| Additional Information |
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| Publication | April 1950 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Cover | The Arsenal Murderers! |
| Featuring | Hopalong Cassidy |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Colors:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Hopalong Cassidy (photograph of William Boyd) |
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| Advertisement | Draw Me! (1 page) |
| Featuring | Art Instruction, Inc. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | On inside front cover. |
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| Comic Story | The Arsenal Murders! (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | An outlaw gang has stolen guns from military arsenals and killed the guards. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Hopalong Cassidy; Topper (horse); Mesquite (deputy); Knife (outlaw); Hickey (outlaw) |
| Notes | Certa is credited on Hopalong Cassidy by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. The bony faces, hats and movement are all typical of Certa. Very similar to many of his Durango Kid stories. |
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| Skating on Thin Ice (1 page) |
| Content | Characters: Captain Tootsie |
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| Comic Story | Choo Choo! (1 page) |
| Featuring | Hill Billy |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Hill Billy |
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| Comic Story | The Land Grabber (6.66 pages) |
| Synopsis | Landgrabbers try to chase the Indians off their land. |
| Credits | Pencils: Charles Quinlan |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Hopalong Cassidy; Topper (horse); Polecat (crook); Torchy (crook); Skiff (crook) |
| 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. |
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| Activity | Quiz |
| Synopsis | See how many you can answer correctly. |
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| Comic Story | The Elephant Hunter (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Whitey wants to go to Africa and catch an elephant for the circus. |
| Featuring | Whitey Whiskers |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Whitey Whiskers; Hank Ralton (circus owner) |
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| Comic Story | The Unfortunate Flight (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mesquite buys a pigeon for the pigeon race. |
| Credits | Pencils: Charles Quinlan |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Mesquite (deputy); Hopalong Cassidy; Widow Jones; Hobbs |
| Notes | Notes as for the other Quinlan story.
Hopalong Cassidy - A Mesquite Story |
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| Text Story | Silent Slim's Enemy (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Silent Slim; Cal Beaver; Bully Boy Barnes |
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| Featuring | Fleer's Dubble Bubble |
| Content | Characters: Pud |
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| Featuring | Wise Acre Wiley |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Wiley |
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| Comic Story | Sure-Fire Actor! (1 page) |
| Featuring | Pistol Packin' Patty |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Patty; Brad Boar (actor) |
| 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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| Advertisement | Hey Gang! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Let's build these elecric motor powered models. |
| Featuring | Mechanix Illustrated |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | The Bad Egg (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Big Bow and Little Arrow |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Big Bow; Little Arrow |
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| Advertisement | Dress up Just Like Hopalong Cassidy (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Western hats and frontier suits by mail order |
| Featuring | Porter's |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photos) | Inks:? (photos) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Hopalong Cassidy |
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| Comic Story | The Return of the Dead! (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | A fired drunk stage driver kills to get his job back. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Hopalong Cassidy; Topper (horse); Melville (stage driver); Barclay (stage owner) |
| Notes | Notes as for the other Certa story. |
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| Advertisement | Now You Can Breeze Through Any Auto Repair Job! (1 page) |
| Featuring | Motor Book Dept. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | On inside back cover. |
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| Advertisement | Shoot a Daisy Pump Gun (1 page) |
| Featuring | Daisy B-B Guns |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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