Motion Picture Comics (1950) comic books 1950-1959

Photo cover features Monte Hale and Roy Barcroft. Stories and art by Joe Millard and others. Fawcett presents adaptations of popular movies of the 1950s in comics form. This issue is based on The Vanishing Westerner, a 1950 Republic B-movie western starring Monte Hale. Government agent Chris and his sidekick Waldorf go undercover as outlaws to join Sanderson's gang. But Sanderson spots them and frames them for a sheriff's murder, putting Chris and Waldorf at the mercy of an angry mob. Plus pinup photos of Western star Monte Hale. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover features Allan "Rocky" Lane and Eddy Waller. Story by Leo Dorfman, from the screenplay by Arthur E. Orloff. Art by Irwin Hasen and Joe Giella. Fawcett presents adaptations of popular movies of the 1950s in comics form. This issue is based on Code of the Silver Sage, a 1950 Republic B-movie western starring Allan "Rocky" Lane. A US Cavalry lieutenant travels to lawless Arizona, which is under the control of outlaw boss Champion. The US President himself plans to visit Arizona to restore law and order. But Lt. Lane learns that Champion is planning to have the President assassinated to secure his rule of Arizona, and only Rocky Lane can stop him. Plus pinup photos of Rocky Lane. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover features Allan "Rocky" Lane and Eddy Waller. Story by Leo Dorfman, from the screenplay by M. Coates Webster. Fawcett presents adaptations of popular movies of the 1950s in comics form. This issue is based on Covered Wagon Raid, a 1950 Republic B-movie western starring Allen "Rocky" Lane. Insurance investigator Rocky Lane witnesses a murder by thugs working for would-be land baron Deacon Grimes. Rocky goes undercover to help the dead man's daughter Susie bring charges against Grimes. But rancher's daughter Gail learns Rocky's true identity, and inadvertently reveals it to Grimes' henchmen. Plus pinup photos of Rocky Lane. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Allan "Rocky" Lane photo cover. Stills from the movie on the inside front cover. "Vigilante Hideout," art by Bob Powell; An adaptation of a Republic Picture starring Allan "Rocky" Lane, Eddy Waller, Roy Barcroft, and Virginia Herrick; Rocky, a Range Detective, arrives to help Nugget with rustlers; When he learns Nugget owns only three cows, he stays on anyway and soon becomes involved in Benson's attempt to blow open the banks's safe; When Rocky upsets his plans, Benson supposedly gets rid of him by having him declared an outlaw wanted dead or alive; Then Benson takes a load of explosives into an old mine located directly under the bank vault. Stills from the movie on the inside back cover. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover features Audie Murphy. Story by Leo Dorfman, from the screenplay by John Huston and Albert Band. Art by Bob Powell. Fawcett presents adaptations of popular movies of the 1950s in comics form. This issue is based on John Huston's 1951 adaptation of the classic Civil War novel by Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage. A young Union soldier (played by famed combat veteran Audie Murphy in the film) wrestles with his courage and his conscience while preparing to face Confederate forces in the early days of the Civil War. This adaptation is based on the full two-hour film, later heavily edited by the studio, which has since been lost. It features art by comics legend Bob Powell of "Sheena" fame. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover features George Montgomery. Story by Leo Dorfman, from the screenplay by Frank Gruber. Fawcett presents adaptations of popular movies of the 1950s in comics form. This issue is based on The Texas Rangers, a 1951 low-budget Columbia western starring George Montgomery and Gale Storm. In the 1870s, Texas is terrorized by outlaw Sam Bass and his gang. Reformed outlaw Johnny Carver is asked by the head of the Texas Rangers to go undercover with the Bass gang. But as the gang plans the robbery of a gold train, is Johnny working with the outlaws, or the Rangers? 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover features Allan "Rocky" Lane. Story by Leo Dorfman, from the screenplay by M. Coates Webster. Art by Pete Riss. Fawcett presents adaptations of popular movies of the 1950s in comics form. This issue is based on Frisco Tornado, a 1950 Republic B-movie western starring Allan "Rocky" Lane. Rocky Lane is a US marshal investigating a scam involving "outlaw insurance." He survives an ambush, but loses his ID in the process. The outlaws use his ID to frame him as the brains behind the outlaw gang and their insurance scam. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover features John Derek and Jody Lawrance. Story by Leo Dorfman, from the screenplay by Ralph Gilbert Bettison and George Bruce. Fawcett presents adaptations of popular movies of the 1950s in comics form. This issue is based on the 1951 Columbia film Mask of the Avenger, a loose adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo. Renatu, an Italian nobleman, loses his father during the European revolutions of 1848. Vowing revenge, he plots against the corrupt local military governor, and learns of a planned invasion by the Austrian military. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover features Allan "Rocky" Lane. Story by Leo Dorfman, from the screenplay by M. Coates Webster. Art by Werner Roth. Fawcett presents adaptations of popular movies of the 1950s in comics form. This issue is based on Rough Riders of Durango, a 1951 Republic B-movie western starring Allan "Rocky" Lane. Marshal Rocky Lane intervenes when a corrupt banker plans to foreclose on ranchers who have been targeted by outlaw raids. Rocky suspects that seemingly blameless harness-maker Blake is the secret head of the outlaw gang, working in cahoots with the banker. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover features Richard Derr and Barbara Rush. Story by Leo Dorfman, from the screenplay by Sydney Boehm. Art by George Evans and Al Williamson. Fawcett presents adaptations of popular movies of the 1950s in comics form. This issue is based on George Pal's 1951 science fiction epic When Worlds Collide. When scientists discover that a "rogue star" is on a collision course with Earth, humanity faces the coming destruction with blind panic. However, an experimental rocket ship may be able to carry a select group of survivors to a new world. This adaptation features art by comics and science-fiction legends George Evans and Al Williamson, who even provide themselves a cameo in the comic. Plus photo stills from the film. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover features Lash LaRue. Story by Leo Dorfman, from the screenplay by Maurice Tombragel and June Carr. Fawcett presents adaptations of popular movies of the 1950s in comics form. This issue is based on The Vanishing Outpost, a 1951 Monogram Western starring Lash LaRue. Marshal LaRue and his sidekick Fuzzy meet Walker, a Pinkerton detective, while disciplining the rowdy barflies in a saloon. Walker enlists their help in tracking down the outlaw gang that murdered his partner. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover. Based on Columbia Pictures' 1952 release, "Brave Warrior" starring Jon Hall, Jay Silverheels, Christine Larson, and Michael Ansara. "Brave Warrior"; In Indiana of the early 1800s, conflict once again arises between the United States and Great Britain over territory and boundaries; Each side endeavors to gain the support of the Shawnee Indian tribes in the area; Governor William Henry Harrison enlists the aid of Steve Ruddell, whose friendship with the Shawnee chief Tecumseh goes back to childhood; Tecumseh's leadership of the Shawnee is contested by his brother, known as The Prophet, who sides with the British; Tecumseh, who grew up as a childhood playmate of Steve and of Laura McGregor, loves Steve as a brother and hopes to marry Laura; But Laura is in love with Steve. Laura's father, Shayne McGregor, secretly leads local support of the British against the Americans, even though it risks the life and love of his daughter; Everything comes to a head at the battle of Tippecanoe. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover features George Murphy, Virginia Gilmore and Finlay Currie. Story by Leo Dorfman, from the screenplay by Leo Rosten, et al. Fawcett presents adaptations of popular movies of the 1950s in comics form. This issue is based on Walk East on Beacon, a 1952 spy drama/ film noir starring George Murphy, Finlay Currie and Virginia Gilmore. A federal agent investigating a Soviet spy ring discovers that they are blackmailing a scientist who is working on a top-secret space program. The film, in turn, is based on a magazine article by J. Edgar Hoover, making this the rare comic with ties to the long-running head of the FBI. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover features George Montgomery and Karin Booth. Story by Leo Dorfman, from the screenplay by Richard Schayer. Fawcett presents adaptations of popular movies of the 1950s in comics form. This issue is based on Cripple Creek, a 1952 Columbia Western starring George Montgomery. Federal agents go undercover in gold-rush town Cripple Creek to discover who is smuggling gold out of the country. They learn that the gold is being disguised as lead for export. But before they can discover that the local sheriff is corrupt, he uncovers their true identities. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.