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Hawk, The (1951 Ziff Davis/St. John) comic books

  • Issue #1
    Hawk, The (1951 Ziff Davis/St. John) 1
    • 1/2" Spine split from bottom. missing staples.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover by Clarence Doore. Stories and art by Dan Barry, Murphy Anderson, George Tuska, Ed Silverman and Alex Kotzky. Tough marshal Bob Hardie is better known to friend and foe alike as The Hawk. The lawless town of Adobe Bend must change after Marshal Bob "Hawk" Hardie rides into town, but outlaw Slash hires Lobo Moreno to get rid of The Hawk. Marshal Hardie arrives in Armadillo Flats and goes after Reb Sutton and his band of killers. Pajaro, new chieftain of the Mescaleros, declares war on white settlers, but his blood brother Sangre tries to convince him otherwise, in a story with art by comics legend Murphy Anderson. Plus the lyrics to the Western tune "Billy Venero" and a comics biography of Walter Scott, the man known as "Death Valley Scotty." Nice painted cover by Clarence Doore. Death Valley Scotty; The Law of the Colt; Cowboy Songs of the Old West: Billy Venero; A Fair Exchange; Six-Gun Showdown; Ghost Towns of the Old West: Cripple Creek; Blood Brothers; The Great American Desert. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #12
    Hawk, The (1951 Ziff Davis/St. John) 12
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4302464006

    Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by George Tuska, Tex Blaisdell, Ken Battefield, C. W. Winter and Richard Speed. Tough marshal Bob Hardie is better known to friend and foe alike as The Hawk. Outlaw Jake Burns frames The Bold Buckeroo for a crime and takes over his ranch. In an action-girl story, Buckskin Belle takes on cattle rustlers, aided only by her kid brother and aged farmhand Cactus Pete. The Bold Buckeroo and Rusty tangle with dope smugglers. Plus comics biographies of Jesse James and Jack Dalton, and a story with early art by future Marvel legend George Tuska. The Bold Buckeroo: Frame-Up; Buckskin Belle: Rustlers; Mustang Jack; Dudes Dictionary; The Bold Buckeroo: Graveyard Gulch. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.