Western Hero (1949) comic books 1950-1959

Stories and art by Leonard Frank and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Sheriff Hopalong Cassidy investigates a murder that is complicated by one body too many. Monte Hale faces a sheriff gone bad. Missing moccasins give Tom Mix the clue to a murder. Plus a profusion of vintage comics-format ads, including a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade and one featuring movie cowboy Rocky Lane. Hopalong Cassidy: The Case of the Extra Body; Monte Hale Meets the Killer Sheriff; Cactus Brain; Red Roan: Obo Terror; Gabby Hayes: Coached for Trouble; Li'l Buck; Buck and Cluck: Oh, Brother; Big Bow and Little Arrow: The Paper Picker; Tom Mix: The Case of the Lost Moccasins. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Dick Kraus and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Bill Boyd witnesses a deputy's murder and learns that the local sheriff has been replaced by an outlaw. (The series formerly titled "Hopalong Cassidy" begins referring to its hero by the name "Bill Boyd" (Hopalong's actor) with this issue, possibly because of issues with rights to the character.) Monte Hale isn't sure what to think when dead gunslingers seemingly return from the dead as ghost bandits. Tom Mix investigates when a rancher is beaten by outlaws who want the money in the ranch safe. Bill Boyd: The False Accusation; Monte Hale and the Bandits of Boot Hill; Cactus Brain; Red Roan: Logger Peril; Li'l Buck; Smart Alex; Tom Mix and the Strange Lands! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Leonard Frank and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Bill Boyd tries to figure out the connection between the attack on a rancher and the bank robbers who hit the Loder town bank. Monte Hale tracks the mysterious masked bandit known as Senor Diablo to his hideout. Tom Mix tries to cure a sheriff of shock so he can learn who attacked the man, before they come back to finish the job. Bill Boyd: The Underground Tunnel; Monte Hale Meets Senor Diablo; Cactus Brain; Red Roan: Valley Prison; Gabby Hayes: The Prairie Pirate; Li'l Buck; Tumbleweed Jr.: Truth Pays; Big Bow and Little Arrow: The Fish's Tale; Tom Mix: The Unknown Enemy. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Leonard Frank, Edmond Good and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Bill Boyd must track a killer through deadly Bullet Hole Trail, a mountain passage so narrow, there's no turning back. Monte Hale suspects a famous stage clown of a string of robberies, but the man has an alibi, being on stage during the crimes. Tom Mix tries to capture the mind-controlling menace known as The Hypnotist, but the fugitive is one step ahead. Bill Boyd: The Bullet Hole Trail; Monte Hale: The Minstrel Man; Cactus Brain; Red Roan: Last Farewell; Gabby Hayes: The Knight of Terror; Cactus Brain; Li'l Buck; Dimwit Dimby; Big Bow and Little Arrow: Hot Chestnuts; Dusty: The Joker Gets Joked; Tom Mix: The Hypnotist. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Leonard Frank and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Monte Hale catches up to his old enemy The Cougar, an outlaw in a cougar mask who also has a trained cougar sidekick. Gabby Hayes is mistakenly recruited by the Canadian Mounties (who actually wanted tracker "Grabby Ace") to track down fearsome Giant George, the Fur Fiend of the frozen North. Tom Mix faces the strange Count Ragoon from Transylvania, in a sort of Western horror story. Bill Boyd: The Disappearing Bandits; Musical Mullins Uses His Head!; Monte Hale: The Menace of the Cougar; Cactus Brain; Gabby Hayes of the Northwest Mounted; Huck and Buck: Clothes (Un)Conscious!; Slim Carson: Border Slaying; Big Bow and Little Arrow: Monkey Shines; Luke and Fluke: Healthy Hokum!; Tom Mix: The Dobie Vampire! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Dick Kraus and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Bill Boyd enters a horse race to win money for the Old Folks' Home, but someone doesn't want him to win that race. Monte Hale faces the return of his old enemy The Minstrel Man, a (white) stage clown who has turned to crime. An artist helps Tom Mix identify a stage robber. Bill Boyd: The Race of Peril; Monte Hale: The Song of Death; Slim Carson: Ocatillo Witness; Li'l Buck; Tom Mix: The Mystery Man. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Leonard Frank and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Bill Boyd tries to help a man find his brother to share an inheritance, but outlaws get wind of the money and hatch a scheme. Gabby Hayes stands to inherit a fortune, if he can remain silent for 24 hours. Tom Mix seeks an escaped convict, but the man's found an ex-partner who will harbor him...if he doesn't kill him. Bill Boyd: Death in Disguise; Big Bow and Little Arrow: The Heavy Toll; Gabby Hayes: The Wacky Hill; Monte Hale: Brand of the Double X; Jenkins the Jeweler; Flim and Flam: A Hot Time in the Old Town; Slim Carson: Gun Runners; Li'l Buck; Cactus Brain; Tom Mix: The Fatal Hide-Out. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Bill Boyd goes to Black Crow Corners to help an old friend, and quickly finds himself dodging bullets. Monte Hale must prove himself innocent of murder, but first he must avoid an angry mob that wants to string him up without trial. Tom Mix joins forces with Ricochet Ross to find a sheriff-killer...but is it the real Ricochet Ross? Plus a vintage ad for belts, wallets and suspenders featuring popular movie cowboy Roy Rogers. Bill Boyd: Treachery at the Triple T!; Big Bow and Little Arrow: The Lesson; Gabby Hayes: Lights Out!; Monte Hale: Wanted for Murder; Jed and Ned; Border Patrol: Peril Herd; Li'l Buck; Cactus Brain; Tom Mix Meets Ricochet Ross; Tenderfoot Ted. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Bill Boyd mediates an argument between Ted and Dewell that escalates into a fire. Monte Hale tries to maintain order in Lost Pike after a nearby gold strike. Con man Hiram T. Pressure sells Gabby Hayes a railcar of "raw wool" that turns out to be live sheep...and cowboys hate sheep. Bill Boyd and the Fiery Fate!; Big Bow and Little Arrow and the Old Haunt; Gabby Hayes: Gabby Goes Wool-Gathering!; Monte Hale Battles the Great Hunger!; Magical Manders; Slim Carson: Border Fracas; Li'l Buck; Cactus Brain; Hill and Dale; Unruffled Ruffles; Ban and Joe; Tom Mix and the Bank Busters! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Bill Boyd helps put out a fire at a friend's lumber camp and finds himself accused of murder. Monte Hale pursues bandits who have discovered a new method of getaway: hot-air balloon. Tom Mix tries to protect the town of Dobie from a devastating flood, as well as the owlhoots who come scavenging afterwards. Bill Boyd: The Murder Suspect; Monte Hale: The Balloon Bandits; Slim Carson: River Rendezvous; Li'l Buck; Battered Batters; Tom Mix: The Rampaging River. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Leonard Frank and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Tex Ritter catches up with a train in mid-robbery, thanks to his horse White Flash. Gabby Hayes encounters con man Will Fleece, who is disguised as a Treasury agent. Outlaws swindle a man out of his gold mine, but when it turns out to be fool's gold, they're not laughing. Tex Ritter: Range Robber; Monte Hale: Pardner's Hate!; Slim Carson: Decoy Trail; The Prisoners and the Penguins; Gabby Hayes: The Money Fraud; Li'l Buck; The Long and the Short of It; The Key of Honor; Big Bow and Little Arrow: The Grand Feast; Cactus Brain; Tom Mix: The Swindler's Revenge. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Leonard Frank and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. While taking a fishing day, Tex Ritter runs across members of the outlaw gang that's been terrorizing the town. Gabby Hayes discovers that the womenfolk have been won over by Pious Percy, who's convinced them to disarm everyone in town. Ex-con Crafty plans revenge against Tom Mix by spreading rumors that outlaw loot is buried under Tom's ranch. Plus a profusion of vintage comics-format ads, including one featuring movie cowboy Rocky Lane, and a Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Saves Little Sally, with art by Bill Schreiber. Tex Ritter: Death on the Hook; Monte Hale and the Captive Town; Slim Carson: The Gun Runners; Stirup Stuart; Gabby Hayes: Drop That Gun!; Li'l Buck; Big Bow and Little Arrow: Out in the Cold Again; Cactus Brain; Tom Mix: The Underground Threat. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Leonard Frank and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Tex Ritter sets out to prove Riley innocent of horse thievery, before he hangs for it. Gabby Hayes is enlisted by his old pals in the Canadian Mounties to come north and help them find the crazed outlaw Deadshot Dagger. Outlaws steal an entire train, and masquerade as the train crew sent to pick up a gold shipment. Plus a profusion of vintage comics-format ads, including one featuring movie cowboy Rocky Lane. Tex Ritter: The Web of Death!; Tall Tale Talbert and His Escapade; Monte Hale: The Mother Goose Crimes; Slim Carson: The Goatherd's Clue; Stirup Stuart; Gabby Hayes: Danger in the Frozen North; Li'l Buck; Big Bow and Little Arrow: The Lost Trust!; Cactus Brain; Tom Mix: The Train of Doom! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. When Tex Ritter investigates the disappearance of an insurance company agent, he finds a couple of slick owlhoots waiting. Monte Hale is captured by Kid Buzzard, an outlaw who has a trained attack buzzard. Tex Ritter discovers that Crandall and his cronies are dealing "dope" and climbs a tree with a camera to gather evidence, no mean feat. Plus a vintage ad for the "Western Saddle Ring" ("shiny airplane aluminum that won't tarnish") in exchange for cough-drop box tops. Tex Ritter: Paid in Full; Boss Balk; Hill and Dale; Monte Hale Meets Kid Buzzard; Slim Carson: Horns of the Bull; Rich-Man Rickey; Cactus Brain; Tom Mix: The Hidden Evidence. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk, Leonard Frank and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. The opening caption puts it best: "Gold! The glittering yellow metal which has set the hearts of men aflame with avarice from time immemorial! Because of one man's greed, Tex Ritter, the indomitable Prairie Ranger, must play a deadly game of hide and seek with The Killer of Nugget Creek." Gabby Hayes loses his hearing after being thrown into a trough by a bucking bronco, and an outlaw mistakes him for the town doctor and kidnaps him. Monte Hale discovers a legendary arrow that is sort of a Native American Sword in the Stone, and whoever pulls it from the rock is the new chieftain. Tex Ritter: The Killer of Nugget Creek; Bole and Weavel; Monte Hale: The Guardian of the Arrow; Slim Carson: Within the Skull; The Fat of the Land!; Gabby Hayes: Oh! Doctor!; Li'l Buck; Pop Potter; Big Bow and Little Arrow: Unwelcome Return; Cactus Brain; Tom Mix: The Perfect Alibi! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Howard Boughner, Edmond Good, Leonard Frank and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Tex Ritter must prevent sinister forces from turning a land rush into a murderous free-for-all. Wicked Willie and Sinful Sid use ventriloquism to make Gabby Hayes think his horse can talk, but when the Wells Fargo is robbed, things quickly get out of hand. Settlers find their new land is inhabited by holdouts from the Revolutionary War who are still clinging to their 18th-century ideals. Tex Ritter: Stampede for Land; Sagebrush; Preston of the Press; Two Ton Tunby; Monte Hale: The Man with the Iron Mask; Slim Carson: Bait for Gringo Bailey; Red Eagle: The Talking Totem Pole; Gabby Hayes: Right from the Horse's Mouth; Li'l Buck; Big Bow and Little Arrow: The Big Wager; Cactus Brain; Tom Mix: The Redcoat Brigade. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Dick Kraus and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Legend has it the Wolf Creek stage line is jinxed, but Tex Ritter suspects the strange accidents are caused by a saboteur. A dam across Rampage River will save croplands from flooding, but when powerful men try to stop construction, Monte Hale steps in. Tom Mix crosses the border to save a man, and creates an international incident. Tex Ritter: Stagecoach Sabotage; Big Bow and Little Arrow: Sky High; Monte Hale: Damage on Rampage River; Slim Carson: Rattlesnake Ambush; Prisoner Pringle; Tom Mix: Below the Border. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk, Edmond Good, Leonard Frank and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. When outlaw "Charlie Brown" steals from bandit leader Rebb, it leads to a standoff between Rebb's forces and Tom Mix at Mix's own ranch. Gabby Hayes inadvertently gets mixed up in a corrupt deal to sell rifles to renegade Natives. Monte Hale meets two men who think they've found the secret of the legendary Dead Man's Treasure. Longtime Western Hero star Gabby Hayes, sidekick and comic relief extraordinaire, finally gets a photo cover. Tom Mix: Refuge on the Ranch; Li'l Buck; Cactus Brain; Monte Hale: Dead Man's Treasure; Slim Carson: Guns at Cedar Wallow; Gabby Hayes: Pixilated Pickles. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk, Edmond Good, Leonard Frank and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Outlaws use a white flag to lure Tom Mix into a trap. Gabby Hayes can't figure out why anyone would rob the tailor's shop, but he doesn't know about the gold buried underneath it. Monte Hale learns the truth about Panhandle Pete, the founder of Petesville, but the people of the town don't necessarily want to hear it. Tom Mix: The False Surrender; Li'l Buck; Cactus Brain; Monte Hale and the Town Hero; Slim Carson: White King of the Apaches; Gabby Hayes: Pixilated Pickles. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk, Sheldon Moldoff, Max Elkan and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. The search for a missing land deed leads Tex Ritter to actually being tied to a lumber yard's buzz saw, like in a classic cliffhanger movie serial. Tom Mix tries to get the goods on the Jones Brothers after they rob a train. Robbers masquerade as demons to scare away a farmer, and they'd have gotten away with it too, if not for that meddling Monte Hale. Tex Ritter: The Mystery of the Hidden Deed; Big Bow and Little Arrow: Brushing off the Brush!; Old Timer Oldham; Monte Hale: The Uninvited Demons!; Slim Carson: Arrows of Honor; Tom Mix: The Barrel Mystery Case! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk, Edmond Good and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Tex Ritter sets a trap for the bank robber known only as The Rattler. Tom Mix goes undercover as a lumberjack at a northwestern lumber camp to track outlaws hiding out in the lawless forest. Monte must rescue a pal from the inaccessible bandit stronghold known as Outlaw Mesa. Tom Mix: South of the Timberline; Big Bow and Little Arrow: Brushing Off the Brush!; Old Timer Oldham; Monte Hale Invades the Bandit Stronghold; Slim Carson: White Chief's Capture; Tex Ritter: The Rattler Strikes Again! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Sheldon Moldoff, Leonard Frank, Edmond Good and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Rustlers start a stampede to get rid of Tex Ritter before he can rescue a jury in peril. Gabby Hayes meets a man from Australia, and his strange manners and way of speaking convince Gabby that he's a Martian. Monte Hale goes undercover as a stagecoach driver to catch a masked gang committing coach holdups. Tex Ritter: Jury in Jeopardy!; Gabby Hayes: The Devil from Down Under; Cactus Brain; Monte Hale: A Duet of Danger; Slim Carson: The Walls Came Tumbling Down; Tom Mix: The Hotel Hoax!! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk, Leonard Frank, Edmond Good and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. When Tex Ritter is accused of cowardice, outlaws make the most of the opportunity. Gabby Hayes investigates reports of ghosts in a Western ghost town. A ranch hand confesses to Tom Mix that he killed his boss, but when they go back to look, the body is gone. Tex Ritter: Branded; Gabby Hayes: The Ghost Goes to Town; Li'l Buck; Monte Hale: The Mystery of the Lost Homestead; Slim Carson: Hunted Man; Tom Mix: The Case of the Uncut Diamond. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Sheldon Moldoff, Bill Woolfolk, Leonard Frank, Edmond Good and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Monte Hale matches gunplay with the dreaded gunslinger known as the Chisholm Kid. Gabby Hayes gets involved in the town scavenger hunt and inadvertently catches a killer. Tex Ritter tries to find the source of the counterfeit bills that have been flooding Fairmount County. Tex Ritter: The Greenback Flood; Gabby Hayes: Scavenger Hunter; Li'l Buck; Monte Hale: The Killer's Faith; Slim Carson: Forty Below; Cactus Brain; Tom Mix: The Death Toll. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Sheldon Moldoff, Bill Woolfolk, Leonard Frank, Edmond Good and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Even the Army can't get to the Renegades Rook gang in their mountain hideout, so Tex Ritter decides to take action himself. Eccentric inventor Bike McSyke's "youth formula" makes him irresistible to horses - and he's afraid of horses. Monte Hale realizes that the three ranchers who disappeared recently all filed wills benefiting the same man. Tex Ritter: The Raiders of Renegades Rook; Gabby Hayes: Crazy Over Horses; Monte Hale: The Mystery of the Three Wills; Slim Carson: Border Feud; Tom Mix: Shadow of Doubt. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Tex Ritter tries to figure out why someone murdered a random cowhand, and if it has anything to do with the mysterious bandit known as the Prairie Kid. Gabby Hayes becomes a baby-sitter, or as he alliteratively puts it, "Balls of Fire! I can handle bucking broncs, bawling beeves, or bodacious badmen! But the US Cavalry had better rescue me right pronto from these bouncing, bushwhacking babies!" Unfairly sentenced to the Ladreno Chain Gang, Monte Hale is torn between his respect for the law and his desire to escape and clear his name. Tex Ritter: The Prairie Kid; Gabby Hayes: Oh, Baby; Monte Hale: Chain Gang Vengeance; The Crime Weavers; Tom Mix: The Man in the Red Boots. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Sheldon Moldoff, Bill Woolfolk, Leonard Frank, Edmond Good and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Bitter jewelry salesman Geefer thinks he's figured out how to steal a diamond-encrusted dog collar by switching it with that of Fury, Tex Ritter's faithful crime-busting dog. Gabby Hayes raises an orphaned calf as a pet and teaches it tricks, which comes in handy later, when Gabby and "Sweetie Pie" are trapped in a matador ring. Monte Hale tracks the stagecoach robber called The Owl, who wears an owl mask and can see in the dark, like other supervillains of that name. Tex Ritter: Fury's Revenge!; Li'l Buck; Gabby Hayes: A Lot of Bull; Monte Hale Battles the Owl; Cactus Brain; Slim Carson: Tallyman Trouble; Wagonwheels; Tom Mix: The Valley of Annihilation. Final issue of the series that began as Wow Comics (1940-1948 Fawcett). 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.