| Additional Information |
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| Publication | March 1950 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Art credit from David Saunders, Norman Saunders' son, via e-mail (January 6, 2008) |
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| Cover | The Mysterious Avenger |
| Featuring | Hopalong Cassidy |
| Credits | Pencils: Norman Saunders (painting) | Inks: Norman Saunders (painting) | Colors: Norman Saunders (painting) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Hopalong Cassidy |
| Notes | Art credit from David Saunders, Norman Saunders' son, via e-mail (January 6, 2008) |
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| Advertisement | Get a Daisy (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Daisy Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine. |
| Featuring | Daisy B-B Guns |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Red Ryder |
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| Comic Story | The Mysterious Avenger (9.66 pages) |
| Synopsis | Hoppy has to find out who tries to scare honest ranchers out of Twin Rivers to get their oilrights. |
| Featuring | Hopalong Cassidy |
| Credits | Pencils: Joe Certa | Inks: Joe Certa |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Hopalong Cassidy; Topper (horse); Glenwood (crooked rancher); Dickson (rancher( |
| Notes | Certa is credited on Hopalong Cassidy by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. The faces of the crooks, with long mustache, wavy eyebrows and marked cheekbones, is typical of Certa. Very similar to many of his Durango Kid stories. |
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| Publisher advertisement | Rod Cameron |
| Featuring | Comix Cards |
| Credits | Pencils: Clem Weisbecker? | Inks: Clem Weisbecker? | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Rod Cameron |
| Notes | Faces looks like Weisbecker.
Cut-out cards with promo for Rod Cameron Western comics. |
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| Advertisement | Rocky Lane rounds up the Redskins! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Comic strip with Rocky Lane drinking Malted Milk. |
| Featuring | Carnation Malted Milk |
| Content | Characters: Rocky Lane |
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| Comic Story | Hill Billy Has Good Horse Sense! (1 page) |
| Featuring | Hill Billy |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Hill Billy |
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| Comic Story | The Ranch Rustler! (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bill Borey is cheated out of his ranch. |
| Featuring | Hopalong Cassidy |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Hopalong Cassidy; Topper (horse); Bill Borey; Big Mike Brown (crook) |
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| Comic Story | Puppy Love (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Whitey Whiskers |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Whitey Whiskers; Farmer Jed |
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| Comic Story | Prairie Jones' Tall Tale (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Everybody in Twin Rivers knows that Prairie Jones likes to make up tall tales, but two unscrupulous actors believe him when he tells of his hidden gold. |
| Featuring | Hopalong Cassidy - A Mesquite Story |
| Credits | Pencils: Charles Quinlan | Inks: Max Elkan? |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Mesquite (deputy); Prairie Jones; Bray (actor); Dabson (actor) |
| 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. Inking looks a bit like Elkan, but uncertain. |
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| Advertisement | Here's Your Chance Boys and Girls... (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Golden plastic bullet telescope and magic tone birdcall as premiums. |
| Featuring | Instant Ralston |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Tom Mix |
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| Comic Story | Electrifying Personality (1 page) |
| Featuring | Pistol Packing Pattie |
| Credits | Pencils: Frank Bolle | Inks: Frank Bolle |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Pattie; Big Talk Briggs |
| 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. |
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| Featuring | Fleer's Dubble Bubble |
| Credits | Pencils: Ray Thompson [as Ray T.] (signed) | Inks: Ray Thompson [as Ray T.] (signed) |
| Content | Characters: Pud |
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| Featuring | Mercenary Mercer |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Mercenary Mercer |
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| Text Story | Murder Mask (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Rod Reed [as Walter Farmer] (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Pop; Jack Billings; Tim Carter (lawman); Pete DuBois; Tennessee Ted; Brad Mencken |
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| Comic Story | Up in a Tree (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bow and Arrow stealing apples. |
| Featuring | Big Bow and Little Arrow |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Big Bow; Little Arrow |
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| Comic Story | The Great Bank Run (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Rumor spreads that bank savings are jeopardized, and it takes Hopalong to bring things under control. |
| Featuring | Hopalong Cassidy |
| Credits | Pencils: Joe Certa | Inks: Joe Certa |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Hopalong Cassidy; Topper (horse); Proctor (banker); Blair (crook) |
| Notes | Notes as for the first Certa story. |
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| Advertisement | Be a Radio Technician (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Learn servicing or communications. |
| Featuring | Mr. J. E. Smith |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photos) | Inks:? (photos) | Letters: typeset |
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| Advertisement | Prizes For You! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Sell seeds and get prizes. |
| Featuring | American Seed Company |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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