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

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $133.00 View scans Paper: Off white Slab: Scuffing to inner well of case Label #2097333016 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

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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.

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Cover by Clarence Doore. Stories and art by George Olesen, Ed Silverman and Art Peddy. Tough marshal Bob Hardie is better known to friend and foe alike as The Hawk. The Hawk stops a hanging, but that doesn't sit right with a group of vigilantes. Outlaws lead a band of renegade Apaches, and Hardie tries to stop them without angering the other Apaches nearby. Owlhoots ambush the Hawk and leave him to die in the desert. Dead Man's Vengeance!; Leverett's Last Stand; The Disappearing Mustang; Killer Venom; Creatures of the Western Badlands; The Desert Rat: Trap for a Killer; The Little Sheriff : The Safe Guard; Dry River Rampage! Final Ziff-Davis issue; St. John took over publishing with the next issue. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Gil Kane, George Olesen, Lorence Bjorklund and Al Carreno. St. John takes over publishing from Ziff-Davis. Tough marshal Bob Hardie is better known to friend and foe alike as The Hawk. The Desert Eagle battles outlaws who are oppressing homesteaders, in a story with art in a "clear line" style, by future Marvel legend Gil Kane. The Hawk tries to bring law to lawless Greasewood, in a story that opens with a violent, action-packed pre-Code splash panel. Hardie finds a dying man in the desert and swears to protect his young son, the only other person who knew where he hid his gold. Plus fun facts about cacti and Pueblo cliff dwellings. Classic painted cover by an unknown artist. Killers Town; Desert Eagle: Gunmen Strike at Dawn!; Death in the Desert; Cactus Facts; Horse Thief; The Cliff-Dwellers; Desert Manhunt! Issues #5 and #6 of this series appeared as Approved Comics (1954) #1 and #7, respectively; there was no issue #7. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.