| Additional Information |
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| Publication | August 1952 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Cover | The Chasm of Death! |
| 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) |
| Synopsis | Try for a free art course. |
| Featuring | Art Instruction, Inc. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover. |
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| Comic Story | The River Route Riddle (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | A mysterious note, a thwarted wedding, an abduction and a hat floating down the river. |
| Featuring | Hopalong Cassidy |
| Credits | Pencils: Joe Certa | Inks: Joe Certa |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Hopalong Cassidy; Topper (horse); Jessica Phelps (bride); Brud Harley (crooked groom) |
| Notes | Certa is credited on Hopalong Cassidy by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. The bony faces, and hats and movements are all typical of Certa. Very similar to many of his Durango Kid stories. |
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| Comic Story | Rub-a-Dub-Dub! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Rubber heels for fallen arches. |
| Featuring | Hill Billy |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Hill Billy; Doc |
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| Advertisement | Top Speed Stops Spy (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Two boys using canvas shoes stop a running spy. |
| Featuring | P-F Canvas Shoes |
| Content | Characters: Jim Wise |
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| Comic Story | The Big Splash (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | A neighbor playing a difficult trick on Whitey. |
| Featuring | Whitey Whiskers |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Whitey Whiskers; Parker |
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| Comic Story | The Chasm of Death! (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mr. Blair is watching three crooks robbing a safe, then he kills them and steals the gold himself. |
| Featuring | Hopalong Cassidy |
| Credits | Pencils: Max Elkan | Inks: Max Elkan |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Hopalong Cassidy; Topper (horse); Hod Prewett (miner); Blair (crook) |
| Notes | Elkan is credited on Hopalong by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and faces with eyes sometimes out of line and wavy inklines in hair are clues to Elkan. |
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| Comic Story | Unsympathetic! |
| Synopsis | Simmons don't has to worry about getting ahead, he's doing all right without one. |
| Featuring | Pistol Packin' Pattie |
| Credits | Pencils: Frank Bolle | Inks: Frank Bolle |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Pattie; Silly Simmons |
| 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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| Publisher advertisement | Here They Are, Pals! |
| Synopsis | The winners of Hopalong Cassidy's Trail Twister Contest No. 1. |
| Featuring | Hopalong Cassidy |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Hopalong Cassidy |
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| Advertisement | You're the Leader... |
| Synopsis | Cadet Speedometer from Stewart-Warner. |
| Featuring | Stewart-Warner Bike Speedometers |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Advertisement | Hey Kids! |
| Synopsis | Get Loona the vinylite plastic Star-Kist Tuna. |
| Featuring | Star-Kist Tuna |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Text Story | The Shot in the Shack (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | A banker has been stealing from his bank for years and stage a robbery to cover it up. |
| Credits | Script: Rod Reed [as Westbrook Wilson] (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Bucky Stone (cowboy); Jake Smithers (rancher); Ned; Greenthree |
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| Synopsis | Pud is leading a safari in the woods. |
| Featuring | Fleer's Dubble Bubble |
| Credits | Pencils: Ray Thompson [as Ray T.] (signed) | Inks: Ray Thompson [as Ray T.] (signed) |
| Content | Characters: Pud |
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| Publisher advertisement | Now You Can Get Hopalong Cassidy Each Month, By Mail |
| Featuring | Hopalong Cassidy |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
| Notes | Subscription advertisement. |
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| Advertisement | Hey Kids! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Hopalong Cassidy chuck wagon school lunch kit and vacuum bottle. |
| Featuring | Aladdin Industries, Inc. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Hopalong Cassidy |
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| Comic Story | The Present with No Future! (6.66 pages) |
| Synopsis | The banker is killed by a bomb in a surprise package to be opened at twelve o'clock. |
| Featuring | Hopalong Cassidy |
| Credits | Pencils: Joe Certa | Inks: Joe Certa |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Hopalong Cassidy; Topper (horse); Mr. Finley (banker); Adams (cowboy); Two Robbers |
| Notes | Notes as for the first Certa story. |
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| Comic Story | A Big Question |
| Synopsis | He never saw him with his boots off, so couldn't tell if he had big feet. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier |
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| Advertisement | You Get More BBs For Your Money, Pardner... (1 page) |
| Featuring | Daisy Air Rifles |
| Credits | Pencils: Fred Harman? | Inks: Fred Harman? | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Red Ryder |
| Notes | Inside back cover. |
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| Advertisement | Bulova Wrist Watch Given (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Hand out only 20 photo enlargement coupons and get prizes. |
| Featuring | Dean Studios |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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