Digital Comic Museum - Hopalong Cassidy 020


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Issue: #20
Published: June 1948, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)

The Notorious Nellie Blaine!

Advertisement (1 page)
Featuring:	Kodak
Credits:	Pencils: ? (photos) \| Inks: ? (photos) \| Letters: typeset

Table Of Contents (1 page)	Hopalong Cassidy starring William Boyd
Credits:	Letters: ?; typeset
Characters:	Hopalong Cassidy (cameo)

Comic Story (9 pages)	Hopalong Cassiday and the Notorious Nellie Blaine
Synopsis:	Outlaw Nellie Blaine stops a Pony Express rider to steal a treasure map, but Hopalong had already intercepted the rider to get the map safely to Twin River. After killing Clay Varney, Blaine pretends to be Varney's niece to lure Hopalong into a trap, not realizing that Varney was the one who had the map in the first place.
Genre:	Western-frontier
Characters:	Hopalong Cassidy Clay Varney Nellie Blaine (villain)

Promo (ad From The Publisher) (0 pages)	Ozzie; Babs
Featuring:	Comix Cards
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Characters:	Ozzie Babs

Advertisement (1 page)
Featuring:	Kellogg's Shredded Wheat
Credits:	Letters: ?; typeset

Comic Story (1 page)	Strong Minded
Synopsis:	Hill Billy is asked a question in class about Hercules and Samson.
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Hill Billy

Comic Story (1 page)	Both Barrels
Featuring:	Pistol Packin' Pattie
Synopsis:	Pattie scolds a boy for tying tin cans to a dog's tail.
Genre:	Humor Western-frontier
Characters:	Pistol Packin' Pattie

Advertisement (1 page)	Popsicle Pete at the Police Academy
Featuring:	Adventures of Popsicle Pete
Synopsis:	Pete visits a police academy to see how police train for their jobs.
Credits:	Letters: ?; typeset
Genre:	Children
Characters:	Popsicle Pete

Comic Story (7 pages)	Hopalong Cassidy and the Dead Witness
Synopsis:	A stage driver escapes while a robber murders a passenger. Hopalong locks up the driver as a witness to protect him from the robber, but he is killed anyhow. Hopalong uses some scientific deduction to produce evidence to convict the killer.
Genre:	Western-frontier
Characters:	Hopalong Cassidy Mesquite Red Topp

Comic Story (1 page)	Blue Mood
Synopsis:	Wilbur serves a customer a glass of blue milk.
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Wilbur

Advertisement (1 page)	New 1948 Monark Super Deluxe
Featuring:	Monark Silver King
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Filler (1 page)	Making Friends After Moving
Featuring:	Ridin' Herd with WIlliam Boyd
Synopsis:	Advice on making new friends after moving and how to make a new kid feel at home.
Credits:	Script: ? [as William Boyd]
Characters:	William Boyd

Advertisement (1 page)
Featuring:	Ball-Band
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Comic Story (7 pages)	Hopalong Cassidy and the Mysterious Cake
Synopsis:	A thief hides a necklace in a cake Widow Jones is baking, not knowing it is the one she'll be taking to a picnic with Mesquite.
Genre:	Western-frontier
Characters:	Hopalong Cassidy Mesquite Widow Jones

Activity (0 pages)

Be a Sharpshooter!

Comics-form Advertising (1 page)	Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear with Invisible Light
Synopsis:	Captain Tootsie uses an infra red sniperscope rifle to hunt a killer bear at night.
Characters:	Captain Tootsie Coon Tail Charlie Rollo The Secret Legion

Comic Story (1 page)	By Hack
Featuring:	Gus the Guard
Synopsis:	Gus has a prisoner with a hacking cough.
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Gus Slippery Sands

Comic Story (3 pages)	Willie the Worm at the Carnival!
Featuring:	Willie the Worm and Sammy
Synopsis:	Willie disregards all signs and is punished. Sammy obeys them and is rewarded.
Genre:	Anthropomorphic-funny Animals
Characters:	Willie The Worm Sammy

Comic Story (1 page)	No Fly by Night
Featuring:	Joe College
Synopsis:	Joe has a tough, mean roommate at college.
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Joe College

Text Story (2 pages)	Armor of Courage
Synopsis:	An inexperienced sheriff must face an experienced gunman in a showdown.
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Western-frontier
Characters:	Tim McGrady Tom Mawson Bat Tollson

Comic Story (1 page)	Well Named
Featuring:	Pistol Packin' Pattie
Synopsis:	Pattie keeps a thug from stealing money from a newsboy.
Genre:	Humor Western-frontier
Characters:	Pistol Packin' Pattie

Comic Story (1 page)	Serves the Stinger Right!
Synopsis:	Hill Billy gets some satisfaction when his bees sting his mean uncle.
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Hill Billy

Comic Story (7 pages)	Sheriff for Sale
Synopsis:	Hopalong is called to Cactusville to find out why the sheriff there is so tolerant of lawbreakers.
Genre:	Western-frontier
Characters:	Hopalong Cassidy

Advertisement (1 page)	The Secret That Saved the Sandlot
Featuring:	Jim Wise "P-F" Sports Story
Synopsis:	The local boys win a baseball game with a cross-town team and are able to keep using a lot for a playing field.
Genre:	Sports
Characters:	Jim Wise

Advertisement (1 page)	Gillette Bike Tire Facts
Featuring:	Gillette Bicycle Tires

Advertisement (1 page)	Build and Fly MI Models
Featuring:	Mechanix Illustrated
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Advertisement (1 page)
Featuring:	Daisy Air Rifles
Credits:	Letters: typeset

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