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Issue: Dead-Eye Western Comics #5 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1951
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Issues: #5 of 25 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagHillman
Brand: A Hillman PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Hillman Periodicals Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 2
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 13 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Edward Cronin
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
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Pages: 1
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Take Off Ugly Fat!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Spot Reducer Co.
Synopsis: Try the Spot Reducer 10 days free in your own home.
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Pages: 1
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The Sword and the Calendar

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Olesen ?
Inker(s): Mike Becker
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): John Duffy
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Don Diego de Moya (governor); Don Carlo Vega (lawyer); Don Francisco; Don Rafael Vega
Synopsis: The dying governor's last wish is that the people of Arras pledge not to punish his black-hearted son until ten years has passed.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Some close up faces point to Olesen, but uncertain.
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The Draw of Copper Funstan

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Gerald McCann
Inker(s): Gerald McCann
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Copper Funstan [John Forster](gunman); Henry (stable owner); Dado Wilson (killer); Charlie Bradhorn (gunman); Jack Kehoe (gunman); Sally; Frank Denton (rustler)
Synopsis: Copper has a reputation as a gunman, and many others of the same kind are after his scalp. He wants to get a new identity to live in peace.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: McCann is credited on western features for Hillman by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and his unique style is not to be mistaken. Faces with long noses and pointed, small chin, almost no action and much black shadows. Quite gloomy. Had some stories in Classics Illustrated.
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The Gimmick and Danny Dowser

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Daly
Inker(s): John Daly
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): John Duffy
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Danny Dowser; Colonel Charles Niles; Lang
Synopsis: Danny kills the colonel to get his forked dowsing stick in order to search for gold.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Daly is credited on pencil and ink on western features for Hillman by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. He is easiest to spot by his faces with a line going down from the inner eye to the cheek, and the art is similar to his signed story in Western Fighters v2 #11. He also drew Aquaman for DC.
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Old Leatherhead

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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Pablo Gomez (mule driver); Loco (mule); General Crook; Major Brandon; Sgt. Erskine;
Synopsis: Lopez has a mule with flu, and he has a plan to spread it among the army's animals to help his Apache friends.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Art identification by Ger Apeldoorn.
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The Last Marker

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Keith Bishop; Judy Binford
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Pages: 2
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Gun Country

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Tommy Pace; Jim (Government Agent); Ben Pace; Jess Kilgore; Matt Kilgore (crooked rancher); Cohill (rustler); Dude Abbott
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Pages: 8
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The Indians

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sol Brodsky ?
Inker(s): Sol Brodsky ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, western
Feature(s): Pat and Mike
Character(s): Chief Pat (Indian taylor); Chief Big Mike; Squaw
Synopsis: Chief Big Mike has bought a new electric blanket.
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Sadie's New Skimmer

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Horatio Horton; Sadie Smithers
Synopsis: Horatio dresses up in an old knight's armour and charges the Indians with a lance.
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Pages: 5
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Gorgeous Dresses for You...

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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Harford Frocks
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Hey, You Skinny Bag of Bones!

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Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jowett Institute
Character(s): John Sill; George Jowett
Synopsis: Jowett can make you an All-American he-man fast.
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Terrific Prize Smash

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Consumers Mart
Synopsis: Select any article on our 10-day free trial.
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Pages: 1
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