Bill Boyd Western (1950-1952 Fawcett) comic books

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Movie cowboy Bill Boyd, best known for playing Hopalong Cassidy, stars as himself in tales of Western adventure. After a stage holdup, Bill traces stolen gold bullion to a lumber camp, but the culprits have already buried it somewhere on the premises. Hammerhead Hank goes shopping after a snowstorm. Windy Whopper likes to brag about his crime-fighting exploits, but then he catches a a bank robber by accident. The Bullion Bandits; Brainy Buster; Dangerous Warning; Hammerhead Hank; Windy Whopper: You Can Bank on Him. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Movie cowboy Bill Boyd, best known for playing Hopalong Cassidy, stars as himself in tales of Western adventure. Tricked into helping an outlaw to escape from a posse, Bill is jailed, and must escape to track the outlaw gang and clear his name. Hammerhead tries to start a fight with a horse after getting splashed by a puddle. Windy Whopper gives a stranger a tour of the town, but not everything Windy says can be trusted. Plus a vintage PSA for War Bonds featuring Captain Marvel (Shazam). The Perilous Journey; Rustler's Range; Brainy Buster; Hammerhead; Windy Whopper: The Pony Express Rider. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Ralph Carlson and Howard Boughner. Movie cowboy Bill Boyd, best known for playing Hopalong Cassidy, stars as himself in tales of Western adventure. Bill volunteers to lead a wagon train of homesteaders into the lawless, untamed frontier. Hammerhead learns about the law of gravity the hard way. Windy Whopper tries to explain astronomy to an ignorant cowboy, but not everything Windy says can be trusted. Destination… Danger!; Hammerhead; The Black Bandanna; Brainy Buster; Windy Whopper: Heavens Above. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Movie cowboy Bill Boyd, best known for playing Hopalong Cassidy, stars as himself in tales of Western adventure. Rancher Ding Foster's bigotry against Native Americans almost leads to a war, unless Bill can stop it. Windy Whopper tells the townsfolk about when he used to work as a circus lion tamer. Bill follows ex-convict Cliff to find out where he hid the loot from his last robbery, but Cliff gets the drop on him. Plus a vintage ad for kids' "Hopalong Cassidy duds from May Co.," including belt, spurs and sweater. The Unending Search; Quiz; Windy Whopper: The Lionized Attraction; The Golden Gun; Brainy Buster; Boastful Boswell; Hammerhead; Dan the Deputy; Trapped. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover of Bill Boyd [William Boyd]. Half page Popsicle comic strip about Patrick saving another boy from drowning by Sam Glankoff. The Missing Exit starring Bill Boyd; The gold robbers haul the bags of stolen gold up a hidden shaft above the mine. Dress Up Just Like Hopalong Cassidy ad for frontier suits and western hats by air mail. The Ominous Door; The old dying rancher puts all his money in a suitcase, leaves it inside a deserted house and attaches a sign to the door, saying that behind the door lies a surprise of fame, fortune or death. The Death Brand starring Bill Boyd; An accidental brand on a horse turns out to be a clue to the killer of the hotel clerk. The Midnight Marauders starring Bill Boyd; Outlaws are stealing the gold from the gold camp. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Rod Reed and Howard Boughner. Movie cowboy Bill Boyd, best known for playing Hopalong Cassidy, stars as himself in tales of Western adventure. Rebels take control of the Mexican fortress town of Montefrado, and Bill tries to enter the impenetrable fortress to help. Windy Whopper's boasts about his success as a gold prospector catch the unwelcome attention of two robbers. Bill investigates a locked-room murder mystery inspired by the Arabian Nights. Plus a vintage ad for kids' "Hopalong Cassidy duds from May Co.," including belt, spurs and sweater. The Mysterious White Rider!; The Unlucky Heir; Windy Whopper: The Nugget Nut; Brainy Buster; The Boss' Bluff; Marlow the Mental Marvel; The Arabian Nights Go West!; Hammerhead. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover of Bill Boyd [William Boyd]. The Locust Valley Gold Strike Part I The Hidden Mine; Bill has discovered planted gold veins in a deserted mine, when two crooks are tipping a mine truck down the shaft to crush him. The Big Laugh; Rancher Jones feels blue, so Windy Whopper will cheer him up. The Locust Vallet Gold Strike Part II Death Stalks the Trail; Bill escapes from the mine shaft and pursues the two villains, when he is caught by a lasso. Kid Stuff; Whitey Whiskers is babysitting one afternoon. The Locust Valley Gold Strike Part III The Law-Breakers. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Movie cowboy Bill Boyd, best known for playing Hopalong Cassidy, stars as himself in tales of Western adventure. Bill Boyd faces the unusual outlaw known as the Reformer, a Carry Nation-type who smashes up gambling casinos instead of taverns. Bill tries to find out why a ranch is rustling its own cattle, and discovers things are not what they appear to be. Bill gets a strange request from an injured outlaw who wants to turn himself in, and finds himself mixed up in a murder mystery. The Reformer; Double Harness; Windy Whopper: The Cuckoo Cook; The Odd Rustlers!; The Meal of Malice!; Colorful Conley; Hammerhead; Capital Wanted; The Prairie Double Cross. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover of Bill Boyd [William Boyd]. Trails of Death; Bill is in charge of getting a cattle drive to Junction City, past a gang of border rustlers. The Easy Silver Dollars, art by Max Elkan; A gang of counterfeiters are making silver dollars, only they are lead and zinc with a thin coat of silver. The Schoolhouse Mystery (A Crowbait Story) starring Bill Boyd; Crowbait is mistaken for an outlaw, who also travels around in a peddler's wagon just like his. The Peace Pact; A government agent has stumbled onto a plot by Ruma to take to the warpath, and is being killed before he can report it. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Movie cowboy Bill Boyd, best known for playing Hopalong Cassidy, stars as himself in tales of Western adventure. Bill Boyd helps the people of Last Chance Corners track the notorious bank robber Banker Burley. Windy Whopper talks about the time he was so absent-minded, he forgot to even get on his horse. Bill doesn't let a broken shoulder stop his pursuit of an escaping outlaw, but what is he going to do when he catches him? Plus a vintage ad for View-Master, featuring Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy, Gene Autry, The Cisco Kid and Pancho. The Scalp Hunters; The False Hero; Windy Whopper: The Absent-Minded Adventurer; The Camel Capture; Camouflage Conflict. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Movie cowboy Bill Boyd, best known for playing Hopalong Cassidy, stars as himself in tales of Western adventure. In a three-part, issue length story, Bill goes undercover as an outlaw to infiltrate a gang of owlhoots. But the ploy has an unforeseen complication when lawmen think he's truly turned outlaw, while the bandits learn he's really a lawman. In a final showdown, he faces off against outlaw and lawman alike. Plus a vintage ad for Hoplalong Cassidy greeting cards, and the "Hopalong Canasta" game. Undercover Agent: Part 1: The Bank Robbery; Windy Whopper: The Job Round Up; Part 2: Jailbreak; Hammerhead; Army Man Ardmore; The Fear Pit; Brainy Buster; Part 3: Between Two Fires; Dandy Sandy; Radio Minded Randy; Shrewd Sherman; Businessman Bickford. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover of Bill Boyd [William Boyd]. Deputy For a Day, art by Max Elkan; Bill acts as Deputy Sheriff for one day, and has to deal with the theft of a diamond ring. The Deadly Spurs, art by Max Elkan; Bill finds a dead rooster in the road, and it means cock fighting is going on despite the fact that it's against the law. The Prairie Hostage; Crowbait is forced at gunpoint to hide two robbers trailed by a posse, in his wagon. Captain Video ad. The Wagon Train Massacre, art by Max Elkan; A wagon train is attacked by white killers and blamed on the Indians. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Bill Alexander and Howard Boughner. Movie cowboy Bill Boyd, best known for playing Hopalong Cassidy, stars as himself in tales of Western adventure. Bill is hired by the owner of a stagecoach company to catch a murdering band of highwaymen. Pistol Packing Pattie pokes fun at Baxter's ostentatious outfit, and her wit is even deadlier than her six-guns. Bill escorts two dangerous convicts on a rail trip to prison, but when they get the drop on him and leap off the train, he must give chase. The Arrow of Adventure; Quiz; Brainy Buster; The Black Market Bandits; Windy Whopper: Fighting Hombre!; Cemented Relations!; Hammerhead; Double Cross; Singing Sidwell; Pistol Packing Pattie; Bick and Dickson; Convict Carrier. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Max Elkan and Howard Boughner. Movie cowboy Bill Boyd, best known for playing Hopalong Cassidy, stars as himself in tales of Western adventure. In a three-part adventure, Bill braves a snowstorm to track two escaped convicts on their spree of robbery and murder across the Old West. Windy Whopper tries to impress a thin woman with his very thin humor. Plus a vintage ad for Hopalong Cassidy merch, including a lunchbox with thermos, night light, and table lamp. The Perilous Trail; Windy Whopper: Thin-Skinned Hombre!; Hammerhead; Slick Stuff Smithers; Slim Jeans and Crabmouth; A Bullet for Brother. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Movie cowboy Bill Boyd, best known for playing Hopalong Cassidy, stars as himself in tales of Western adventure. Bill tries to figure out how outlaws are vanishing during pursuit, a quest that leads him to the legendary Lost City of the Sun. Windy Whopper tries to impress a famous opera director so he can get a job back east, but all he knows are terrible music-related jokes. Bill's sidekick Crowbait gets mixed up with a redheaded lady barber and a robbery. Plus a vintage ad for View-Master, featuring Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy, Gene Autry, The Cisco Kid and Pancho. The Lost City of the Sun; Absent-Minded Abernathy; Dough Minded Doby; Close Shave; Windy Whopper: The Musical Moron; Brainy Buster; Shear Luck; Live Wire Warren. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover of Bill Boyd [William Boyd]. The Terror Trick; After a tornado some kids are made orphans, and are taken to Cy's spread until the folks decide what to do with them; But Cy aims to take over the ranch of one of the kids now that his parents are dead. Buzzing the Bee; Jack wants to get even on Windy for all his practical jokes. The Haunted Hotel (A Crowbait Story); Crowbait is witness to a hired murder. Rustler's Rugs; Cattle are rustled, but there are no tracks to show where they are taken. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Movie cowboy Bill Boyd, best known for playing Hopalong Cassidy, stars as himself in tales of Western adventure. In a three-part, issue-length story, cattle are not merely being rustled - they are disappearing completely. Bill sets out to find out what's happening to them, and almost ends up as hamburger himself. Windy Whopper tries to play a practical joke on a pal, but it backfires - twice! Plus a vintage ad for the "Hopalong Cassidy Savings Club" bank promotion. Vanishing Herds, Chapter 1: Thundering Hoofs; Runaway Team; Close Shave; Windy Whopper: Stung; Chapter 2: The Death Blade; Hammerhead; Brainy Buster; Chapter 3: The Roundup. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Rod Reed and Howard Boughner. Movie cowboy Bill Boyd, best known for playing Hopalong Cassidy, stars as himself in tales of Western adventure. Bill tracks murdering outlaws, but the trail becomes doubly dangerous when a tornado touches down nearby. Windy Whopper gets a job at a dude ranch and tries to impress a visiting tenderfoot with his wit. Bill tracks a fugitive killer across the desert, a pursuit that soon becomes a quest for water for both of them. The Howling Trail; The Rattler; Windy Whopper: Dude Ranch Rascal!; The Oil Well Mystery; Hammerhead; The Desert Trail; Pondering Ponton; Quiz. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Rod Reed and others. Movie cowboy Bill Boyd, best known for playing Hopalong Cassidy, stars as himself in tales of Western adventure. Bill fills in for an injured rider in the Baxter County Rodeo, and gets mixed up with outlaws who have a betting scheme around the rigged rodeo. Windy Whopper wears out his welcome when he stays at his cousin's house and only offers tall tales in return. Bill witnesses a body being thrown off a moving train, and follows the tracks to a murderous escaped convict. Six-Gun Stampede; Brainy Buster; Windy Whopper: The Permanent Guest!; The Bullet Hole Road; Hammerhead; Stab in the Dark; The False Papers. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Rod Reed and Howard Boughner. Movie cowboy Bill Boyd, best known for playing Hopalong Cassidy, stars as himself in tales of Western adventure. Bill wins a diamond-studded horseshoe in a contest and wants to sell it to build an orphanage, but bandits want the horseshoe for themselves. Windy Whopper matches wits with a passing tenderfoot. Bill investigates a strange Old West mystery involving missing gold, a missing coach and a missing house. The Diamond Horseshoe!; Brainy Buster; Windy Whopper: Farm Foolery; The Strange Funeral; Hammerhead; Kid Plunder; The Red Coach Mystery; Cabot the Cab Driver. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Rod Reed and Howard Boughner. Movie cowboy Bill Boyd, best known for playing Hopalong Cassidy, stars as himself in tales of Western adventure. In a three-part story, Bill helps a small town that's been plagued by cattle rustlers. Rumor has it that one person is controlling all the rustlers in the area, creating some sort of organized crime syndicate. Bill tracks the syndicate to the "House of Tunnels." The House of Tunnels: Chapter 1: The Crime Syndicate; Brainy Buster; Windy Whopper; Chapter 2: The Glittering Trail; Hammerhead; Chapter 3: The Deadly Overtones. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Otto Binder and Howard Boughner. Movie cowboy Bill Boyd, best known for playing Hopalong Cassidy, stars as himself in tales of Western adventure. Stolen money turns up on Nancy Dee's ranch, and it looks like only Nancy or Bill Boyd could have put it there. Windy Whopper has to think fast after a customer demands an elephant burger at his "any meat" restaurant. Bill volunteers to buy some books for a friend, and soon learns that someone else wants one of those books at any cost. Plus a text story by Mary Marvel co-creator Otto Binder. The Fight for Freedom; Brainy Buster; Quiz; Windy Whopper: Information, Please!; The Delayed Wedding; Hammerhead; Guns at Goose Greek; Bird Brain; Noose Law!; Sassy Sam. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Howard Boughner and others. Movie cowboy Bill Boyd, best known for playing Hopalong Cassidy, stars as himself in tales of Western adventure. Bill is captured by white slavers and forced to work in a gold mine, but when he sees his chance to escape, can he leave the others behind? Windy Whopper tells a tenderfoot some tall tales about cats. Bill rides into town just in time to see a vigilante mob intent on hanging an innocent man. The Finger of Suspicion; Brainy Buster; Windy Whopper: Restaurateur De Luxe!; The Storm Refuge; Hammerhead; The Would-Be Sheriff; Death Marker; Motorcycle Morgan; Sassy Sam. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.