Western Fighters
#v2#9
(August 1950)
Hillman,
1948 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Hillman Periodicals Inc.
- Brand
-
A Hillman Publication
- Editing
- Edward Cronin
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Reprints
-
in Western Fighters (Streamline, 1951 series) #[v2#2] ([circa 1950])
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Find Out Free!
Institute of Applied Science / advertisement / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Have you got what it takes to become a criminal investigator finger print expert? Get the facts free by mail order.
A Good Man to Have Around
Buckskin Benson / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Buckskin Benson [Rusty Benson]; Captain Trumbull; Lieutenant Carter
- Synopsis
- Benson and the captain are not getting along very well when riding with a troop of cavalry through Indian territory.
Indexer Notes
This is Prentice's work by the look of faces, hands and horses.
Nine Eyes and Colonel Plug
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Nine Eyes Wilson; Colonel Plug; Jake; Matt
- Synopsis
- Not all highwaymen worked on the roads; some of the busiest were river pirates whose hangouts were caves along streams like the Ohio River.
Indexer Notes
This artwork matches Dressler's Classics Illustrated story Master of Ballantrae. Penlines, ears and faces, and lack of action are marks of Dressler.
.44 Calibre Typewriter
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Roy Stewart; Cole Younger
- Synopsis
- After killing a defenseless mail clerk, the Younger Brothers go after the reporter who wrote about it.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
The artwork has similarities to some work by Torbert in The Perfect Crime (Cross, 1949 series) #20.
Better schools make better communities
The Public Schools / public service announcement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
One page comic strip about schools and education.
Funny Frankie's Revenge
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Sheriff Ben Cates; Frankie Lee (Funny Man); Terrible Tex Tyler
- Synopsis
- How a Funny Man brings Terrible Tex to justice by ventriloquism.
The Battle of the Woolies
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Brink Crawford (gunman); Jeremiah Booth (sheepherder)
- Synopsis
- War between hired cattle gunmen and sheepherders.
- Reprints
- in Super Streamline Comics (Streamline, 1955 ? series) #[nn] ([1950s])
-
in Giant Wyatt Earp (Horwitz, 1960 ? series) #6 ([September 1962])
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Comics That Lead all the Rest...
Hillman Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Hillman Comics ad and some other small ads for baseball caps and car wash, and a Hopalong Cassidy mask.
Son of the Shotgun
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Morgan Ames (stage guard); Tom Ames; Sheriff
- Synopsis
- The shotgun rider had a son who liked to fool around with outlaws, a thing which worried the old stage guard.
- Reprints
- in Texas Kid (Horwitz, 1950 ? series) #19 ([July 1953])
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Fun for All!
Novelty Mart / advertisement / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Shoot the outlaw target and watch his hat fly off, and an accordion and sewingmachine by mail order.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Find Out Free!
Institute of Applied Science -
2.
A Good Man to Have Around
Buckskin Benson -
3.
Nine Eyes and Colonel Plug
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4.
.44 Calibre Typewriter
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5.
Better schools make better communities
The Public Schools -
6.
Funny Frankie's Revenge
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7.
The Battle of the Woolies
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8.
Comics That Lead all the Rest...
Hillman Comics -
9.
Son of the Shotgun
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10.
Fun for All!
Novelty Mart -
11.
Blackheads Pet Hate
Vacutex -
12.
Bunk!
Charles Atlas
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Keith Chandler
- Peter Croome
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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