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| Publication | March 1950 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Cover | The Mysterious Avenger |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Hopalong Cassidy |
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| Advertisement | Get a Daisy (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Red Ryder |
| Notes | Ad for Daisy Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine. |
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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. |
| 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 | 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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| Rocky Lane rounds up the Redskins! (1 page) |
| Content | Characters: Rocky Lane |
| Notes | Comic strip with Rocky Lane drinking Malted Milk. |
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| Comic Story | Hill Billy Has Good Horse Sense! (1 page) |
| 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. |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Tom Mix |
| Notes | Golden plastic bullet telescope and magic tone birdcall as premiums. |
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| Comic Story | Electrifying Personality (1 page) |
| 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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| Content | Characters: Pud |
| Notes | Sold by Fleer. |
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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 | 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. |
| 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. |
| 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) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photos) | Inks:? (photos) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Mr. J. E. Smith |
| Notes | Learn servicing or communications. |
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| Advertisement | Prizes For You! (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Sell seeds and get prizes.
Back cover. |
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