| Additional Information |
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| Publication | December 1947 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Cover may be hand-colored. |
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| Cover | Land of the Lawless |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Colors:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Hopalong Cassidy (photo of William Boyd) |
| Notes | Cover may be hand-colored. |
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| Advertisement | Amazing Bargain Rings (1 page) |
| Featuring | Harem Co. (House of Rings) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover. Ad for costume jewelry rings (replica diamonds) for $1.94 each plus COD and handling from Harem Co. (House of Rings), New York 7, N.Y. |
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| Contents | Contents (1 page) |
| Content | Characters: Hopalong Cassidy |
| Notes | Illustrated table of contents. Also includes list of Fawcett comics titles. |
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| Comic Story | The Land of the Lawless (8.67 pages) |
| Synopsis | When gambler Bat Parker forces storekeepers to hand over 20 percent of their weekly earnings to his gang and kills anyone who objects, the storekeepers send for Hopalong to come and restore order. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Hopalong Cassidy; Mesquite (cameo) |
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| Comic Story | Brainwork |
| Synopsis | A man says he'll use his brains to find a job, but his friend thinks he's overly optimistic. |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Advertisement | Bert La Bruchereie (1 page) |
| Featuring | Wheaties |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Bert La Brucherie |
| Notes | Ad for Wheaties breakfast cereal featuring Bert La Brucherie, football coach at U.C.L.A. General Mills, Inc. |
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| Comic Story | Crazy About Wheat Cakes |
| Synopsis | Hill Billy likes wheat cakes so much he keeps barrels full of them. |
| Featuring | Hill Billy |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Hill Billy |
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| Comic Story | Big Blow Off |
| Synopsis | Pattie insults a man who claims to be a great singer. |
| Featuring | Pistol Packin' Pattie |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Pistol Packin' Pattie; Hodges |
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| Advertisement | Premiums, Given, Cash Commission (1 page) |
| Featuring | Wilson Chemical Co. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Ad featuring drawings and photos of premiums available for selling White Cloverine Brand salve. Wilson Chemical Co., Tyrone, Pa. |
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| Comic Story | Hopalong Cassidy and the Fighting Fury! (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | A heavyweight fight is being staged in Twin River. Gamblers replace the challenger with a look-alike and Hopalong has to find the real boxer before the fight is held. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Hopalong Cassidy; Mesquite; Clayton Rayburn; Kansas Seety; Lefty Gibbons; Widow Jones |
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| Advertisement | New Eveready Flashlight Batteries (1 page) |
| Featuring | Eveready Batteries; National Carbon Company, Inc. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Ad for Eveready flashlight batteries, with drawing of girl being shot out of a cannon. National Carbon Company, Inc., New York 17, N.Y. |
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| Comic Story | Under the Big Top (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Cartoons and a three-panel strip about circuses. |
| Featuring | Giggle Gags |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Captain Tootsie's Counter-Spook (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Captain Tootsie foils a robbery in a museum by disguising himself as a mummy. |
| Content | Characters: Captain Tootsie; Rollo; Joe |
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| Comic Story | The Disobeyed Orders (6.67 pages) |
| Synopsis | Hopalong tells Mesquite to guard the safe in the sherrif's office. Mesquite decides to try out a new bathtub instead and is caught in the bathtub when a robber steals the money and his clothes. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Hopalong Cassidy; Mesquite |
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| Comic Story | Sartorial Sidesplitter |
| Synopsis | Horace says he can't sit because "his suit is tighter than his skin." |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | Caught Off Guard (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Korny tries to teach the Colonel how to play football. |
| Featuring | Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Sports | Characters: Colonel Cobb; Korny Kobb |
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| Text Story | The Legend of Peaceful Hollow (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
| Notes | Text story with one small illustration. |
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| Comic Story | Whitey Whiskers and the Fighting Words (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Whitey tries to boost his standing with the townspeople by setting up a fixed fight, but his plan falls through. |
| Featuring | Whitey Whiskers |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Whitey Whiskers; Little Lew; Big Bill |
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| Synopsis | William Boyd gives advice on learning, working hard, and being a good sport. |
| Featuring | Ridin' Herd with William Boyd |
| Credits | Script:? [as William Boyd] |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: William Boyd |
| Notes | Background is various western scenes. |
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| Comic Story | The Twin City Rustler (6.67 pages) |
| Synopsis | After Hopalong captures a horse thief, he has to take him to the Marshal in the state capitol. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Hopalong Cassidy; Mesquite; Topper (horse) |
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| Publisher advertisement | Ozzie / Babs |
| Featuring | Comix Cards |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Teen | Characters: Ozzie; Babs |
| Notes | Two "Comix Cards" to cut out and save. |
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| Featuring | J. C. Penney; Gardiner-Warring Company |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Red Ryder |
| Notes | Ad for sweatshirts by Gardiner-Warring Company, New York, N.Y. with Red Ryder printed on the front. Available at J.C. Penney stores. Ad has Fred Harman signature, but may not be by him. |
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| Comic Story | Bird Brain |
| Synopsis | Hill Billy needs a new clock, but doesn't want a cuckoo clock because he thinks he'll have to feed the bird. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Hill Billy; Seth |
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| Advertisement | Amazing Lifebuoy Offer (1 page) |
| Featuring | Lifebuoy |
| Notes | Illustrated ad for Lifebuoy soap. Main-in coupon for booklet "My Secrets of Magic" by Blackstone for 15 cents and one Lifebuoy box top. |
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| Featuring | Schwinn Bicycles |
| Credits | Pencils:?;? (photo) | Inks:?;? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Speedy Wheeler (cameo) |
| Notes | Inside back cover. Color ad for Schwinn bicycles with black and white photo of a bicycle. Arnold, Schwinn & Co., Chicago 39, Ill. |
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| Featuring | Daisy Air Rifles |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. Illustration and text for "Boys Bill of Rights" poster promoting the opportunity to learn to shoot. Large size poster reproduction available for 15 cents and and 3 cent unused postage stamp. Daisy Manufacturing Co., Plymouth, Mich. |
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