Six-Gun Heroes (1950 Fawcett/Charlton) comic books 1953-1955

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A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. Hopalong Cassidy offers to trade places with a stagecoach driver who's been targeted by the corrupt ex-partner he helped put in jail. Monte Hale is ambushed by a man with a strawberry birthmark, who mistook him for another tall cowpoke. "Secret Marshal" Rocky Lane tries to get to the bottom of it when one rancher's cattle show up in another rancher's pen. Hopalong Cassidy: The Ominous Note; Brainy Buster; Lash LaRue: The Mystery of the Locket; Ten-Gallon Tex; Monte Hale: The Case of the Strawberry Birthmark; Hammer Head; Wrangler's Woes; Rocky Lane: The Marks of Innocence; Lamebrain Lem. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. Hopalong Cassidy seeks the killer of a famous author and the man he speaks of in his last words, "the Cavalier." Lash LaRue dresses up as an old woman in order to trick an outlaw into leading him where his loot is stashed. When the townspeople make a fake "Wanted" poster for Doc Williams' retirement party, a con man plots to make it pay a real reward. Guarding the Pass; Hopalong Cassidy: The Cavalier; Brainy Buster; Lash LaRue: The Woman in Black; Ten-Gallon Tex; Monte Hale: The Head of the Snake; Hammer Head; Tex Ritter: The Pink Wheat Mystery; Rocky Lane: The Chief's Blunder; Lamebrain Lem. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Doug Wildey, Max Elkan, Tony Sgroi, Carl Pfeufer and John Jordan. A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. Hopalong Cassidy investigates when robbers seem to be pulling jobs for fun, not for money. Lash LaRue hears reports of a vampire in Carson Gulch, in a story with early art by Doug Wildey. A man seeks revenge on Rocky Lane for sending his brother to the lockup. Robby Hood; Hopalong Cassidy: The Thrill Bandit!; Lash LaRue: The Case of the Supernatural; Monte Hale: The Tragic Lesson; Rocky Lane: Gunning for Trouble; Tom Mix: Marked for Murder. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Doug Wildey and others. A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. A talkative railroad official comes to town and everybody wants to bribe him for their own benefit, but maybe he's not who he claims to be. Lash LaRue warns a fort of an impending Native attack, in a story with art by Doug Wildey. Monte Hale tries to help Curly regain his will to live after his face is horribly scarred in a thresher accident. Sheriff's Secret; Hopalong Cassidy: The Bribe; Pony Boy Pedro; Ambling Andy; Lash LaRue: Thunder Cloud's Revolt; Monte Hale: Tragedy on the Bar 50; Lamebrain Lem; Ten-Gallon Tex; Rocky Lane: Flight to Nowhere. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Doug Wildey and others. A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. Hopalong Cassidy plays along when two outlaws offer to send him on vacation, but he doesn't realize he's walking into a trap. When a little boy is trapped in an abandoned mine scheduled for demolition, only Tex Ritter can save him. When a corrupt acting sheriff plants "dope" on a wealthy rancher, Rocky Lane must step in. Rough Rider; Hopalong Cassidy: The Trip to Oblivion; Pony Boy Pedro; Ambling Andy; Lash LaRue: The Prairie Swindle; Monte Hale: The Mountain Maze; Lamebrain Lem; Ten-Gallon Tex; Tex Ritter: Buried Alive; Rocky Lane: The Extortion Plot. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. Hopalong Cassidy wants to make an old abandoned house safe for kids to play in, but an outlaw finds it to be the perfect hideout. Lash LaRue finds a serpent ring on a dead man and takes it in hopes of identifying him, but soon feels the ring must be cursed. Monte Hale goes after outlaws who use explosives instead of guns in their robberies. Arrow of Doom; Hopalong Cassidy: The House of Danger; Pony Boy Pedro; Ambling Andy; Lash LaRue: The Serpent's Ring; Monte Hale: The Surrender; Lamebrain Lem; Ten-Gallon Tex; Rocky Lane: Assassin for Hire. Final issue published by Fawcett; Charlton takes over publishing with the next issue. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Stan Campbell and others. First issue published by Charlton. A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. Hopalong Cassidy meets the strange killer called Bullethead, who can kill with a single blow from his bullet-shaped skull, and is called "the 3D killer" because he's "dangerous, demonic and demented." This is the only Charlton issue to feature Hopalong Cassidy; DC acquired the rights to the character around the same time. A dying killer confesses the names of his partners to Lash LaRue, and the partners want to kill Lash before he can report them to the authorities. Tex Ritter tracks a man who goes insane periodically and must be kept in a special room - or so he is told by the man's captors. Hopalong Cassidy: Bullethead the 3D Killer; Lash LaRue: The Dangerous Confession; Powerless Shots; Rocky Lane: The Hidden Cargo; Tex Ritter: Midnight Madness; Dee Dickens: The Found and Lost Treasure. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Dick Giordano, Vince Alascia and John Belfi. A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. Monte Hale tries to figure out who is sabotaging railroad construction with explosives. Rocky Lane lies in wait for the robbers who have been targeting freight coaches. Powerful ranchers on both sides of the Texas border start a range war, and Lash LaRue has to finish it. Monte Hale: Disaster Rides the Rails; Lash LaRue: Case of the Disappearing Herd; Brute Force; Rocky Lane: Death Rides the Rails; Tex Ritter: Wanted: Dead or Alive! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Dick Giordano, Vince Alascia, Stan Campbell and John Belfi. A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. Gold thieves on the run join up with a wagon train that's using camels instead of horses, an adaptation of the 1954 UA Western movie "Southwest Passage." "Prairie Ranger" Tex Ritter tries to halt a range war between the Bar C and Double X ranches. When rails go missing from a railroad construction camp, Lash LaRue investigates - is someone trying to sabotage the rails, or is it something stranger? Rod Cameron: Camels West!; Lash LaRue: The Mystery of the Missing Rails!; Range War; Rocky Lane: Revenge of Vittorio; Tex Ritter and the Range War. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. An outlaw plots to discredit Lash LaRue so he can take over the town himself. Tom Mix realizes that the showboat that's stopped outside of town is just a distraction so outlaws can rob the bank. Rocky Lane can't figure out why outlaws seem to rob banks for the sheer pleasure of the act, not the money. Lash LaRue: Stolen Honor; Chief Boiler Plate; Rocky Lane: The Non-Profit Bank Robbers; Tex Ritter: Scheming Killer; Tom Mix: The Crime Showboat. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Dick Giordano, Carl Pfeufer, Stan Campbell and Vince Alascia. A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. The gunslinger known as the Crippler usually shoots at his opponent's legs, but in Rocky Lane's case, he plans to make an exception. A woman sends her son for help from Lash LaRue when she realizes the three men who stopped at her cabin are her husband's killers. Tom Mix loans his horse to a boy so he can enter a race and use the prize money to rebuild his fire-damaged home. Lash LaRue: The Killers in the Hills; Red Roan: Outlaw Valley; Rocky Lane: The Crippler; Tex Ritter: Western Justice; Tom Mix: The Son of Tony. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Dick Giordano, Carl Pfeufer, Stan Campbell and Vince Alascia. A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. Rocky Lane stumbles on outlaws who are planning to blow up the dam, then clean out the stricken town nearby. Lash LaRue runs into his myopic pal Squinty in Hedge City, and the two of them accidentally foil an outlaw's safecracking scheme. Tom Mix wonders why someone is poisoning cattle; meanwhile, an outlaw disguises himself as the local veterinarian. Lash LaRue: The Saga of Squinty; Two Gun Tommy Turner; Rocky Lane: The Wave of Fear; Tex Ritter: Lawman; Tom Mix: The Treacherous Plot. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Dick Giordano, Carl Pfeufer, Ralph Carlson and Vince Alascia. A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. Outlaws give the "party of the first part" treatment to a treaty contract with the local Native population, so they can take the tribe's buffalo herd and sell it back to them at a profit. Tex Ritter agrees to a showdown with Trigger Bill, one of the fastest shots in the West. Tom Mix discovers gold hidden in an anvil and realizes why outlaws want the anvil so badly. Lash LaRue: Close Shave; Red Roan: Captive Herd; Rocky Lane: Buffalo Branders; Tex Ritter: Bullets Vs. Proof; Tom Mix: The Secret of the Hollow Anvil. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Stan Campbell and others. A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. An escaped convict in a theatrical costume tries to convince hapless settlers that he's the undercover "King of Cellmania." Rocky gets to the bottom of a gambler's marked-card scheme, thanks to his hermit pal Solitaire. Tom Mix agrees to escort a prisoner to the sheriff, but when he sees the prisoner is the beautiful blonde Caroline Marston, he's not sure what to think. Lash LaRue: The King of Cellmania; Red Roan: The Untamed; Rocky Lane: The Hermit of the Hills; Tex Ritter: Ghost Gang; Tom Mix: Trapped. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Stan Campbell and others. A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. Framed for murder in Ten Mile City, Tex Ritter must elude a mob and prove his innocence. When an outlaw targets the widows of Dover County, Lash LaRue gets especially irate, but to catch the dress-wearing outlaw, Lash must dress in drag himself. During a drought, corrupt rancher Bronc figures out a complicated scheme to sell a neighbor his own rustled cattle, and get him framed for rustling to boot. Rocky Lane: Hot-Iron Artists; Tex Ritter: Frame-Up; Hotel Holdup; Lash LaRue: The Widow's Purse; Tom Mix: The Package of Doom. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Stan Campbell. Stories and art by Stan Campbell and others. A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. "Roving marshal" Lash LaRue investigates when a disabled ex-sheriff suddenly cuts ties with the townspeople who support his pension fund. A star-crossed romance between two young lovers deepens the feud between their fathers, who are rival ranchers. Rocky discovers the secret of an old mission in a Mexican border town. First issue with the Comics Code seal on the cover. Rocky Lane: The Secret of the Old Mission; Tex Ritter: Valley of Hate; Slayer at Sundown; Lash LaRue: The Pension Mystery Case; Tom Mix: Cupid's Perils. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.