Western Hero (1949) comic books
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Issue #76
$6.40
Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk, Stan Campbell, John Jordan, and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. When counterfeit bills flood the West, the Treasury Department asks Hopalong Cassidy to get involved. Monte Hale finds his outlaw-bashing curtailed when a judge orders him not to fire his six-guns within city limits or risk violating the peace. The Butler Brothers, Dick, Evan and Fred, want revenge on the sheriff, Tom Mix. Plus a profusion of vintage comics-format ads, including a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade. Hopalong Cassidy: The Counterfeiting Ring; Cactus Brain; Big Bow and Little Arrow: Buckaroos; Young Falcon: The Mystery of Little Star; Monte Hale: Peace Bond; Li'l Buck; Red Roan: Captive Herd; Gabby Hayes: Bucking Wheels of Glory!; Tom Mix: The Infamous Revenge. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #77
$6.10
Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk and others. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Protecting a seemingly worthless treasure seems like an easy job for Hopalong Cassidy, but it's neither worthless nor easy. Young Falcon proves Little Star didn't commit the theft that got her exiled from her tribe, but finding the real culprit is trickier. An outlaw framed for murder is blackmailed by the real killer. Hopalong Cassidy: Buried Trouble; Cactus Brain; Young Falcon: Little Star's Secret; Monte Hale: The Men Who Died Twice; Hammer Head; Red Roan: Outlaw Valley; Gabby Hayes: The Cliff Bandits; Vita Min; Tom Mix: Blackmail. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #83
$4.00
Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by Leonard Frank and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Hopalong Cassidy is shocked when reformed ex-con Joe is held in a gambler's murder, but he suspects there's more to the story. Monte Hale faces the return of The Weeper, a sort of reverse-Joker who makes victims cry with pepper and onion-juice attacks (but a different Weeper than the one who fought Bulletman). Tom Mix tries to figure out who would abduct members of Blue Moon's tribe, and why. The last of a series of painted covers by Norman Saunders. Plus a profusion of vintage comics-format ads, including one featuring movie cowboy Rocky Lane. Hopalong Cassidy: The Perfect Frameup; Monte Hale: Crying Crimes; Red Roan: Mountain Famine; Li'l Buck; Cactus Brain; Tom Mix: The Slaves in Bondage; Literary Lister. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #85
$8.00
Stories and art by Leonard Frank and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. When rancher Mobray's son starts sleepwalking, a ranch hand with gambling debts realizes he can frame him for his father's murder. Monte pretends to have turned outlaw and holds up stagecoaches to expose an insurance swindle. Con men try to sell desert land by claiming it has an underground river, but Tom Mix is skeptical. Plus a profusion of vintage comics-format ads, including one featuring movie cowboy Rocky Lane. Hopalong Cassidy: Death Walks the Night; Monte Hale, Outlaw; Cactus Brain; Red Roan: Runaway Train; Gabby Hayes: Frantic Feet; Li'l Buck; Buck and Cluck: Oh, Brother; Big Bow and Little Arrow: The Escape; Tom Mix: The Underground River. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #94
$5.00
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.
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Issue #96
$8.00
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.
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Issue #100
Western Hero (1949) #100$8.00
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.
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Issue #105
Western Hero (1949) #105$5.70
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.
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Issue #112
Western Hero (1949) #112$3.60
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.
