Fawcett Movie Comic (1950 Fawcett) comic books
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Issue #7
$9.60
Photo cover features Allan "Rocky" Lane and Eddy Waller. Numbering continues from Singing Guns (1950) Fawcett Movie Comic #1, actually Fawcett's sixth movie comic. Story by Otto Binder, from the screenplay by M. Coates Webster. Art by Bob Powell. Fawcett presents adaptations of popular movies of the 1950s in comics form. This issue is based on Gunmen of Abilene, a 1950 Republic B-movie Western starring Allan "Rocky" Lane. No one knows why outlaws are terrorizing the town of Abilene. But when Rocky Lane arrives, he soon learns that the town itself is right over a gold deposit, and the gunmen of Abilene were hired by a familiar face. Featuring art by Bob Powell. Plus photo stills from the film. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #8
$30.00
View scan- 2 1/2" cumulative spine split. Cover detached at one staple, coming detached at second. Brittle cover.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
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Photo cover features Lash LaRue. Story by Leo Dorfman, from the screenplay by Jack Lewis and Ira S. Webb. Art by Bob Powell. Fawcett presents adaptations of popular movies of the 1950s in comics form. This issue is based on King of the Bullwhip, a 1950 Republic B-movie Western starring Lash LaRue. Lash tracks the masked outlaw El Azote, who is Lash's match with a bullwhip. Lash impersonates El Azote, leading to a climatic whip duel, which is a rare thing indeed. Featuring art by Bob Powell. Plus photo stills from the film. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #13
$8.40
Photo cover features Edmond O'Brien. 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 Warpath, a 1951 Paramount Western starring Edmond O'Brien. Learning that the outlaws who murdered his fiancee have joined the Seventh Cavalry, John Vickers joins up as well. During military actions in the West, he sets out to determine which of his fellow cavalrymen are the killers he seeks. Plus photo stills from the film. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #17
$6.00
$4.80
Photo cover features Mala Powers and Jack Buetel. Story by Leo Dorfman, from the screenplay by Maurice Geraghty. Fawcett presents adaptations of popular movies of the 1950s in comics form. This issue is based on Rose of Cimarron, a 1952 20th Century Fox Western starring Mala Powers. Rose of Cimarron, a white woman raised by Cherokees, considers herself part of the tribe. When her adoptive parents are murdered by outlaws, Rose grudgingly accepts the help of a marshal in tracking down the killers. Plus sheet music for the movie's theme, "Cimarron Territory." 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #18
$6.00
$6.00
Photo cover features Anthony Dexter and Jody Lawrence. Story by Leo Dorfman, from the screenplay by George Bruce and Jesse L. Lasky Jr. Art by Kurt Schaffenberger. Fawcett presents adaptations of popular movies of the 1950s in comics form. This issue is based on The Brigand, a 1952 Columbia adventure film starring Anthony Dexter and Jody Lawrence. Carlos, a criminal who bears a strong resemblance to the King of Mandorra, is pardoned by the King. After the King is injured in an assassination attempt, Carlos must impersonate the king, seeking the assassins while falling in love with the King's fiancee, Teresa. Plus photo stills from the film. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #20
$10.75
$8.60
Photo cover features Robert Taylor and Elizabeth Taylor. Story by Leo Dorfman, from the screenplay by Aeneas MacKenzie, Noel Langley and Marguerite Roberts. Art by Pete Costanza and Kurt Schaffenberger. Fawcett presents adaptations of popular movies of the 1950s in comics form. This issue is based on Ivanhoe, a 1952 MGM adventure film based, in turn, on the Walter Scott novel. Returning to England after the Crusades, Ivanhoe romances Rowena and becomes involved in the uprising against evil Prince John. When the struggle against John's forces escalates into violence, no less a personage than Robin Hood himself appears to join Ivanhoe in the conflict. Plus photo stills from the film. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
