Hopalong Cassidy #42

(April 1950)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover missing from scan.

The Arsenal Murders! (Table of Contents)

Hopalong Cassidy / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Joe Certa

Inks:

Joe Certa

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Western

Characters:

Hopalong Cassidy; Topper (horse); Mesquite (deputy); Knife (outlaw); Hickey (outlaw)

Synopsis:

An outlaw gang has stolen guns from military arsenals and killed the guards.

Indexer Notes

Certa is credited on Hopalong Cassidy by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. The bony faces, hats and movement are all typical of Certa. Very similar to many of his Durango Kid stories.

Skating on Thin Ice (Table of Contents)

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Bill Schreiber (signed)

Inks:

Bill Schreiber (signed)

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Characters:

Captain Tootsie

Indexer Notes

Schreiber is credited as artist on Captain Tootsie by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

Choo Choo! (Table of Contents)

Hill Billy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Content Information

Genre:

Humor

Characters:

Hill Billy

The Land Grabber (Table of Contents)

Hopalong Cassidy / comic story / 6.66 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Charles Quinlan

Inks:

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Colors:

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Content Information

Genre:

Western

Characters:

Hopalong Cassidy; Topper (horse); Polecat (crook); Torchy (crook); Skiff (crook)

Synopsis:

Landgrabbers try to chase the Indians off their land.

Indexer Notes

Quinlan is credited on pencils on Hopalong Cassidy by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and the art with movement and faces, is very similar to his credited story in Catman #25 and 26a.

Quiz (Table of Contents)

activity / 0.34 page (report information)

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Content Information

Synopsis:

See how many you can answer correctly.

The Elephant Hunter (Table of Contents)

Whitey Whiskers / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Content Information

Genre:

Western; Humor

Characters:

Whitey Whiskers; Hank Ralton (circus owner)

Synopsis:

Whitey wants to go to Africa and catch an elephant for the circus.

The Unfortunate Flight (Table of Contents)

A Mesquite Story / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Charles Quinlan

Inks:

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Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Western

Characters:

Mesquite (deputy); Hopalong Cassidy; Widow Jones; Hobbs

Synopsis:

Mesquite buys a pigeon for the pigeon race.

Indexer Notes

Notes as for the other Quinlan story.

Silent Slim's Enemy (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

R. R. Symes (signed)

Pencils:

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Inks:

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Colors:

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Letters:

typset

Content Information

Genre:

Western

Characters:

Silent Slim; Cal Beaver; Bully Boy Barnes

["Guess what I'm thinking of that's square..."] (Table of Contents)

Fleer's Dubble Bubble / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Ray Thompson [as Ray T.] (signed)

Inks:

Ray Thompson [as Ray T.] (signed)

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Characters:

Pud

"Wal, it won't be long..." (Table of Contents)

Wise Acre Wiley / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Content Information

Genre:

Western; Humor

Characters:

Wiley

Sure-Fire Actor! (Table of Contents)

Pistol Packin' Pattie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Frank Bolle

Inks:

Frank Bolle

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Western; Humor

Characters:

Pattie; Brad Boar (actor)

Indexer Notes

Bolle is credited on Pistol Packin' Pattie by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and faces and inklines are similar to his Tim Holt stories.

Hey Gang! (Table of Contents)

Mechanix Illustrated / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

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Colors:

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Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Let's build these elecric motor powered models.

The Bad Egg (Table of Contents)

Big Bow and Little Arrow / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Western; Humor

Characters:

Big Bow; Little Arrow

Dress up Just Like Hopalong Cassidy (Table of Contents)

Porter's / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

? (photos)

Inks:

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Colors:

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Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Hopalong Cassidy

Synopsis:

Western hats and frontier suits by mail order

The Return of the Dead! (Table of Contents)

Hopalong Cassidy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Joe Certa

Inks:

Joe Certa

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Western

Characters:

Hopalong Cassidy; Topper (horse); Melville (stage driver); Barclay (stage owner)

Synopsis:

A fired drunk stage driver kills to get his job back.

Indexer Notes

Notes as for the other Certa story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Inside of back cover missing from scan.

Shoot a Daisy Pump Gun (Table of Contents)

Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

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Colors:

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Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Back cover.