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| Publication | June 1952 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Cover | The Rattler |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photos) | Inks:? (photos) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Tony (horse, photos) |
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| Publisher advertisement | Cal Smith on Model Building (1 page) |
| Featuring | Fawcett Books |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover. Promo for the Fawcett 144 page book "Cal Smith on Model Building." |
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| Comic Story | Tom Mix and the Rattler! Part 1...Invitation to Death! (6.5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Tom Mix rides to Huckster Flats to help a friend who's been appointed sheriff. The town is under siege by The Rattler and his gang, who have killed the last five sheriffs. Tom arrives just after the Rattler's men have blown up the jail and its new sheriff. Tom takes the job as sheriff to avenge his friend. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: The Rattler (villain); Nancy Tanks; Burt Reynolds |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Promo for subscriptions to Tom Mix Western. 12 issues for $1.20. |
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| Comic Story | Give Up (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Cowboy Cal makes a joke about Pete Spriggins not paying his doctor bills. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Cowboy Cal |
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| Case of the Crossed-Up Car Crook (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Two boys have to run to get help to prevent a bank-robber from escaping. |
| Content | Characters: Jim Wise |
| Notes | Ad in comics format for "P-F" Canvas Shoes. Hood Rubber Company and B. F. Goodrich. |
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| Comic Story | Loafing Again! (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Saddlehead; Coley |
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| Text Story | Wooden Witnesses (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | All evidence points to Crazy Ted as the one who shot Lawyer Sprague in the back, but newspaper editor Fightin' Forbes sets a trap for the real killer. |
| Featuring | Fightin' Forbes |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Fightin' Forbes; Sheriff Starr; Crazy Ted; Highpockets Green |
| Notes | Text story with one small illustration. |
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| Comic Story | Tom Mix and the Rattler! Part II...The Trail of the Dried Beans (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Rattler's gang blows up the jailhouse, but Tom Mix has anticipated this and follows the gang to their hideout |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: The Rattler (villain); Nancy Tanks |
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| Comic Story | The Prize Winner (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Tumbleweed finds a lost dog and tries to enter him in a dog show. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Tumbleweed Jr.; Happy (dog) |
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| Comic Story | Saw Loser! (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Cowboy Cal |
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| Comic Story | Real Corn (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Saddlehead gets corn plasters for his feet, but doesn't know how to use them. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Saddlehead |
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| Comic Story | Tom Mix and the Rattler! Part III...The Empty Closet! (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The gang dresses Tom in one of their costumes and leaves him in a barn where he is almost shot by a posse. He escapes and leads the posse to the hideout, where they capture the gang. The Rattler escapes, but lures Tom into a trap where he finds out the villain's surprising civilian identity. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: The Rattler (villain) |
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| Synopsis | When the gang is lost in a cave, Pud finds a way out. |
| Content | Characters: Pud |
| Notes | Ad in comics format for Fleer Dubble Bubble Gum. |
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| Activity | Quiz |
| Notes | Quiz with five questions. |
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| Publisher advertisement | Follow the Stars (1 page) |
| Featuring | Motion Picture and Television Magazine |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photos) | Inks:? (photos) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Audie Murphy (photo); Doris Day (photo); Ann Blyth (photo); Tony Curtis (photo); Jane Powell (photo); Alan Ladd (photo); Piper Laurie (photo); Rock Hudson (photo) |
| Notes | Inside back cover. Ad for "Motion Picture and Television" magazine with photos of celebrities. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. Ad for Daisy Air Rifles promoting the Daisy Shootin' Contest which runs March 15-May 29, 1952. Contest held in conjunction with the National Rifle Association. Top four prizes are trips to the Red Ryder Ranch in Pagosa Springs, Colo. |
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