HOPALONG CASSIDY #24 (October 1948) Fawcett and similar items

HOPALONG CASSIDY #24 October 1948, A Fawcett Publication Cover by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Stories and art by Leonard Starr and Charles Quinlan Jr. Western adventure featuring one of the most popular heroes of the mid-20th century, star of TV, film and radio. Hopalong faces an outlaw who's both large and at-large, the Twin River Giant. Pistol-Packin' Pattie's latest bon mots are illustrated by future Mary Perkins cartoonist Leonard Starr. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear with Invisible Light, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck, and a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade. Cover by comics and fine-art legend Everett Raymond Kinstler. Treachery Rides Again; Hill Billy; The Twin River Giant!; Tex Heads North; Cowboy Cal; Be a Sharpshooter!; Mesquite's Great Chance!; Whitey Whiskers and Daniel Boone, Jr.: Water On the Brain; Billy the Kid and Oscar; Ridin' Herd with William Boyd; Pistol-Packin' Pattie; Saddlehead; Doomed to Live. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10. The comic is complete and in GOOD condition with some overall wear that includes some back cover soiling. The upper right corner of the front cover has a piece missing. There is a small "v" shaped piece missing out of the bottom edge of the front cover. There is a small round/u-shaped insect chew through the top edges of most of the pages of the comic that doesn't extend into the art. One of the Hopalong Cassidy coupons has been clipped from the last page. (see pictures) Mint (MT) (Overstreet) Nearly perfect in every way. Near Mint (NM) (Overstreet) Nearly perfect with only minor imperfections such as subtle bindery/printing defects. Very Fine (VF)(Overstreet) Excellent copy with outstanding eye appeal; limited accumulation of bindery/printing defects, surface wear, and minor spine creasing. Fine (FN)(Overstreet) Above average copy that shows minor wear but is still relatively flat and clean with no significant creasing or other serious defects. Very Good (VG)(Overstreet) The average used comic book with moderate to significant wear. Good (GD)(Overstreet) Shows significant wear. Fair (FR)(Overstreet) Shows heavy wear. Poor (PR)(Overstreet) Little or no collector value.