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| The comic looks good quality for its type, but I've never been able to get into the comic/movie version of Hopalong Cassidy. Somewhere I have a copy of the first 'Hopalong Cassidy' story. In it Cassidy is a very different character altogether.
[For many years Mulford was very unhappy with the way his character of Hopalong Cassidy was portrayed in the films made from his books. In the novels Cassidy is a grubby, irritable, foul-mouthed, crusty old coot; in the films he was turned into a clean-cut, articulate, courtly, distinguished-looking gentleman, as played by William Boyd. Eventually he came to terms with the disparity, and even finally decided to meet with Boyd, which he had steadfastly refused to do, and the two actually hit it off. ][He once said words to the effect that if Cassidy of the movies (an upright teetotaler who always stuck to a code of chivalry at all times) had ever strayed into the novels, the novel Cassidy's sidekicks would have shot him.]
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| Hopalong Cassidy visited one of my cousins when as a child she was in a hospital.. |
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| Publication | February 1952 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Cover | Murder Pays the Price! |
| 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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| Comic Story | Murder Pays the Price (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | A crooked lawyer dynamite two outlaws from jail in return for half of their loot. He also has a doctor handy to operate and change their faces. |
| Featuring | Hopalong Cassidy |
| Credits | Pencils: Joe Certa | Inks: Joe Certa |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Hopalong Cassidy; Topper (horse); Clam Sawyer (rancher); Phelps (crooked lawyer); Doc Bates; Dale (outlaw); Griffin (outlaw) |
| Notes | Certa is credited on Hopalong Cassidy by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. The bony faces with mustache, and hats and movements are all typical of Certa. Very similar to many of his Durango Kid stories. |
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| Comic Story | Belly Good! |
| Synopsis | Billy learns his nephew the difference between a "b" and a "d". |
| Featuring | Hill Billy |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Hill Billy; Abner |
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| Publisher advertisement | Lash Clears the Outlaw Trails... |
| Featuring | Lash LaRue Western |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Lash LaRue |
| Notes | Watch for it at your favorite newsdealer's. |
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| Advertisement | "Wonder what's on top!" |
| Synopsis | Pud sells chewing gum at Piker's Peak Mountain. |
| 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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| Advertisement | U.S. Military Ring and Bracelet! |
| Synopsis | Bracelet or ring with your choise of military insignia. |
| Featuring | Smith Brothers Cough Drops |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Man of the Sea (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Whitey is always broke, and when The Sentinel offers five dollars for an interesting true story, he makes one up. |
| Featuring | Whitey Whiskers |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Whitey Whiskers; Mr. Crabtree (editor) |
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| Comic Story | The Mine Disaster (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Hopalong is trapped when investigating a mine cave in. |
| Featuring | Hopalong Cassidy |
| Credits | Pencils: Max Elkan | Inks: Max Elkan |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Hopalong Cassidy; Topper (horse); Travers (miner); Jones (miner) |
| 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 | Deep Freeze (1 page) |
| Synopsis | He should buy a refrigerator to keep the food on his shirt from spoiling. |
| Featuring | Pistol Packin' Pattie |
| Credits | Pencils: Frank Bolle | Inks: Frank Bolle |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Pattie; Sloppy Joe |
| 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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| Text Story | Six-Gun Silence (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | A showman helps the sheriff catch a banker robbing his own bank. |
| Credits | Script: John Martin (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Ben Gateson (banker); Rick Hardy (banker); Great Elmo (showman) |
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| Advertisement | Boys and Girls! (1 page) |
| Featuring | Bar-Twenty |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Hopalong Cassidy |
| Notes | Join Hopalong Cassidy Savings Club. |
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| Featuring | Quiz |
| Content | Characters: John C. Calhoun; King Arthur |
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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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| Publisher advertisement | $ 25 in Cash Prizes (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Hopalong Cassidy |
| Notes | Hopalong Cassidy's Trail Twister Contest. |
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| Comic Story | The Assassin's Treachery (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Two dishonest cowpokes are making money on the ranch when their boss is in hospital. |
| Featuring | Hopalong Cassidy |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Hopalong Cassidy; Topper (horse); Sewell (rancher); Ed Doaks (cowpoke); Len Wills (cowpoke); Trigger Barton (badman); Mesquite (deputy) |
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