Note the distinctive long, square faces in Fawcett's adaptation of the
movie "The Missourians."
Somewhere along the line, Clem
Weisbecker and Bob Butts have had some work conflated at early Fifties
Fawcett, making it difficult
to sort out their stories going by
their credits in the
Who's
Who. I finally took a long look
at their credited Forties stories
at
other companies. I believe I can follow the progression of Clem
Weisbecker's style on the Black Hood and such to the Fawcett artist
with those distinctive faces.
Butts is given "Copper
Canyon" in the
Who's
Who, which is the main point of
confusion here, but the actual
penciller is Weisbecker. The style matches that on Jackie
Robinson at Fawcett at the same time, which the
WW
gives to
Weisbecker and not Butts.
The other problem with "Copper
Canyon" is that it's also been attributed entirely to Sheldon Moldoff.
I can accept that Moldoff inked it. "Pioneer Marshall" and
"The Missourians" are also supposedly entirely by Moldoff, but
the
inking on those two doesn't overwhelm the Weisbecker pencils.
In many cases on the Fawcett movie adaptations the inker did a lot of
the heavy lifting on likenesses. Some didn't. Thus, Pete Riss's issues
vary wildly as far as that "overwhelming the pencils" goes;
on
"Dakota Lil" you have to look twice to find Riss, but on "The
Thundering Trail," as seen
here, he's easier to spot (although it's been attributed to Stan
Campbell).
movie one-shots at Fawcett
| 1949 |
nn |
Dakota
Lil |
w: Joe Millard p: Pete
Riss |
| 1950 |
nn |
Copper
Canyon |
w: Millard
p: Clem Weisbecker |
|
|
|
i: Sheldon
Moldoff |
| 1950 |
nn |
Pioneer
Marshall |
w: Millard
p: Weisbecker |
|
|
|
i: Moldoff? |
| 1950 |
nn |
Powder
River Rustlers |
w: Millard
p: Riss |
Fawcett
Movie Comic
| Apr/51 |
#10 |
The
Missourians |
w: Leo Dorfman
p: Weisbecker |
|
|
|
i: Moldoff? |
| May/
|
#11 |
The
Thundering Trail |
w: Dorfman
p: Riss |
Motion
Picture Comics
| Nov/51 |
#107 |
Frisco
Tornado |
w: Dorfman p:
Riss |
