Real Western Hero (1948) comic books 1949
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Issue #74
$9.60
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Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Needing money for groceries, solo sidekick Gabby Hayes joins a posse seeking outlaw Horrible Harry. Young Falcon regains the tribal token from the renegades that killed his father, but now he must escape from them. 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. Plus a profusion of vintage comics-format ads, including a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade. The first of a series of nice Norman Saunders painted covers that lasted after the title changed to Western Hero. Hopalong Cassidy: The Twin River Massacre; Cactus Brain; Loco Lew; Young Falcon: Captive; Monte Hale: Outlaw Town; Li'l Buck; Red Roan: The Bargain; Gabby Hayes: Posse Peril; Tom Mix: The Son of Tony. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #75
$6.00
Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Disparate outlaws unite into the world's first organized crime gang, unless Hopalong Cassidy can stop them. When the Ojibwe mount a siege on Fort McKechnie, Monte Hale is the only man who can prevent a massacre. A star-crossed romance between two young lovers deepens the feud between their fathers, who are rival ranchers. Plus a profusion of vintage comics-format ads, including a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade. Hopalong Cassidy: The Army of Outlaws; Chief Gray Matter; Cactus Brain; Loco Lew; Big Bow and Little Arrow: The Fortune Hunters; Young Falcon: Death By-Passed; Monte Hale: Fort of Peril; Li'l Buck; Red Roan: The Challenger; Gabby Hayes to the Rescue; Tom Mix: Cupid's Perils. Final issue under this title; series continues under the slightly changed title Western Hero (1949) #76. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
