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Here's my very first Hopalong Cassidy thanks to a board member. And it's a double cover too!!!

 

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Neat copy!

 

From today's perspective it's kind of hard to believe that Hoppy was such a big deal back in the day.

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Straight Arrow ... the 20's (I have a coverless of the missing # 22; in fact, I have a coverless for 4 more issues in this range) -

 

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I like those Meagher Straight Arrow covers. The white background ones stand out the most to me.

Also, I'm pretty sure I've never seen a comic with a guy trying to murder a horse with a knife. Great stuff.

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This is a nice switch up from Whitman's cover art for Fiction House.

 

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Straight Arrow ... the 20's (I have a coverless of the missing # 22; in fact, I have a coverless for 4 more issues in this range) -

 

 

 

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Very cool! :applause:

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Here are some photos I took of the interior of Western Picture Stories #1 before I had it slabbed.

Excuse the poor lighting and the thumbs.

 

 

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An early story by a 20 year old Will Eisner.

 

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Here are some photos I took of the interior of Western Picture Stories #1 before I had it slabbed.

Excuse the poor lighting and the thumbs.

 

 

WesternPictureStories1CGC80_zpsc061a9e5.jpg

 

 

WPS1page28Allison_zpsdf8f6287-1.jpg

 

 

 

WPS1page11_zps1e0b3a7c.jpg

 

 

 

An early story by a 20 year old Will Eisner.

 

WPS1page36Eisner_zpsbbb12492.jpg

 

 

 

 

WPS1page59_zps0115def5.jpg

 

 

 

 

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Now that's an early western book. :sumo::cloud9: That book must be nearly impossible to locate in HG. I especially like the 2 page "Tense moment" artwork. Kudos for taking the time to share some of the interior artwork. (thumbs u

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Now that's an early western book. :sumo::cloud9: That book must be nearly impossible to locate in HG. I especially like the 2 page "Tense moment" artwork. Kudos for taking the time to share some of the interior artwork. (thumbs u

 

Thanks, and I like the centerfold the best too.

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Here's a Two-Gun Kid # 12. AtlasTales attributes tentatively cover and 3 TGK stories to the recently departed Fred Kida. I can't be positive it's him but that's the guess. Whomever it was, the stories are well drawn with very dynamic action. The fourth story is by George Tuska -

 

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