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Issue: Dead-Eye Western Comics #5 Public Domain
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Publisher: FlagHillman
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]

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Subject Matter
western
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Take Off Ugly Fat!

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Subject Matter
Spot Reducer Co.
Try the Spot Reducer 10 days free in your own home.
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The Sword and the Calendar

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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George Olesen ?
Mike Becker
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John Duffy
Subject Matter
western
Don Diego de Moya (governor); Don Carlo Vega (lawyer); Don Francisco; Don Rafael Vega
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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Some close up faces point to Olesen, but uncertain.
The Draw of Copper Funstan

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Gerald McCann
Gerald McCann
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Ben Oda
Subject Matter
western
Copper Funstan [John Forster](gunman); Henry (stable owner); Dado Wilson (killer); Charlie Bradhorn (gunman); Jack Kehoe (gunman); Sally; Frank Denton (rustler)
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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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.
The Gimmick and Danny Dowser

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John Daly
John Daly
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John Duffy
Subject Matter
western
Danny Dowser; Colonel Charles Niles; Lang
Danny kills the colonel to get his forked dowsing stick in order to search for gold.
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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.
Old Leatherhead

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Pablo Gomez (mule driver); Loco (mule); General Crook; Major Brandon; Sgt. Erskine;
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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Art identification by Ger Apeldoorn.
The Last Marker

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western
Keith Bishop; Judy Binford
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Gun Country

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Tommy Pace; Jim (Government Agent); Ben Pace; Jess Kilgore; Matt Kilgore (crooked rancher); Cohill (rustler); Dude Abbott
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The Indians

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Sol Brodsky ?
Sol Brodsky ?
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Ben Oda
Subject Matter
humorous, western
Pat and Mike
Chief Pat (Indian taylor); Chief Big Mike; Squaw
Chief Big Mike has bought a new electric blanket.
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Sadie's New Skimmer

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Ben Oda
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western
Horatio Horton; Sadie Smithers
Horatio dresses up in an old knight's armour and charges the Indians with a lance.
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Gorgeous Dresses for You...

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Harford Frocks
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Hey, You Skinny Bag of Bones!

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Jowett Institute
John Sill; George Jowett
Jowett can make you an All-American he-man fast.
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Terrific Prize Smash

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Consumers Mart
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Back cover.

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