| Additional Information |
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| Publication | April 1953 | Price: 0.10 USD | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Cover | Rustlers' Haven! |
| Featuring | Monte Hale |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Colors:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Monte Hale; Pardner (horse) |
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| Text Story | Spooky Shots (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Rod Reed [as Walter Farmer] (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Deadly Diggs; Red Top Ray; Baldy |
| Notes | Story on inside front & back covers. |
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| Comic Story | Counterfeiter's Holiday (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Monte is determined to seek out the counterfeiters and give them a long vacation in jail. |
| Featuring | Monte Hale |
| Credits | Pencils: Edmond Good | Inks: Edmond Good |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Monte Hale; Pardner (horse); Lafe Lafferty (counterfeiter) |
| Notes | Edmond Good is best spotted by his quite rounded faces with very visible eyes and lively layout with much movement. |
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| Comic Story | Ancient History |
| Featuring | Bronko Betsy |
| Credits | Pencils: Al Zere? | Inks: Al Zere? |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Bronko Betsy; Teacher |
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| Comic Story | Old Slick Proves His Worth! |
| Featuring | Old Slick |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Old Slick |
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| Comic Story | The Kindest Man in Town! (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Some money from a bank robbery is put into Monte's pocket when asleep, and he is jailed by the sheriff. |
| Featuring | Monte Hale |
| Credits | Pencils: Edmond Good | Inks: Edmond Good |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Monte Hale; Pardner (horse); Mitchell (bankrobber); Gilmore (bankrobber); Sheriff |
| Notes | Notes as for the first story. |
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| Comic Story | Tonsorial Twosome! (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Colonel Corn and Jawbones Jeffers |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Colonel Corn; Jawbones Jeffers |
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| Comic Story | Rustler's Haven (7.5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Texas ranchers call Monte for help in catching the two ruthless gangleaders of rustlers. In the showdown, Monte uses a Gatling Gun. |
| Featuring | Monte Hale |
| Credits | Pencils: Edmond Good | Inks: Edmond Good |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Monte Hale; Pardner (horse); Spider Finn (outlaw); Bull Morgan (outlaw) |
| Notes | Notes as for the first story. |
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| Comic Story | Progress! |
| Featuring | Bronko Betsy |
| Credits | Pencils: Al Zere? | Inks: Al Zere? |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Bronko Betsy; Paw |
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| Comic Story | It's Magic! |
| Synopsis | How to change a pumkin to a squash by throwing it up in the air. |
| Featuring | Old Slick |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Old Slick |
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| Featuring | Quiz |
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| Comic Story | A Double Knockout! |
| Featuring | Bronko Betsy |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Bronko Betsy |
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| Comic Story | A Fan-Cy Time! |
| Featuring | Old Slick |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Old Slick |
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| Comic Story | The Plot on Rattler's Trail! (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A mail clerk is ambushed and robbed by a insurence swindler. |
| Featuring | Monte Hale |
| Credits | Pencils: Bob Laughlin? | Inks: Bob Laughlin? |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Monte Hale; Pardner (horse); Hobbs (mail clerk); Jeb Hooker |
| Notes | Laughlin is credited on Monte Hale by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and some faces and ears have similarities to his baseball cards, the only available reference to his work. |
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| Advertisement | Everything from Ah-h! to Zowie! (1 page) |
| Featuring | Mechanix Illustrated |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Colors:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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