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| Publication | August-September 1951 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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| Advertisement | Take Off Ugly Fat! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Try the Spot Reducer 10 days free in your own home. |
| Featuring | Spot Reducer Co. |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | The Sword and the Calendar (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The dying governor's last wish is that the people of Arras pledge not to punish his black-hearted son until ten years has passed. |
| Credits | Pencils: George Olesen? | Inks: Mike Becker | Letters: John Duffy |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Don Diego de Moya (governor); Don Carlo Vega (lawyer); Don Francisco; Don Rafael Vega |
| Notes | Some close up faces point to Olesen, but uncertain. |
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| Comic Story | The Draw of Copper Funstan (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Copper has a reputation as a gunman, and many others of the same kind are after his scalp. He wants to get a new identity to live in peace. |
| Credits | Pencils: Gerald McCann | Inks: Gerald McCann | Letters: Ben Oda |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Copper Funstan [John Forster](gunman); Henry (stable owner); Dado Wilson (killer); Charlie Bradhorn (gunman); Jack Kehoe (gunman); Sally; Frank Denton (rustler) |
| Notes | McCann is credited on western features for Hillman by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and his unique style is not to be mistaken. Faces with long noses and pointed, small chin, almost no action and much black shadows. Quite gloomy. Had some stories in Classics Illustrated. |
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| Comic Story | The Gimmick and Danny Dowser (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Danny kills the colonel to get his forked dowsing stick in order to search for gold. |
| Credits | Pencils: John Daly | Inks: John Daly | Letters: John Duffy |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Danny Dowser; Colonel Charles Niles; Lang |
| Notes | Daly is credited on pencil and ink on western features for Hillman by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. He is easiest to spot by his faces with a line going down from the inner eye to the cheek, and the art is similar to his signed story in Western Fighters v2 #11. He also drew Aquaman for DC. |
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| Comic Story | Old Leatherhead (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Lopez has a mule with flu, and he has a plan to spread it among the army's animals to help his Apache friends. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Pablo Gomez (mule driver); Loco (mule); General Crook; Major Brandon; Sgt. Erskine; |
| Notes | Art identification by Ger Apeldoorn. |
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| Text Story | The Last Marker (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Keith Bishop; Judy Binford |
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| Comic Story | Gun Country (8 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Tommy Pace; Jim (Government Agent); Ben Pace; Jess Kilgore; Matt Kilgore (crooked rancher); Cohill (rustler); Dude Abbott |
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| Comic Story | The Indians (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Chief Big Mike has bought a new electric blanket. |
| Featuring | Pat and Mike |
| Credits | Pencils: Sol Brodsky? | Inks: Sol Brodsky? | Letters: Ben Oda |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Chief Pat (Indian taylor); Chief Big Mike; Squaw |
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| Comic Story | Sadie's New Skimmer (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Horatio dresses up in an old knight's armour and charges the Indians with a lance. |
| Credits | Letters: Ben Oda |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Horatio Horton; Sadie Smithers |
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| Advertisement | Gorgeous Dresses for You... (1 page) |
| Featuring | Harford Frocks |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Advertisement | Hey, You Skinny Bag of Bones! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Jowett can make you an All-American he-man fast. |
| Featuring | Jowett Institute |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photos) | Inks:? (photos) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: John Sill; George Jowett |
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| Advertisement | Terrific Prize Smash (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Select any article on our 10-day free trial. |
| Featuring | Consumers Mart |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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