Hopalong Cassidy #64

(February 1952)

Murder Pays the Price (Table of Contents)

Hopalong Cassidy / comic story / 7 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); Clam Sawyer (rancher); Phelps (crooked lawyer); Doc Bates; Dale (outlaw); Griffin (outlaw)

Synopsis:

A crooked lawyer dynamite two outlaws from jail in return for half of their loot. He also has a doctor handy to operate and change their faces.

Indexer Notes

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

Belly Good! (Table of Contents)

Hill Billy / comic story / 0.66 page (report information)

Credits

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Content Information

Genre:

Western; Gags

Characters:

Hill Billy; Abner

Synopsis:

Billy learns his nephew the difference between a "b" and a "d".

Lash Clears the Outlaw Trails... (Table of Contents)

Lash LaRue Western / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.34 page (report information)

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Content Information

Genre:

Western

Characters:

Lash LaRue

Indexer Notes

Watch for it at your favorite newsdealer's.

"Wonder what's on top!" (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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Content Information

Characters:

Pud

Synopsis:

Pud sells chewing gum at Piker's Peak Mountain.

U.S. Military Ring and Bracelet! (Table of Contents)

Smith Brothers Cough Drops / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

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typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Bracelet or ring with your choise of military insignia.

Man of the Sea (Table of Contents)

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

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Content Information

Genre:

Western; Humor

Characters:

Whitey Whiskers; Mr. Crabtree (editor)

Synopsis:

Whitey is always broke, and when The Sentinel offers five dollars for an interesting true story, he makes one up.

The Mine Disaster (Table of Contents)

Hopalong Cassidy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Max Elkan

Inks:

Max Elkan

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Content Information

Genre:

Western

Characters:

Hopalong Cassidy; Topper (horse); Travers (miner); Jones (miner)

Synopsis:

Hopalong is trapped when investigating a mine cave in.

Indexer Notes

Elkan is credited on Hopalong by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and faces with eyes sometimes out of line and wavy inklines in hair are clues to Elkan.

Deepe Freeze (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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Content Information

Genre:

Western; Gags

Characters:

Pattie; Sloppy Joe

Synopsis:

He should buy a refrigerator to keep the food on his shirt from spoiling.

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.

Six-Gun Silence (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Martin (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Western

Characters:

Ben Gateson (banker); Rick Hardy (banker); Great Elmo (showman)

Synopsis:

A showman helps the sheriff catch a banker robbing his own bank.

Boys and Girls! (Table of Contents)

Bar-Twenty / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Hopalong Cassidy

Indexer Notes

Join Hopalong Cassidy Savings Club.

["See how many you can answer..."] (Table of Contents)

Quiz / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

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Content Information

Characters:

John C. Calhoun; King Arthur

Now You Can Get Hopalong Cassidy Each Month, By Mail (Table of Contents)

Hopalong Cassidy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Western

Indexer Notes

Subscription advertisement.

$ 25 in Cash Prizes (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Hopalong Cassidy

Indexer Notes

Hopalong Cassidy's Trail Twister Contest.

The Assassin's Treachery (Table of Contents)

Hopalong Cassidy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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Content Information

Genre:

Western

Characters:

Hopalong Cassidy; Topper (horse); Sewell (rancher); Ed Doaks (cowpoke); Len Wills (cowpoke); Trigger Barton (badman); Mesquite (deputy)

Synopsis:

Two dishonest cowpokes are making money on the ranch when their boss is in hospital.