Hawk, The (1951 Ziff Davis/St. John) comic books

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $126.00 View scans Paper: Off white Slab: Scuffing to inner well of case Label #2097333016 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover by Clarence Doore. Stories and art by Dan Barry, Murphy Anderson, George Tuska, Ed Silverman and Alex Kotzky. Tough marshal Bob Hardie is better known to friend and foe alike as The Hawk. The lawless town of Adobe Bend must change after Marshal Bob "Hawk" Hardie rides into town, but outlaw Slash hires Lobo Moreno to get rid of The Hawk. Marshal Hardie arrives in Armadillo Flats and goes after Reb Sutton and his band of killers. Pajaro, new chieftain of the Mescaleros, declares war on white settlers, but his blood brother Sangre tries to convince him otherwise, in a story with art by comics legend Murphy Anderson. Plus the lyrics to the Western tune "Billy Venero" and a comics biography of Walter Scott, the man known as "Death Valley Scotty." Nice painted cover by Clarence Doore. Death Valley Scotty; The Law of the Colt; Cowboy Songs of the Old West: Billy Venero; A Fair Exchange; Six-Gun Showdown; Ghost Towns of the Old West: Cripple Creek; Blood Brothers; The Great American Desert. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Clarence Doore. Stories and art by Joe Kubert, George Olesen, Carmine Infantino and Vic Martin. Tough marshal Bob Hardie is better known to friend and foe alike as The Hawk. The Hawk discovers that the two gamblers who tried to cheat prospector "Dusty" of his gold are killers who will stop at nothing. Hardie helps redheaded action girl Barbara defend her ranch's water source from rival Jeff Driscoll, in a story with art by comics legend Carmine Infantino. The Hawk tries to find out who is fomenting war between the railroad and the Apache, in a story with art by comics legend Joe Kubert. Secret of the Sands!; Desert Gunsmoke; Pay-Off; Hopi Hero; Cactus Cackles; Iron Caravan of the Mojave. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Clarence Doore. Stories and art by George Olesen, Ed Silverman and Art Peddy. Tough marshal Bob Hardie is better known to friend and foe alike as The Hawk. The Hawk stops a hanging, but that doesn't sit right with a group of vigilantes. Outlaws lead a band of renegade Apaches, and Hardie tries to stop them without angering the other Apaches nearby. Owlhoots ambush the Hawk and leave him to die in the desert. Dead Man's Vengeance!; Leverett's Last Stand; The Disappearing Mustang; Killer Venom; Creatures of the Western Badlands; The Desert Rat: Trap for a Killer; The Little Sheriff : The Safe Guard; Dry River Rampage! Final Ziff-Davis issue; St. John took over publishing with the next issue. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Gil Kane, George Olesen, Lorence Bjorklund and Al Carreno. St. John takes over publishing from Ziff-Davis. Tough marshal Bob Hardie is better known to friend and foe alike as The Hawk. The Desert Eagle battles outlaws who are oppressing homesteaders, in a story with art in a "clear line" style, by future Marvel legend Gil Kane. The Hawk tries to bring law to lawless Greasewood, in a story that opens with a violent, action-packed pre-Code splash panel. Hardie finds a dying man in the desert and swears to protect his young son, the only other person who knew where he hid his gold. Plus fun facts about cacti and Pueblo cliff dwellings. Classic painted cover by an unknown artist. Killers Town; Desert Eagle: Gunmen Strike at Dawn!; Death in the Desert; Cactus Facts; Horse Thief; The Cliff-Dwellers; Desert Manhunt! Issues #5 and #6 of this series appeared as Approved Comics (1954) #1 and #7, respectively; there was no issue #7. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by George Olesen, Ed Silverman and Art Peddy. Final Ziff-Davis issue. Tough marshal Bob Hardie is better known to friend and foe alike as The Hawk. The Hawk stops a hanging, but that doesn't sit right with a group of vigilantes. Outlaws lead a band of renegade Apaches, and Hardie tries to stop them without angering the other Apaches nearby. Owlhoots ambush the Hawk and leave him to die in the desert. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Dead Man's Vengeance!; Leverett's Last Stand; The Disappearing Mustang; Killer Venom; Creatures of the Western Badlands; The Desert Rat: Trap for a Killer; The Little Sheriff : The Safe Guard; Dry River Rampage!. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Joe Kubert, George Olesen, Carmine Infantino and Howard Larsen. Tough marshal Bob Hardie is better known to friend and foe alike as The Hawk. Female rancher and action girl Buckskin Belle wants to know why the local Cheyenne are trying to drive her off her land, in a story with art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. The Hawk tries to find out who is fomenting war between the railroad and the Apache, in a story with art by comics legend Joe Kubert. Prospectors anger the Apaches while seeking the Lost Spaniard's Mine in their sacred mountains. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Iron Caravan of the Mojave; Ghost Terror of the Blackfeet!; Red Wolf: Renegades of Deadfall Canyon; Pay-Off; Buckskin Belle. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, George Olesen, and Howard Larsen. Tough marshal Bob Hardie is better known to friend and foe alike as The Hawk. Female rancher and action girl Buckskin Belle offers to teach her handsome but clueless neighbor the ways of the West, in a story with art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. The Hawk discovers that the two gamblers who tried to cheat prospector "Dusty" of his gold are killers who will stop at nothing. Notorious gunfighter "Santa Fe" reluctantly agrees to take on the outlaw gang that wounded the town sheriff. Secret of the Sands!; Doublecross at Devil's Den; The Bold Buckeroo; Ambush at Alkali Flats; Peril on the Prairie. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Carmine Infantino and Bob Lubbers. Tough marshal Bob Hardie is better known to friend and foe alike as The Hawk. The Hawk helps redheaded action girl Barbara defend her ranch's water source from rival Jeff Driscoll, in a story with art by comics legend Carmine Infantino. Dexter Dean tries to run Belle and her brother off their ranch, but he didn't reckon with the woman known as "Buckskin Belle." In another action-girl story, The Texan is framed for murdering the father of Gloria Simpson, who enters the story in a breakout panel, astride a leaping horse, with guns drawn. Desert Gunsmoke; Hopi Hero; Buckskin Belle; Death in Disguise; The Dead Man Plays; The Texan. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by George Tuska, Tex Blaisdell, Ken Battefield, C. W. Winter and Richard Speed. Tough marshal Bob Hardie is better known to friend and foe alike as The Hawk. Outlaw Jake Burns frames The Bold Buckeroo for a crime and takes over his ranch. In an action-girl story, Buckskin Belle takes on cattle rustlers, aided only by her kid brother and aged farmhand Cactus Pete. The Bold Buckeroo and Rusty tangle with dope smugglers. Plus comics biographies of Jesse James and Jack Dalton, and a story with early art by future Marvel legend George Tuska. The Bold Buckeroo: Frame-Up; Buckskin Belle: Rustlers; Mustang Jack; Dudes Dictionary; The Bold Buckeroo: Graveyard Gulch. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.