| Additional Information |
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| Publication | January 1950 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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| Cover | Two-Fisted, Two-Gun Action! |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Colors:? (photo) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Monte Hale; Gabby Hayes |
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| Advertisement | Rocky Lane takes to the air! (1 page) |
| Featuring | Rocky Lane |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Rocky Lane; Black Jack (his horse); Dog Face Mooney |
| Notes | This strip ad is for Carnation Malted (that Rocky carries in his saddle bags!) and also plugs his Republic movie "Bandit King of Texas" that was released in 1949. This definitely looks and reads like a precursor for the Hostess ads that were so prevalent in the 1970s. |
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| Comic Story | Overland to Oregon (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Struggling pioneers on the Overland Route to Oregon. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Monte Hale; Pardner (horse); Ben Brownell (trail boss); Jared; Sue |
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| Comic Story | Brushoff! |
| Featuring | Bronko Betsy |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children; Western-frontier | Characters: Bronko Betsy |
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| Statement of Ownership | Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Text Story | Wolverine's Trail (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Gray Hawk |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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| Notes | Strip ad for Fleer's Dubble Bubble gum. |
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| Advertisement | Put More Opportunity in Your Future... |
| Content | Characters: Captain Marvel |
| Notes | Captain Marvel talks U.S. Savings Bonds with some patriotic kids. |
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| Comic Story | The Orphan's Return! (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Ken Scott traveled across the country to find out who killed his father and to avenge his death. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Monte Hale; Pardner (horse); Ken Scott; Hugh Ransom (crook); Faro Lee (bully) |
| Notes | The art here is identical to the Pfeufer's Mix story in Western Hero #105. |
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| Comic Story | The Man from Texas (6.67 pages) |
| Synopsis | The rooting, tooting gun-toter, Tex Brodie from Texas helps Monte catch the Crothers Gang. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Monte Hale; Pardner (horse); Tex Brodie (gun-toter); Crothers Gang |
| Notes | The action here, the jeans and boots of Monte, and peculiar gunsmoke with a hole in the middle are mostly found in Pfeufer's stories. The inking must be by John Jordan, as it matches quite well his signed work on "The Cadet" in Target Comics #8, 1943. |
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| Activity | Quiz: How well do you know your marines |
| Credits | Letters:? [Captain Marvel] |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Tru or False quiz accompanied by illustrations. |
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| Comic Story | Small Talk! |
| Featuring | Old Slick |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Old Slick |
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| Illustration | Ozzie and Babs |
| Featuring | Comix Cards |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Ozzie; Babs |
| Notes | Two more Comix Cards in the series. These both feature Ozzie and Babs, appearing in Master Comics every month. |
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| Advertisement | The Case of the 50 Year Old Clue (1 page) |
| Featuring | Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream Oil |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Sam Spade; Effie (secretary) |
| Notes | Comic strip format.
Art credits suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
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| Comic Story | Gabby Hayes Carries the Mail! (3.67 pages) |
| Synopsis | Gabby is going to deliver an important message to the governor. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Gabby Hayes; Mr. Mayor; Governor |
| Notes | Frank some peculiar faces with long eyebrows, wrinkling nose, very small round mouths, and folds in clothing that are very scribbly with many short lines, as if there is nobody inside. |
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| Advertisement | Monte Hale Sings For You! |
| Content | Characters: Monte Hale |
| Notes | Coupon for Monte Hale record, costing ten cents, accompanied by an illustration of Monte playing a guitar.
Same art as on the following story. |
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| Comic Story | The Buffalo Skinners (1 page) |
| Featuring | Monte Hale's Cowboy Songs |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
| Notes | A full page illustration and song lyrics. |
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| Comic Story | Monte Hale Battles the Buzzard (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Man-sized birds in the shape of buzzards appear over Bighorn Valley. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Monte Hale; Pardner (horse); Bill McGraw (crooked rancher); Jeb |
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| Advertisement | New! Jim Prentice.. Amazing... Exciting... Electric Football (1 page) |
| Featuring | Electric Game Company |
| Content | Genre: Sports |
| Notes | Comic strip format, in color, with coupon, for Electric Football game. This is a slightly edited version of the 1949 ad (e.g. $2.50 price has been updated to $3.00 and the company address has been changed) but, basically the artwork, script, and coloring are virtually the same. Located on the back cover. |
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