Publishers / Fawcett / Monte Hale Western (1948) / #49
49June 1950
$0.10

Monte Hale Western #49

Fawcett · June 1950

First appearance: Aunt Ellie Hester
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Identification plate

Series
Monte Hale Western (Fawcett, 1948 series)
Issue
#49
Publication date
June 1950
Key date
1950-06-00
Indicia publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Aunt Ellie Hester - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: ? (photograph); inks: ? (photograph); colors: ? (photograph)
1The Tally Men's Troublecomic story7pencils: Edmond Good; inks: Edmond Good
2The Hornet's Nesttext story2script: Dick Kraus
5His Enchanted Lassocomic story4pencils: Leonard Frank; inks: Leonard FrankGabby Hayes, Aunt Ellie Hester First
6The Disappearing Outlawscomic story7pencils: Jack Binder; inks: Jack Binder
7Table Mannerscomic story1pencils: Milt Hammer; inks: Milt Hammer
9Cherokee Joe's Rewardcomic story6
11Baby Talkcomic story1

Plus 3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

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Series context

‹ #4821 of 54#50 ›

Sources

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