Publishers / Fawcett / Western Hero (1949) / #81
81August 1949
$0.10

Western Hero #81

Fawcett · August 1949

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Identification plate

Series
Western Hero (Fawcett, 1949 series)
Issue
#81
Publication date
August 1949
Key date
1949-08-00
Indicia publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Norman Saunders; inks: Norman Saunders; colors: Norman Saunders
1Hopalong Cassidy and the Threatening Pastcomic story19
2The Key to the Solution!comic story1
3Killer's Gun!comic story9
5Sweet Capturecomic story6.67pencils: Leonard Frank; inks: Leonard Frank
6Lash LaRueactivity0.33letters: typeset
8Cackle!comic story1
10Portrait of a Horsetext story2script: Dick Kraus
11Expert Dog Trainercomic story1pencils: Al Liederman; inks: Al Liederman
13Tumbleweed Jr. and the Soda Pop King!comic story0.5
14Tom Mix and the Pendant Plotcomic story9pencils: Carl Pfeufer; inks: Carl Pfeufer

Plus 5.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

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