text); Road Agent Roundup; Monte Hale's Cowboy Songs: Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Carl Pfeufer, Bob Laughlin and Dick Kraus. Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. Legendary bank robber Hawley targets the bank of Faro Gulch, and Monte sets out to stop him. Doc Bender's traveling circus helps build a new schoolhouse for a town, but that doesn't sit well with the outlaws that burned down the first schoolhouse. The trail of stolen diamonds leads Monte deep into an underground cave and an outlaw hideout. Plus a cowboy song and a vintage ad for Wheaties ("Breakfast of Champions!") featuring Phil Rizzuto of the Yankees. The Great Bank Robber; The Terrible Gold; The Hijacked Herd; The Outlaws Camel Cavalcade; Monte Hale's Cowboy Songs: Mustang Gray; Old Slick; Sam the Sheriff; Gray Hawk: Ruse of the Rabbit (text); Diamond Deadfall. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Edmond Good and Leonard Frank. Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. Monte gets involved when he comes upon rustlers sparring with the "tally man" from a ranch. Sidekick extraordinaire Gabby Hayes suspects that the traveling fortune-teller The Amazing Howdidee is just another con man in curly shoes. Monte investigates when all the outlaws in the vicinity of Tombstone Prison master a mysterious vanishing act after their crimes. Plus vintage comics-format ads for RC Cola, Popsicle, and Dubble Bubble, and a vintage ad for Wheaties ("Breakfast of Champions!") featuring Phil Rizzuto of the Yankees. The Tally Mens Trouble; Gray Hawk: The Hornets Nest (text); Stampede!; Gabby Hayes and His Enchanted Lasso; Monte Hale Battles the Disappearing Outlaws!; Cherokee Joes Reward; Old Slick; Bronko Betsy. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Monte Hale and Pardner cover photo. The Hit and Run Raiders, art by Edmond Good; Bankrobbers deliberately run down a kid after a hold-up, and Monty has to bring him to the hospital in Grand City; It is a race against time. Reading, Riting, & Rustling, art by Leonard Frank; Gabby catches a rustler hiding in a schoolhouse. Short Cut to Danger; Monte gets on slippery ice when escorting a tenderfoot through the Rockies. The Killers of Pothole Canyon; Pothole Canyon was an impregnable outlaw fortress manned by Gopher Graham and his crew of ruthless gunmen. The Ambush! text story featuring Gray Hawk. The Secret of Lost Mesa, art by Edmond Good; What was the sinister mystery that made the Indians hold Lost Mesa in such fearful dread? 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Edmond Good and Leonard Frank. Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. Monte's old enemy, proto-Goth gunslinger The Gravedigger, escapes from prison by faking his own death and sets out for revenge. A calico horse holds the clue to an outlaw gang's hideout, but Monte isn't sure just how. Monte agrees to ride in a friend's rodeo to replace fired Vance and his deadly albino horse Lightning, but Vance isn't happy about that. Plus vintage comics-format ads for RC Cola, Popsicle, and Dubble Bubble. The Grave-Digger's Web; The Rodeo Menace; Disputed Empire; Boisterous Buster; Gray Hawk: Ride the Iron Horse; Gabby Hayes: Gabby's Big Blast; Old Slick; Bronko Betsy; Monte Hale's Cowboy Songs: When the Work's All Done This Fall; The Mystery of the Calico Horse. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart Good $5.40

Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. Monte encounters the most ambitious and offbeat rustling scheme he's ever experienced in his years riding the range: rustling buffalo herds. Old Slick tells his compadres about the time he was an oil doctor; he had to keep the oil well. Imprisoned train robber Caboose Kelly tricks Monte into doing a performance for the prisoners, then captures him and the warden. Plus a cowboy song and a vintage Western-themed ad for View-Master featuring Hopalong Cassidy, Gene Autry and the Cisco Kid. The Buffalo Rustlers; Gabby Hayes Becomes a Master Painter!; The Hoosegow Stampede; Monte Hale Fights Old Devil Dust!; Gray Hawk: Otapi Honor; Old Slick; Bronko Betsy; Practical Pat; Doctor Quack and Sack; Monte Hale and the Mystery of the Grim God; Monte Hale's Cowboy Songs: Sweet Betsy from Pike; Ambling Andy. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. The Cactus Gang finds a forest of cactus the perfect hideout until they encounter Monte's eccentric pal, Cactus Jack. First-class second-fiddle Gabby Hayes is honored when a rich eccentric commissions a statue of Gabby's horse, but when the notorious outlaw Steele de Base targets the rich guy, Gabby gets in the way. Monte gets a clue to capturing the Dallas Kid when he finds a dropped locket with the picture of a little girl. Plus a cowboy song and a vintage Western-themed ad for View-Master featuring Hopalong Cassidy, Gene Autry and the Cisco Kid. The Cactus Gang Gets Stuck; Gabby Hayes: The Hero's Horse; Gray Hawk: Wings of the Hawk; The Dallas Kid's Last Stand; Slim Pickens: The General Store; Bronko Betsy; Monte Meets His Match. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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 meets the Montana Marauders. Legendary sidekick Gabby Hayes tries to tame an untamable horse, unless it tames him first. Monte meets a gunfighter with the mind of a scientist. Plus a cowboy song, a vintage Captain Tootsie Tootsie Roll ad, and a comics-format ad for Carnation featuring another movie cowboy, Rocky Lane. Desert Showdown; Gabby Hayes: Gabby Rides a Nightmare; Gray Hawk: Into the Pit; Barker Barber; The Montana Marauders; Bronko Betsy; Old Slick; Monte Hale's Cowboy Songs: Dakota Land; Heartbreak Mountain; Old Slick; Six-Gun Professor. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Bob McCarthy and Leonard Frank. Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. In the midst of a heated election for governor, Monte's old foe The Gravedigger turns up, but who is he gunning for? When Monte guards his old pal Alfalfa Smith's oil-rich land, owlhoots take another tack by masquerading as Alfalfa's long-lost nephew. Monte rides a runaway locomotive into the hidden hideout of The Railroad Kid. Plus a cowboy song, a vintage Captain Tootsie Tootsie Roll ad, and a comics-format ad for Carnation featuring another movie cowboy, Rocky Lane. The Victim of the Past; Gabby Hayes: The Deadly Duel; Gray Hawk: Lobo's Death; The Man Who Wouldn't Be Rich; The Night Riders of the Osage; Rolly and Slim; Old Slick; The Railroad Roundup. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Bob McCarthy and Leonard Frank. Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. In a multi-part story, Monte must rescue a pal from the inaccessible bandit stronghold known as Outlaw Mesa. Comic relief Gabby Hayes meets lady outlaw Esther, who hates cowboys, but she doesn't know about Gabby's lemonade spiked with "Generosity Juice." Outlaw Mesa; Gabby Hayes: Esther the Nester; Gray Hawk: Trail of the Night Loon!; Chief Gray Matter; Motoring Morgan; Eggbert, the Egg King!; Bronko Betsy; Old Slick; Loco Lew; Casanova Charlie; Pinto Pete. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Monte Hale and Pardner cover photo. The Verse of Death, art by Edmond Good; Monte has to find out the last verse of a song to locate a band of killers. Captive's Return text story featuring Gray Hawk by Dick Kraus. How to make a treasure chest with Scotch Cellophane Tape ad. The Fake Brand, art by Carl Pfeufer; Gabby traces cattle rustlers to the ranch of Bigger Oaff. Monte Hale Battles the Human Fort!, script by Bill Woolfolk, art by Edmond Good; Monte uses a swarm of bees to overcome an ironclad outlaw. The Boy Editor of Faro City, script by Bill Woolfolk; Freedom of the press in a town run by gamblers. Captain Video ad with photo of Al Hodge. Monte Hale Tackles the Rodeo Terror!, art by Edmond Good; Baker and Morgan had two black horses and a trick chute; They always switched them so Morgan rode the easy one, and the local rider the killer. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. When cattle barons make war on each other to win the right to supply railway workers, Monte's old enemy The Gravedigger is hired to make things worse. Bumbling hero Gabby Hayes is sent out from Fort Gooseberry to ride for reinforcements before a siege. Wayne Jackson's brothers were famous outlaws, so he's the prime suspect for the Slade City holdup, but Monte's not convinced. Guns of the Gravedigger; Gabby Hayes: Gabby Holds the Fort; Gray Hawk: Quicksand Trap; Hayfever Hal; Boxcar Benny; The Last Jackson; He Aimed for Fame; Monte Hale's Cowboy Songs: The Bad Brahma Bull; Old Slick; Wise Words!; Little Scrapper; The Pistol-Packing Farmer. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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. In a multi-part story, a naive military commander from back East threatens to cause a catastrophic war between settlers and the Arapahoe, and Monte must keep the peace. Four-star sidekick Gabby Hayes rents a hot-air balloon from a carnival to keep an eye out for rustlers, but what is he supposed to do once he sees them? Renegade of the Rockies; Gabby Hayes: The Balloonatic; Gray Hawk: Cloudburst Valley; Dance of Doom!; Sorrowful Hollowell; Pete and Pat: A Scene on the Desert; Old Slick; Bronko Betsy; Passage from Peril! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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 finds himself in a horse race for his life against Ahmed, the Arabian considered the fastest horse on the planet, but Monte's horse Pardner is no three-toed sloth. A reporter suggests that the really dangerous outlaws were in the early days of the West, and then he meets Mad Dog McKee. Grizzled goober Gabby Hayes dresses as Santa for Christmas (in a red union suit), but accidentally picks up an outlaw gang's bag of stolen gold. Plus a vintage comics-format ad from Popsicle for the "Cowboy Boot Ring," a sort of Swiss Army knife in the shape of a boot...but it's a ring. Monte Hale and the Champion; Gabby Hayes: Shooting at Santa; Gray Hawk: Victims of the Kasagi; The Worst of the Badmen; Old Slick; Bronko Betsy; The Hard Luck Ranch. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. A goofy-looking traveling minstrel with a banjo turns out to be a dangerous gunslinger. Gray Hawk seeks a tribe that seemingly vanished. No one has been able to master the wild horse called Mr. Dynamite. The Return of the Minstrel Man; Gray Hawk: The Missing Tribe; Rimrock Roundup!; Bronko Betsy; Gabby Hayes: The Vanishing Veal; The Breaking of Mister Dynamite; Marriageable Margie. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. The thawing of the Platte River reveals the body of a murdered marshal, and Monte sets out to find the rustler who killed him. When farmer Johnny Hayseed is attacked by ranchers, star sidekick Gabby Hayes takes over the farm and arranges some surprises for the bad guys. Monte tracks hooded train robbers who use disease-infected ticks as deterrents to pursuit. The Secret of the River; Secretive Seery; Bronko Betsy; Gabby Hayes: The Pesty Nester; Perdition Fever; Gray Hawk: Feast of the Longbows; Old Slick; Vacation Time; The Too Smart Killer. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Monte Hale, Pardner, and Gabby Hayes cover photo. The Curse of Typhoid Valley, art by Edmond Good; No man dared enter Typhoid Valley. P-F Canvas Shoes comic strip ad with Jim Wise (baseball player). Quick on the Draw text story Clement Good. The Chebayo Land Rush, art by Edmond Good; A man's life would be forfeit unless those who had framed him on a murder charge were trapped in the Chebayo Land Rush. Monte Hale subscription ad. The Rodeo Rascal, art by Leonard Frank; Gabby becomes King of the Mesa in a rodeo. Nyoka the Jungle Girl ad. The Rustler's Roundup, art by Edmond Good; After a blizard, half the cattle has scattered south, and Hale and Motley set out to get them back. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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. In a multi-part story, outlaw set up a secret murder-for-hire business and terrorize the West. But when Monte takes their trail, he gets caught in a noose-trap. Gabby Hayes takes a new job as a trail guide, but when he sees a wagon train in the path of a Native raid, he has to get to the settlers first. Death Incorporated; Bronko Betsy; Gabby Hayes Hits the Trail; Slow Death; Gray Hawk: Champion of the Forest; Buffalo Bull: The Magnificent Shot; Old Slick; Bare Fisted Final. 32 pages, Full Color Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart Very Good $12.75

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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 tracks the brains behind a high-tech prison break and meets the deadly outlaw explosives expert called The Miner. Monte sets out to discover who has diverted a whole river from a settlers encampment and into a rancher's property. Gabby Hayes buys a cat named Bob for Aunt Hester, but it gets mixed up with a bobcat before delivery. The Miner Strikes; Bronko Betsy; Gabby Hayes: A Cat's Tale; The Land of Vanishing Waters; Hammer Head; Gray Hawk: Skill of the Squaw; Old Slick; The Gallows That Waited. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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.

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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.

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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. In a multi-part story, Monte sets out to discover what is so important about the settlement at Wildwood that outlaws want to drive the settlers away from there. But the outlaws will stop at nothing, including a dynamite trap. Aunt Hester gets a ransom note that Gabby Hayes has been kidnapped, but nobody told Gabby. Chuckwagon Gus; The Unknown Bonanza; Sam the Sheriff; Sage-Brush; Peters the Politician; Bronko Betsy; Gabby Hayes: The Alarming Adventure; Battle at the Cabin; Gray Hawk: Seeds of Friendship; Boarding House Brown; Old Slick; Gopher-Face; The Secret Is Told. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.