Hopalong Cassidy
#85
(November 1953)
Fawcett,
1943 Series
- Volume
- 15
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fawcett Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
A Fawcett Publication
- Editing
- Will Lieberson; V. A. Provisiero
Issue Notes
Final issue published by Fawcett. DC Comics re-started the series 3 months later with issue #86.
Six-Gun Struggle
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Joe Reilly; Pete Cajul; Ruff Hilton
- Synopsis
- With a Gatling gun, Cajul stops a gang of landgrabbers.
Indexer Notes
Inside front and back covers.
The Mystery of the Live Corpse
Hopalong Cassidy / comic story / 24.66 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Hopalong Cassidy; Topper (horse); Frank (trainrobber); Vince (crook); Stanton (gambler)
- Synopsis
- A killer hides 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.
Speed Demon
Pistol Packing Pattie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- 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!!
Saddle-Head / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- 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
Whitey Whiskers / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- 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.
...Should be in Hollywood!
Hill Billy / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Hill Billy
- Synopsis
- Billy only answers with "Yup!" to any question.
Some Help!
Cowboy Cal / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Characters
- Cowboy Cal; Pete
- Synopsis
- Jim Tidwell's clothes had been stolen, but Cal covered him with his gun.
Breaks Even!
Hill Billy / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Hill Billy
- Synopsis
- Billy didn't had anything when he came to the farm, and he hasn't anything now either.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Your pal, Hopalong Cassidy"]
Hopalong Cassidy -
1.
Six-Gun Struggle
-
2.
The Mystery of the Live Corpse
Hopalong Cassidy -
3.
Better Than Ever...
Fawcett Comics -
4.
Speed Demon
Pistol Packing Pattie -
5.
He'll Show Him!!
Saddle-Head -
6.
Birds of a Feather
Whitey Whiskers -
7.
...Should be in Hollywood!
Hill Billy -
8.
Some Help!
Cowboy Cal -
9.
Breaks Even!
Hill Billy -
10.
["See how many you can answer correctly!"]
Quiz -
11.
I'll Give You a Watch...
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- Steinar Ådland
- Chris Boyko
- Craig Delich
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
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