Issue: #54
Published: June 1952, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: M. Shull; Al Jetter (art editor)
Color: Full Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. Paper Stock: Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing
Notes: (Originally indexed from a copy missing the centerfold.)
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| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
Cal Smith on Model Building |
| Featuring: |
Fawcett Books |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Tom Mix and the Rattler! Part 1...Invitation to Death! |
| Featuring: |
Tom Mix |
| Synopsis: |
Tom Mix rides to Huckster Flats to help a friend who's been appointed sheriff. The town is under siege by The Rattler and his gang, who have killed the last five sheriffs. Tom arrives just after the Rattler's men have blown up the jail and its new sheriff. Tom takes the job as sheriff to avenge his friend. |
| Genre: |
Western-frontier |
| Characters: |
Tom Mix The Rattler (villain) Nancy Tanks Burt Reynolds |
| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Tom Mix |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
Give Up |
| Featuring: |
Cowboy Cal |
| Synopsis: |
Cowboy Cal makes a joke about Pete Spriggins not paying his doctor bills. |
| Genre: |
Humor Western-frontier |
| Characters: |
Cowboy Cal |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
Case of the Crossed-Up Car Crook |
| Featuring: |
Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story; P-F Canvas Shoes |
| Synopsis: |
Two boys have to run to get help to prevent a bank-robber from escaping. |
| Characters: |
Jim Wise |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
Wooden Witnesses |
| Featuring: |
Fightin' Forbes |
| Synopsis: |
All evidence points to Crazy Ted as the one who shot Lawyer Sprague in the back, but newspaper editor Fightin' Forbes sets a trap for the real killer. |
| Credits: |
Script: Rod Reed [as Walter Farmer] (credited) | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Western-frontier |
| Characters: |
Fightin' Forbes Sheriff Starr Crazy Ted Highpockets Green |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
Tom Mix and the Rattler! Part II...The Trail of the Dried Beans |
| Featuring: |
Tom Mix |
| Synopsis: |
The Rattler's gang blows up the jailhouse, but Tom Mix has anticipated this and follows the gang to their hideout |
| Genre: |
Western-frontier |
| Characters: |
Tom Mix The Rattler (villain) Nancy Tanks |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
Real Corn |
| Featuring: |
Saddlehead |
| Synopsis: |
Saddlehead gets corn plasters for his feet, but doesn't know how to use them. |
| Genre: |
Humor Western-frontier |
| Characters: |
Saddlehead |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
Tom Mix and the Rattler! Part III...The Empty Closet! |
| Featuring: |
Tom Mix |
| Synopsis: |
The gang dresses Tom in one of their costumes and leaves him in a barn where he is almost shot by a posse. He escapes and leads the posse to the hideout, where they capture the gang. The Rattler escapes, but lures Tom into a trap where he finds out the villain's surprising civilian identity. |
| Genre: |
Western-frontier |
| Characters: |
Tom Mix The Rattler (villain) |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Pud; Dubble Bubble |
| Synopsis: |
When the gang is lost in a cave, Pud finds a way out. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Ray Thompson [as Ray T.] (signed) | Inks: Ray Thompson [as Ray T.] (signed) |
| Characters: |
Pud |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Daisy Air Rifles |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Fred Harman (signed) | Inks: Fred Harman (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Characters: |
Red Ryder |
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