Small House of Everything

Small House of Everything

Saturday, October 3, 2020

THRILLER COMICS LIBRARY #68: HOPALONG CASSIDY (AUGUST 1954)

 It's time to ride the trail with Hopalong Cassidy.  No, not the white-haired Bill Boyd Cassidy, this is the red-headed, quick shootin' Cassidy as created by Clarence Mulford.  Because this is a comic book, the blood and bodies of Mulford's books has been toned down; owlhoots are wounded, not killed.

Feelings are tense between the Bar-20 and H2 ranches.  Hoppy is the top hand of the Bar-20 and lovely Mary Meeker is the daughter of the new owner of the H2 outfit, so you know there's going to be some romantic tension between those two.  Entering into the fray is Antonio, a brocho buster from the H2 ranch and a man whose greed and hatred cannot be matched.  Antonio organizes a gang of rustlers to steal cattle from both ranches and suddenly there's a three-way war.  Can the H2 and the Bar-20 settle their differences to meet the threat of the rustlers?  Will Hoppy gussy himself up at the end and go courting Mary?  I think you know the answer to both questions.

Enjoy.

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