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Monte Hale Western (1948 Fawcett/Charlton) comic books 1952

  • Issue #68
    Monte Hale Western (1948 Fawcett/Charlton) 68

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    Stories and art by Edmond Good, Mario DeMarco, Martin Filchock, Dick Kraus and Leonard Frank. Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. Cavalry troops still divided over the end of the US Civil War must put aside their differences when Sioux forces attack border settlements. An animal-cruelty activist doesn't want perennial sidekick Gabby Hayes to put horseshoes on his horse. Monte finally tracks down the swift-fingered gang known as Safe-Crackers Unlimited, but they get the drop on him and capture him. Two Flags at Dawn; Gray Hawk: Waterfall of Doom; Old Slick; Bronko Betsy; Rodeo Gun-Trail; Druggist Dugger; Gabby Hayes: The Unlucky Horseshoes; Safe-Crackers Unlimited. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #69
    Monte Hale Western (1948 Fawcett/Charlton) 69

    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. Monty must stop a prison break after convicts manage to smuggle a shipment of Army rifles into Cayungo Penitentiary. Monte is hired to protect a gold train from outlaw Gopher Graham. Forger "Scribble La Forge" fakes a letter convincing sidekick to the stars Gabby Hayes he's lost his job as ranch foreman, so Scribble can forge with impunity. The Killers of Cayungo; Gray Hawk: Trapper's Ambush; Old Slick; Bronko Betsy; Guns Against the Gold Train; Fitch and Chippes; Gabby Hayes Gets Fired; Land Above the Sky. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #70
    Monte Hale Western (1948 Fawcett/Charlton) 70

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    Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. White-hooded vigilantes summarily execute anyone who crosses them, and Monte is their next target. Rustlers trick Monte Hayes and a pursuing marshal into thinking that each is actually the rustler, leaving them to get away with the cattle. Gabby Hayes' singing is so bad, outlaws turn themselves in, and other animals join dogs in howling along, even the rabbits. The Vigilante Victim; Old Timer Oldham; Bronko Betsy; Gabby Hayes: The Singing Gunmen; The Marshal Takes a Gunning; Mountain Hide-Out; Shifty and Swifty; The Ends of the Earth. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #71
    Monte Hale Western (1948 Fawcett/Charlton) 71

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    Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. The thawing of the Platte River reveals the body of a murdered marshal, and Monte sets out to find the rustler who killed him. When farmer Johnny Hayseed is attacked by ranchers, star sidekick Gabby Hayes takes over the farm and arranges some surprises for the bad guys. Monte tracks hooded train robbers who use disease-infected ticks as deterrents to pursuit. The Secret of the River; Secretive Seery; Bronko Betsy; Gabby Hayes: The Pesty Nester; Perdition Fever; Gray Hawk: Feast of the Longbows; Old Slick; Vacation Time; The Too Smart Killer. 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 #74
    Monte Hale Western (1948 Fawcett/Charlton) 74

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    Monte Hale, Pardner, and Gabby Hayes cover photo. The Curse of Typhoid Valley, art by Edmond Good; No man dared enter Typhoid Valley. P-F Canvas Shoes comic strip ad with Jim Wise (baseball player). Quick on the Draw text story Clement Good. The Chebayo Land Rush, art by Edmond Good; A man's life would be forfeit unless those who had framed him on a murder charge were trapped in the Chebayo Land Rush. Monte Hale subscription ad. The Rodeo Rascal, art by Leonard Frank; Gabby becomes King of the Mesa in a rodeo. Nyoka the Jungle Girl ad. The Rustler's Roundup, art by Edmond Good; After a blizard, half the cattle has scattered south, and Hale and Motley set out to get them back. 36 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 #77
    Monte Hale Western (1948 Fawcett/Charlton) 77

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    Monte Hale and Gabby Hayes cover photo. Stagecoach Trail, art by Edmond Good; Fighting between the railroad and the stageline. Fleer's Dubble Bubble comic strip ad, art by Ray Thompson. An Important Message From Captain Marvel!; Fight Infantile Paralysis. Death Rigs the Rodeo, art by Edmond Good; Macon's crooked rodeo causes the death of too many good men. End of a Badman text story with Jud Karney by Hank Spector. Bull in a China Shoppe, art by Leonard Frank; When there's a fair damsel in distress, Gabby is always ready to do something about it. Return of the Rangers, art by Edmond Good; Two Texas Rangers on a nocturnal mission, are shot and killed from ambush in a saloon. 36 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.