Dead-Eye Western Comics
#v2#5
(August-September 1951)
Hillman,
1948 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Hillman Periodicals Inc.
- Brand
-
A Hillman Publication
- Editing
- Edward Cronin
Take Off Ugly Fat!
Spot Reducer Co. / advertisement / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Try the Spot Reducer 10 days free in your own home.
The Sword and the Calendar
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Don Diego de Moya (governor); Don Carlo Vega (lawyer); Don Francisco; Don Rafael Vega
- Synopsis
- The dying governor's last wish is that the people of Arras pledge not to punish his black-hearted son until ten years has passed.
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Some close up faces point to Olesen, but uncertain.
The Draw of Copper Funstan
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Copper Funstan [John Forster](gunman); Henry (stable owner); Dado Wilson (killer); Charlie Bradhorn (gunman); Jack Kehoe (gunman); Sally; Frank Denton (rustler)
- Synopsis
- Copper has a reputation as a gunman, and many others of the same kind are after his scalp. He wants to get a new identity to live in peace.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
McCann is credited on western features for Hillman by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and his unique style is not to be mistaken. Faces with long noses and pointed, small chin, almost no action and much black shadows. Quite gloomy. Had some stories in Classics Illustrated.
The Gimmick and Danny Dowser
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Danny Dowser; Colonel Charles Niles; Lang
- Synopsis
- Danny kills the colonel to get his forked dowsing stick in order to search for gold.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Daly is credited on pencil and ink on western features for Hillman by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. He is easiest to spot by his faces with a line going down from the inner eye to the cheek, and the art is similar to his signed story in Western Fighters v2 #11. He also drew Aquaman for DC.
Old Leatherhead
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Pablo Gomez (mule driver); Loco (mule); General Crook; Major Brandon; Sgt. Erskine;
- Synopsis
- Lopez has a mule with flu, and he has a plan to spread it among the army's animals to help his Apache friends.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Ger Apeldoorn.
The Last Marker
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Keith Bishop; Judy Binford
- Reprints
Gun Country
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Tommy Pace; Jim (Government Agent); Ben Pace; Jess Kilgore; Matt Kilgore (crooked rancher); Cohill (rustler); Dude Abbott
- Reprints
The Indians
Pat and Mike / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Characters
- Chief Pat (Indian taylor); Chief Big Mike; Squaw
- Synopsis
- Chief Big Mike has bought a new electric blanket.
- Reprints
Sadie's New Skimmer
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Horatio Horton; Sadie Smithers
- Synopsis
- Horatio dresses up in an old knight's armour and charges the Indians with a lance.
- Reprints
Editing
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Take Off Ugly Fat!
Spot Reducer Co. -
2.
The Sword and the Calendar
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3.
The Draw of Copper Funstan
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4.
The Gimmick and Danny Dowser
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5.
Old Leatherhead
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6.
The Last Marker
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7.
Gun Country
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8.
The Indians
Pat and Mike -
9.
Sadie's New Skimmer
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10.
Gorgeous Dresses for You...
Harford Frocks -
11.
Hey, You Skinny Bag of Bones!
Jowett Institute -
12.
Terrific Prize Smash
Consumers Mart
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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