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Monte Hale Western (1948 Fawcett/Charlton) comic books

  • Issue #29
    Monte Hale Western (1948 Fawcett/Charlton) 29
    • Cover detached. 4 1/2" Cumulative spine split. Pieces of back cover missing. Staple rust.

    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.

  • Issue #31
    Monte Hale Western (1948 Fawcett/Charlton) 31

    Monte Hale and Pardner cover photo. Captain Marvel Wrist Watch ad. Guns Against The Law, art by Carl Pfeufer; Monte hits his head when chasing outlaws, and ends up with amnesia; He joins the gang, but later gets his memory back and gives himself up to the sheriff. Comix Cards featuring Ozzie and Babs. Wheaties ad with football coach Matty Bell. Gambling Girl!, art by Carl Pfeufer; Monte saves a girl from a rattlesnake. Wildroot Cream Oil ad with Sam Spade, pencils by Lou Fine, inks by Don Komisarow. Forest Trail text story featuring Gray Hawk by Dick Kraus. Song of Montana, art by Carl Pfeufer; The professor looks like the twin of J.C. Newton, head of the Farmers and Ranchers Bank, and a band of outlaws tries to kidnap him. Ad for Roy Rogers belts, shirts, blue jeans, cowboy boots and much more. The Miracle Herb Cure starring Big Bow and Little Arrow. Cattle Drive!, art by Carl Pfeufer; Monte wonders why a group of ranchers are determined to drive their cattle over the high and treacherous Brazos Pass. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #32
    Monte Hale Western (1948 Fawcett/Charlton) 32

    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.

  • Issue #33
    Monte Hale Western (1948 Fawcett/Charlton) 33

    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.

  • Issue #34
    Monte Hale Western (1948 Fawcett/Charlton) 34

    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.

  • Issue #35
    Monte Hale Western (1948 Fawcett/Charlton) 35
    • 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.

  • Issue #37
    Monte Hale Western (1948 Fawcett/Charlton) 37
    • Centerfold detached at both staples. Rusty staples and rust migration.

    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.

  • Issue #38
    Monte Hale Western (1948 Fawcett/Charlton) 38

    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.

  • Issue #41
    Monte Hale Western (1948 Fawcett/Charlton) 41

    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.

  • Issue #43
    Monte Hale Western (1948 Fawcett/Charlton) 43

    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.

  • Issue #44
    Monte Hale Western (1948 Fawcett/Charlton) 44
    • Cover detached at one staple. Centerfold detached at one staple.

    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.

  • Issue #45
    Monte Hale Western (1948 Fawcett/Charlton) 45

    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.

  • Issue #47
    Monte Hale Western (1948 Fawcett/Charlton) 47

    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.

  • Issue #48
    Monte Hale Western (1948 Fawcett/Charlton) 48

    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.

  • Issue #49
    Monte Hale Western (1948 Fawcett/Charlton) 49

    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.

  • Issue #50
    Monte Hale Western (1948 Fawcett/Charlton) 50

    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.

  • Issue #53
    Monte Hale Western (1948 Fawcett/Charlton) 53

    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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  • Issue #55
    Monte Hale Western (1948 Fawcett/Charlton) 55
    • Centerfold detached at one staple.

    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.

  • Issue #63
    Monte Hale Western (1948 Fawcett/Charlton) 63

    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.

  • Issue #72
    Monte Hale Western (1948 Fawcett/Charlton) 72

    Stories and art by Edmond Good, Dick Kraus and Leonard Frank. Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. Monte faces down the Mexican revolutionary El Leon and his followers, but beautiful gunrunner Carlotta Montez stops him in his tracks. When outlaw steals a fresh batch of Aunt Hester's fudge from the Bar Nothing Ranch, he arouses the ire of both Gabby Hayes and Aunt Hester herself. The range war between cattlemen and farmers comes down to the destruction of the Shanda Valley Dam, a plan that Monte must stop. The Gunrunners of Acatera; Dimwit Diddle; Bronko Betsy; Gabby Hayes: Fearless Fudgy; Grubstaker's Bargain; Gray Hawk: Wahita Mercy; Old Slick; The Building of Shanda Dam. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #73
    Monte Hale Western (1948 Fawcett/Charlton) 73

    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. The Unknown Bonanza; Sage-Brush; Bronko Betsy; Gabby Hayes: The Alarming Adventure; Battle at the Cabin; Gray Hawk: Seeds of Friendship; Boarding House Brown; Old Slick; The Secret Is Told. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #75
    Monte Hale Western (1948 Fawcett/Charlton) 75

    Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk and Leonard Frank. Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. Monte and the townspeople think Peter Jemson is just a crackpot, until they discover the truth about what he calls "the Sea of Flame." Monte is the only one who believes town liar Red Jonas when he says he witnessed a murder. Gabby Hayes also seems to be telling a tall tale, but could he actually have unearthed a gigantic, prehistoric beast? The Sea of Flame; Wesley Cuts the Herd; Bronko Betsy; Gabby Hayes: Whipping the Whopper; Old Slick; The Stolen Six-Gun. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #76
    Monte Hale Western (1948 Fawcett/Charlton) 76
    • 4.75" Spine split from top.

    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.

  • Issue #78
    Monte Hale Western (1948 Fawcett/Charlton) 78

    Stories and art by Westbrook Wilson and Leonard Frank. Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. Monte tries to find out who is killing buffalo to stir up trouble between Comanches and railroad workers. Monte sets a trap for the Grand Canyon Gully-Hoppers, ex-circus acrobats who have turned to crime, and who can ascend a sheer cliff to their mountain hideout. Gabby Hayes orders a new scout's outfit from a mail-order catalog, but it turns out to be an Eagle Scout's outfit. Horseback Territory; Bronko Betsy; Gabby Hayes: The Good Scout; The Stranger; The Acrobats of Crime; The Tragedy; Old Slick; The Claim Jumpers. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #79
    Monte Hale Western (1948 Fawcett/Charlton) 79

    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.

  • Issue #85
    Monte Hale Western (1948 Fawcett/Charlton) 85

    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.

  • Issue #86
    Monte Hale Western (1948 Fawcett/Charlton) 86

    Cover by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. 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 must enter the place they call Typhoid Valley. A man framed for murder uses the Chebayo Land Rush to prove his innocence. Sometime sidekick Gabby Hayes gets to be King of the Mesa during a rodeo. Lamebrain Lem; Trader Tom; The Curse of Typhoid Valley; Molasses Mouth; Bronko Betsy; Gabby Hayes and the Rodeo Rascal; Quick On the Draw; Mule Ears; Monte Hale and the Chebayo Land Rush; Wagon Wheels; Old Slick; Rustler's Roundup. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #88
    Monte Hale Western (1948 Fawcett/Charlton) 88

    Cover by Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, Bill Woolfolk, Stan Campbell and Clint Harmon. Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. When the Ojibwe mount a siege on Fort McKechnie, Monte is the only man who can prevent a massacre. Gunslinger Ben Sweeney believes he is unbeatable because he has Wild Bill Hickok's gun, but then he meets Monte. The Old Timer is ready to hang up his guns now that the town has a real sheriff, but then word gets out that Red Benson is out of jail and looking for revenge. Molasses Mouth; Fort of Peril; Carpet Minded Carter; Hickok's Gun!; Unlucky Lucky; Shotgun Man; Riff and Raff; They Made History; Old Timer: The Last Stand; Jim Bridger. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.