Monte Hale Western #58

(March 1951)

Shoot Safe Buddy! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Verse of Death (Table of Contents: 2)

Monte Hale / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Edmond Good

Inks

Edmond Good

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Monte Hale; Pardner (horse); Minstrel Man; Sheriff; Clem Claiborne (outlaw); Ben Claiborne (outlaw)

Synopsis

Monte has to find out the last verse of a song to locate a band of killers.

Indexer Notes

Edmond Good is best spotted by his quite rounded faces with very visible eyes and lively layout with much movement.

Captive's Return (Table of Contents: 3)

A Gray Hawk Story / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Kraus (signed)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Gray Hawk; Bad Crow; Red Snake; Colonel Forsby

Make a Treasure Chest (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Scotch Cellophane Tape / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

"See how many you can answer correctly" (Table of Contents: 5)

Quiz / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

The Fake Brand (Table of Contents: 6)

Gabby Hayes / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Carl Pfeufer

Inks

Carl Pfeufer

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Gabby Hayes; Corker (horse); Bigger Oaff (rustler); Fred (cowboy)

Synopsis

Gabby traces cattle rustlers to the ranch of Bigger Oaff.

Reprints

• in Flynn of the FBI (Atlas, 1952 series) #65

Indexer Notes

This is Pfeufer's work with a little comic style, but his gunsmoke with hole in the middle and WHAM! action is evident.

Rounded up in Glory (Table of Contents: 7)

Monte Hale's Cowboy Songs / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Edmond Good

Inks

Edmond Good

Colors

?

Letters

?; typeset

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Monte Hale

Indexer Notes

Rounded face with bright eyes are all Edmond Good.

When It Comes To Blowing Bubbles... (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Fleer's Dubble Bubble / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Big Talk! (Table of Contents: 9)

Old Slick / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; western-frontier

Characters

Old Slick

Monte Hale Battles the Human Fort! (Table of Contents: 10)

Monte Hale / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Woolfolk

Pencils

Edmond Good

Inks

Edmond Good

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Monte Hale; Pardner (horse); Ned Pounder [The Human Fort] (outlaw); Sheriff

Synopsis

Monte uses a swarm of bees to overcome an ironclad outlaw.

Indexer Notes

Notes as for the first story.
Writer credit from Martin O'Hearn.

Talented Twosome (Table of Contents: 11)

Moar and Les / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Al Zere

Inks

Al Zere

Colors

?

Letters

Al Zere

Genre

humor; western-frontier

Characters

Moar; Les

The Boy Editor of Faro City (Table of Contents: 12)

Monte Hale / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Woolfolk

Pencils

Max Elkan ?

Inks

Max Elkan ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Monte Hale; Pardner (horse); Jimmy Morgan; Hank Morgan (editor); Crooked Gambler

Synopsis

Freedom of the press in a town run by gamblers.

Reprints

• Uncertain art, but some faces a bit similar to Elkan's work on "Stormy Foster" in Hit Comics #20. He is credited on Monte Hale by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from Martin O'Hearn.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Prankish Pat / comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oh, oh, hyar comes Jasper Busybody!

Genre

humor; western-frontier

Characters

Prankish Pat; Jasper Busybody

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Quiz / activity / 0.33 page (report information)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Synopsis

See how many you can answer correctly.

For the First Time in a Comic Magazine! (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Captain Video / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.34 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Mipps, Pipps and Twaddle / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

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Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Are yuh sure no one will find me up here, Pipps?

Genre

humor

Characters

Mipps; Pipps; Twaddle

Monte Hale Tackles the Rodeo Terror! (Table of Contents: 17)

Monte Hale / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Edmond Good

Inks

Edmond Good

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Monte Hale; Pardner (horse); Dude Baker (crooked rodeo owner); Champ Morgan; Jigger Davis (rodeo clown)

Synopsis

Baker and Morgan had two black horses and a trick chute. They always switched them so Morgan rode the easy one, and the local rider the killer. That way Baker always cleaned up on bets.

Indexer Notes

Notes as for the first story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

blank page(s) / 2 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Whole back cover missing from scan.