Publishers / Fawcett / Tom Mix Western (1948) / #3
3March 1948
$0.10

Tom Mix Western #3

Fawcett · March 1948

First appearance: Cowboy Cal
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Identification plate

Series
Tom Mix Western (Fawcett, 1948 series)
Issue
#3
Publication date
March 1948
Key date
1948-03-00
Indicia publisher
Fawcett Publications, Incorporated
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Cowboy Cal - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: ? (photography); inks: ? (photography); colors: ? (photography); letters: typesetTom Mix (photograph); Tony (photograph)(horse)
1The Blaze of Deathcomic story8.75pencils: Carl Pfeufer; inks: Carl PfeuferTom Mix
3Iron Headedcomic story0.5pencils: Al Liederman; inks: Al LiedermanCowboy Cal First
4Knock, Knockcomic story0.5Saddlehead
5Doc Greene's Dilemmacomic story6.75pencils: Carl Pfeufer; inks: Carl PfeuferTom Mix
7The Badman Winstext story2script: R. R. Symes
8The Whipcomic story7.5pencils: Carl Pfeufer; inks: Carl PfeuferTom Mix
9Good Businesscomic story0.5Saddlehead
10Expelledcomic story0.5pencils: Al Liederman; inks: Al LiedermanCowboy Cal First
11-comic story1
12School Dazecomic story4
13-comic story1
14Scales of Justicecomic story7pencils: Carl Pfeufer; inks: Carl PfeuferTom Mix

Plus 2 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

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