tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post2151640409287426876..comments2024-03-25T11:17:18.130-07:00Comments on Davy Crockett's Almanack of Mystery, Adventure and The Wild West: Comic Gallery: HOPALONG CASSIDY (1947)Evan Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-10953957809026482582014-02-02T16:52:19.865-08:002014-02-02T16:52:19.865-08:00Yeah, if you read the books, Hoppy more closely re...Yeah, if you read the books, Hoppy more closely resembles Jimmy Cagney.<br /><br />(Sans limp, of course).Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16527241089629026268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-70552386693803260792014-02-02T08:55:24.201-08:002014-02-02T08:55:24.201-08:00L'Amour wanted to do the pulp magazine series ...L'Amour wanted to do the pulp magazine series in a realistic style, faithful to Mulford's original concept, but the publisher wanted to stick close to the movie version. Undoubtedly, the Fawcett comic books were also based on the movies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-67399297970907348872014-02-02T08:25:37.769-08:002014-02-02T08:25:37.769-08:00Never read any of the Hopalong comics. The charact...Never read any of the Hopalong comics. The characterization looks closer to the Louis L'Amour type than the Mumford type.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com