Monte Hale Western #77 (1952) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Death Rigs the Rodeo!	cover	1	pencils: ? (photo); inks: ? (photo); colors: ? (photo); letters: typeset	Monte Hale, Gabby Hayes
2	Stagecoach Trail	comic story	7	pencils: Edmond Good; inks: Edmond Good	Monte Hale
3	A Tough Time!	comic story	1		Old Slick
5	Disgusted Dilbert	comic story	0.5		Disgusted Dilbert
6	An Important Message from Captain Marvel!	public service announcement	0.5	letters: typeset	Captain Marvel
7	Early Settler!	comic story	0.5	pencils: Al Zere; inks: Al Zere	Bronko Betsy
8	Equals Up!	comic story	1		Buckshot; Mister Cass
9	Death Rigs the Rodeo	comic story	7	pencils: Edmond Good; inks: Edmond Good	Monte Hale
10	Remember This!	comic story	1		Mule Ears; Clarence
11	End of a Badman	text story	2	script: Hank Spector	Jud Karney
12	Bull in a China Shoppe	comic story	4	pencils: Leonard Frank; inks: Leonard Frank	Corker, Gabby Hayes, Aunt Ellie Hester
13	Return of the Rangers	comic story	7	pencils: Edmond Good; inks: Edmond Good	Monte Hale; Pardner (horse); Rod Simms (Texas ranger); Mike Mulvey (crook)

Plus 3.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Tom Mix Western #2	1989	On eBay ›

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