Hopalong Cassidy
#53
(March 1951)
Fawcett,
1943 Series
- Volume
- 9
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fawcett Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
A Fawcett Publication
- Editing
- Will Lieberson; V. A. Provisiero; Al Jetter
Trouble in Triplicate
Hopalong Cassidy / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Hopalong Cassidy; Topper (horse); Trigger Clinton (badman)
- Synopsis
- When three identical Trigger Clintons appear, Hopalong finds himself in three times as much danger. It turns out that two of them wear Clinton masks.
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.
Gunning for Trouble
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Windy Daley (cook); Larry; Sage casey (foreman); Jed Corey (gunslinger)
- Synopsis
- Jed Corey, the fastest gunslinger in the west is captured by the cook.
- Reprints
-
in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #57 -
in Six-Gun Heroes (Charlton, 1954 series) #39 (August 1956) - in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #203 ([circa 1983 - 1984])
-
[no title indexed]
Bright Boy Bryson / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Howdy, Cranby...huh??
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Characters
- Bryson; Cranby
- Synopsis
- How to meet expences by turning in any direction.
- Reprints
- in TV Teens (Charlton, 1954 series) #12 (April 1956)
-
The Twin River Champion
Hopalong Cassidy / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Hopalong Cassidy; Topper (horse); Mesquite (deputy); Bronco Sam;
- Synopsis
- A rodeo rider is kidnapped and sends kerchief "messages" to Hopalong.
[no title indexed]
Quiz / activity / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is a quiz that will really test your brainwork...
- Characters
- Dean Acheson
The Outrageous Coyote
Whitey Whiskers / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Characters
- Whitey Whiskers; Butch Browne
- Synopsis
- Whitey can't be intimidated, because he don't know what the word means.
Terror at the Carnival
A Mesquite Story / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Hopalong Cassidy; Topper (horse); Mesquite (deputy); Rube (carnival owner and smuggler); Clegg (carnival owner and smuggler)
- Synopsis
- The carnival is used as a front for smugling arm across the border.
- Reprints
-
in Hopalong Cassidy (Sefyrforlaget, 1953 series) #5/1953 (11. mars 1953)
-
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.
[no title indexed]
Wealthy Welby / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here comes that awful bore, Welby!
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Characters
- Welby; Sue
- Synopsis
- Sue wouldn't marry Welby for all the the money in the world.
- Reprints
- in Ribtickler (Norlen Magazines, 1959 series) #3 (1959) which is reprinted
- in Li'l Genius (Charlton, 1955 series) #38 (May 1962) which is reprinted
- in Li'l Genius (Charlton, 1959 series) #14 (1962)
- in Atomic Mouse (Charlton, 1953 series) #40 (January 1961)
-
Big Reader!
Hill Billy / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Hill Billy
- Synopsis
- Billy don't like the dictionary, because it changes the subject too often.
- Reprints
- in Hopalong Cassidy (Sefyrforlaget, 1953 series) #9/1953 (6. mai 1953)
- in Tex Ritter Western (Charlton, 1954 series) #37 (September 1957)
-
[no title indexed]
Quiz / activity / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is a quiz that will really test your brainwork...
- Characters
- Julius Caesar
Dandruff Trouble!
Pistol Packin' Pattie / comic story / 0.66 page
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Characters
- Pattie; Cooper
- Synopsis
- She calls him Dandruff because he gets in her hair.
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.
[no title indexed]
The Foreman's Hands / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Some day to send us out on the range!
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Characters
- Foreman; Cook; Tim
- Synopsis
- Tim is trying to make the foreman complain so he can win a bet.
The Last of the Bioux
Hopalong Cassidy / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Hopalong Cassidy; Topper (horse); Running Beaver; Mesquite (deputy); Chief Toro
- Synopsis
- The Swangee tribe has a cunning plan to wipe out the Bioux tribe to take over their land for themselves.
Indexer Notes
Elkan is credited on Hopalong by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and some faces, as the scared chief, flimsy inking of Hoppy's hair, and much of the movement is not far from his other stories in this series, but not certain.
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Table of Contents
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0.
Trouble in Triplicate!
Hopalong Cassidy -
1.
[no title indexed]
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2.
Trouble in Triplicate
Hopalong Cassidy -
3.
Gunning for Trouble
-
4.
Make a Treasure Chest
Scotch Cellophane Tape -
5.
["Howdy, Cranby...huh??"]
Bright Boy Bryson -
6.
The Twin River Champion
Hopalong Cassidy -
7.
["Gee, Tommy, what a neat skating sweater!"]
Fleer's Dubble Bubble -
8.
["This is a quiz that will really test your brainwork..."]
Quiz -
9.
The Outrageous Coyote
Whitey Whiskers -
10.
Terror at the Carnival
A Mesquite Story -
11.
Pardner
The U.S. Time Corporation -
12.
["Here comes that awful bore, Welby!"]
Wealthy Welby -
13.
Big Reader!
Hill Billy -
14.
On Sale Now!
Imperial Knife Co., Inc. -
15.
["This is a quiz that will really test your brainwork..."]
Quiz -
16.
Dandruff Trouble!
Pistol Packin' Pattie -
17.
For the First Time in a Comic Magazine!
Captain Video -
18.
["Some day to send us out on the range!"]
The Foreman's Hands -
19.
The Last of the Bioux
Hopalong Cassidy -
20.
[no title indexed]
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