(October 1948)
Fawcett,
1948 Series
- Volume
- 5
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fawcett Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
A Fawcett Publication
- Editing
- ?
Introducing Monte Hale
Monte Hale / cover / 1 page
- Characters
- Monte Hale; Pardner (horse)
- Reprints
-
in Monte Hale Western (Anglo-American Publishing Company Limited, 1948 series) #29 ([circa November 1948])
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The Ghost Town
Monte Hale / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Monte Hale; Pardner (horse); Sourdough Simms (prospector); Carson (villain); Blackie (villain)
- Synopsis
- Monte Hale enters a ghost town and encounters ghosts able to handle six-guns and set off dynamite blasts.
Indexer Notes
The art here is identical to the Mix story in Western Hero #105 credited in the GCD to Pfeufer. Pfeufer also did work on Don Winslow Comics, and the faces and inking is similar.
Smart like a Fox
Big Bow and Little Arrow / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Characters
- Big Bow; Little Arrow; Pale Face (game warden)
Railroad Ruckus
Monte Hale / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Monte Hale; Pardner (horse); J.B Benson (railroad owner); Tom Coyle (villain)
- Synopsis
- Someone on the inside are wrecking and dynamiting the railroad.
Indexer Notes
Art similar to the first story.
Monte's Double
Monte Hale / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Monte Hale; Pardner (horse); Wichita (outlaw); Sheriff Flint Daly
- Synopsis
- Mistaken for a hated outlaw, Monte Hale is on the verge of being hung by a mob.
Indexer Notes
Same artist as on the other stories.
New News
Cactus Brain / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Characters
- Cactus Brain (cowboy)
Sling Away
Li'l Buck / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Characters
- Li'l Buck
- Synopsis
- Li'l Buck wants to buy garters for a sling shot
The Raiders
A Son of the Chief Story / text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Dick Kraus (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Gray Eagle (Otapi Chief); Gray Hawk (son of chief); Little Fox
Makes His Point
Li'l Buck / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Characters
- Li'l Buck
- Synopsis
- To play a harp makes you a harpoonist.
Informed
Cactus Brain / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Characters
- Cactus Brain (cowboy)
Right Makes Might
Whitey Whiskers and Daniel Boone Jr. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Characters
- Whitey Whiskers; Daniel Boone Jr.; Gruffy
[no title indexed]
Quiz! / activity / 0.66 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- See how many you can answer...
Trail-Blazers Showdown
Monte Hale / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Monte Hale; Pardner (horse); Mrs. Brown; bart Denton (landgrabber);
- Synopsis
- Landgrabbers are trying to drive the new settlers off their new land.
Indexer Notes
Same artist as on the other stories.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Introducing Monte Hale
Monte Hale -
1.
Build and Fly MI Models
Mechanix Illustrated -
2.
Contents Monte Hale
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3.
The Ghost Town
Monte Hale -
4.
Ralph Kiner
Wheaties -
5.
Smart like a Fox
Big Bow and Little Arrow -
6.
Railroad Ruckus
Monte Hale -
7.
The Man with the Purple Hand
Adventures of Sam Spade -
8.
Monte's Double
Monte Hale -
9.
New News
Cactus Brain -
10.
Sling Away
Li'l Buck -
11.
The Raiders
A Son of the Chief Story -
12.
Makes His Point
Li'l Buck -
13.
Informed
Cactus Brain -
14.
Right Makes Might
Whitey Whiskers and Daniel Boone Jr. -
15.
["See how many you can answer..."]
Quiz! -
16.
Comix Cards
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17.
Trail-Blazers Showdown
Monte Hale -
18.
Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear
Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll -
19.
Old Sweet Songs...
Kodak Film -
20.
Stan Musial
Winthrop Shoes
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Steinar Ådland
- Peter Croome
- John Pannozzi
- Tony R. Rose
- David Wilt
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