Hopalong Cassidy #85

(November 1953)

Six-Gun Struggle (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Martin (signed)

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typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Western

Characters:

Joe Reilly; Pete Cajul; Ruff Hilton

Synopsis:

With a Gatling gun, Cajul stops a gang of landgrabbers.

Indexer Notes

Second page inside back cover.

The Mystery of the Live Cospe (Table of Contents)

Hopalong Cassidy / comic story / 24.66 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Joe Certa

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Joe Certa

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Content Information

Genre:

Western

Characters:

Hopalong Cassidy; Topper (horse); Frank (trainrobber); Vince (crook); Stanton (gambler)

Synopsis:

A killer is hiding in a coffin to get away from Hopalong.

Indexer Notes

Certa is credited on Hopalong Cassidy by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. The bony faces of the crooks, often with long mustache, wavy eyebrows and marked cheekbones, is typical of Certa. Very similar to his work on Durango Kid.

Better Than Ever... (Table of Contents)

Fawcett Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.34 page (report information)

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Synopsis:

Logos of several Fawcett Comics.

Speed Demon (Table of Contents)

Pistol Packin' Pattie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Frank Bolle

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Frank Bolle

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Content Information

Genre:

Western; Gags

Characters:

Pattie; Pete Jones

Synopsis:

You've heard of Hopalong Cassidy...meet Dragalong Jones.

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.

He'll Show Him! (Table of Contents)

Saddlehead / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Content Information

Genre:

Western; Gags

Characters:

Saddlehead

Synopsis:

Saddlehead will not take just 60 cents for carrying the valise, so he carries it back to the depot.

Birds of a Feather (Table of Contents)

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

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Content Information

Genre:

Western; Humor

Characters:

Whitey Whiskers; Bandit; Crow

Synopsis:

Whitey sets free a crow caught in the branches of a tree, and is later saved from a robber by the same crow.

Hill Billy Should be in Hollywood! (Table of Contents)

Hill Billy / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Content Information

Genre:

Gags

Characters:

Hill Billy

Synopsis:

Billy only answers with "Yup!" to any question.

Some Help! (Table of Contents)

Cowboy Cal / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Content Information

Genre:

Western; Gags

Characters:

Cowboy Cal; Pete

Synopsis:

Jim Tidwell's clothes had been stolen, but Cal covered him with his gun.

Hill Billy Breaks Even! (Table of Contents)

Hill Billy / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre:

Gags

Characters:

Hill Billy

Synopsis:

Billy didn't had anything when he came to the farm, and he hasn't anything now either.

["See How Many You Can Answer Correctly!"] (Table of Contents)

Quiz / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

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Content Information

Characters:

Sonja Henie

Synopsis:

Questions and answers.

I'll Give You a Watch... (Table of Contents)

American Specialty Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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typeset

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Synopsis:

Get prizes for selling Christmas cards.

Indexer Notes

Back cover.