BUSTER CMBBE ?AMOUS UNHIES Ifr V ^ V NOV. NO. 1 ■^1 ^e ^IJS^. BUSTER CRABBE CLARENCE L. CRABBE was born m Oakland, California. His father early nicknamed him "Buster" and that appellation stuck. When Buster was 18 months old, his family moved to the Hawaiian Islands. He spent his boyhood on a pine- apple plantation where his father served as "Luna" or overseer. Buster learned to ride horses before he could swim. The little country school which he attended until he was 10 years old was miles away from his plantation home. Too far to walk, Buster and his younj;et brother Buddy travelled by horseback to and from school. Small wonder that Buster took so easily to his cowboy movie roles — he could ride as well as any ranch-raised Westerner. When Buster was ten, the family moved to the seaport city of Hi!o on the island of Hawaii. Here, in the waters of the bay, Buster and Buddy learned to swim, ride the surf on boards, and all the other aquatic sports for which Hawaii is so famous. When the war broke out, Buster's father joined the army. He was transferred to Schofield Barracks on Oahu Island. The family lived at the post, and there Buster became an expert it playing polo. At the Honolulu Military Academy, Buster began to lake his swimming seriously and joined various competitions. It was apparent from the beginning that young Buster Crabbe was no ordinary athlete — for he had the stuff that chnrnpions are made of, Tlie world-famous Outrigger Canoe Club recog- nized the youngster's potentialities and wanted him for their swimming team. Buster's father wisely turned thumbs down on this. He felt that Buster should wait a few more years before joining in adult competition. In Puna Hou High School in Honolulu, Buster was a 16-Ietter man, winning a letter every year in football, basketball, track and swimming! In 192(5, a Japanese swimming team visited the islands to compete with the Hawaiians. After the meet, the Japanese invited the Hawaiians to send a team to Japan. Buddy, an excellent swimmer, too, had done bet- ter than Buster. Buddy was one of the men selected for the ten-man team to be sent to Japan. Buster was not. ITicir father objected to- this arbitrary selection of a team, and suggested that the Hawaiian swim- mers meet in a competition to determine tlie ten best men. This suggestion was accepted, and the lOtf tit Uniicd Stiies. Sccond-da^ VdJi'tlonal sccond'cb» emry pend , U.S.A. WiLli J.S.A. WiLlfjm 1. Pipe. date for the competition was set, giving the con- testants six weeks to train for the event. Those six weeks taught Buster the importance of training, for when the competition was held he won his place on the coveted team easily. Brother Buddy didn't quite make it, and it was Buster who went to Japan. Six weeks of serious training had made the dif- ference. Buster never forgot that lesson. The fact that he became one of the world's .great swimmers attests to that fact. After graduating from high school, Buster re- turned to the United States to attend college at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. This close proximity. to Hollywood did not bring him to the attention of the motion picture produ- cers, but the Olympic Games did. The 1932 Olympics were held in Los Angeles, and Buster took time out from his Law studies to win a place on the United States swimming team. That year he won the 400-metre title, and he hadn't had time to step into the shower before he was signed to a contract by Paramount. Buster believes that it wasn't so much the Olym- pics as it was that six weeks of training in Hawaii that made him what he is today. Without that six weeks and the lesson it taught, he'd probably be occupying an office in Hawaii with "Clarence L. Crabbe, Attorney" on the shingle outside his door. At Paramount, where he worked from 1932 through 1939, he made his first Westerns, and played a number of other parts in all types of pic- tures. He continued his swimming, too, and amassed the incredible record of breaking 16 world records and winning 3^ National Championships! All in all, Buster Crabbe won over 200 races! In 19^10 he moved to the Universal Lot, and in 1942 made his first series of Billy the Kid pictures — which are enjoying renewed popularity today on the television screen. He also played the role of Tarzan in two pic- tures, and brought the characters of Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers to lifevon the screen — but the saddle in his true home, and there he intends to remain, for he was an expert horseman long before he gained fame as a swimmer and an actor. Unlike most actors. Buster Crabbe is actually every bit the he-man he portrays in his movie roles! His superb physique, and extraordinary strength, was acquired by living the part, not by acting it! inEhlv bv Fimous Funnio Publicaiians, 500 Fifih Ave,, New Yoik 18, 1, Cunn. PRINTED IN L Buster crabbeano his sidekick whiskers,on the trail of an elusive killer, catch up with much more than they bar0a1ne0 for when thev scale the hqqhts of the san juan mountains in colorado. . . MAYBE THEY ) /THAT COl/lff EXPLA\N IT-- WAS STRUCK OV^O ONE BIG HEAP OF TROUBLE rrl ^rij^ 1 { \ \\ HELP YOLiRSELVES TO A COUPLE OF | SHOVELS. WE DON'T MJNO USING AMERICAN LABOR, TOO.' ALL CON-' TRIBUTIONS GRATEFULLY APPRECI-j -ATED. HA.' IT S NO SHALL ENGINEERING FEAT, THIS MINING INSTALLATION r FIRST WE HAD TO SECURE A SECRET SUBMARINE BASE IN MEXICO. THEN WE FLEWttVER^AT NIGHT DROP MEN HERE TO BUILD A LANDING STRIP, MOST OF THE MEN ARE DOWN NEAR THE DrNAMITE. WHEN THE WIRE'S CONNECTED, I'LL MAKE A RUSH AT THE GUARD YOU DIVE FOR THE DE TONATOR. rk / YOU GO ON AHEAD, BUSTER.' tl'LL SEE VUH LATER AT THE \ N. roomin' house? THE STABLE IS ON THE NEXT J OH NO I AIN'T I ^ SLOCK MISTER' YOU RE IN y WANNA TRADE IN TH(S\ THE WRONG PLACE' ^ -^ HERE CONVEYANCE FER '"^ — .^ .^-^i"^ ONE OF THEM SUPER- ^^^ 1 NsO'J'C THINGAMAJIGS^vl ^3r> ' fflai.^^ ^ X _J^idiliial W 7 1 VfcTy^^¥^ / f T^ / '1 ni lE^l^ , j If- "•A fl#^ ^^1 clC^^^^^^H M !^r" 1 i^( Bra "Mf^Kk ^eUr^-^i 1 1 OH, THAT'S OIFFERENTV THAT'S PLUMB >^ W£'LL GIVE YOU A VERY ( GENEROUS Of YUH, to LIBERAL ALLOWANCEOnV NEIGHBOR? jf THE ANIMAL. 5IR< MUCH Js — C'^. MORE THAN HE'S *°"'""ifll '/(^Cv J^ ^ ^a^MnSfi- IBp^llJp\, .'^ """^-H*- — -p5^ 0L YES, WE'LL y TEN DOLLARS? WHY, YOU ) ALLOW YOU lORNERY COYOTE, THAT TEN DOLLARS/ THERE'S THE FJNEST HORSE- ON THE rf\ FLESH THIS SIDE OF KEN- TRADE-IN A > TUCK Y ? HE'S WORTH 0, NOW...} ( HUNDRED DOLLARS IF HE'S / ^ YOU KIN SCOFF rF YOU V izj WANTS TO, BUT, BY GUM, J ~( I'M AGOIN' TO HAVE -^ 3 ME 4 AUTYMOBILE LIKE T B. NOBODY EVER SEED. E. ^^^^ BEFORE? ^.^ffffy^ you're THE RIGHT, \(^ RE.., X-A. ^m i^ Mr^<> — P Ua i- ■■■■ R M/ '^' pfKsfSrlt mm ^^ ■■'---■ l:-IW--^-^"~^-'' ^^ :i.„. l.®f.^ >^ ..^> IN AUSTIN WAS FINANCED BY CHICAGO CAPITALISTS WHO RECEIVED IN PAYMENT TEN COUNTIES OF TEXAS LAND , THEY ■ USED THIS LAND TO START A RANCH AND SELECTED ■, i ■xin "' •• MEANING TEN IN TEXAS. SUSTLEES BEING A PBOBLEM N THOSE BAYS.BRANK WERE NOT ONLY DESIGNED TO MEAN ( BUT TO BE AS DIFFICULT" 'AS POSSIBLE TO^EEDESISN' .BRAND OVER .THE ONE RUSTLER WHO AVkNAGEDj TO CHANGE THE " XIT ', BRAND WAS OFFERED I ■ ,000 AFTEE HISl CAPTURE TO REVEALl HOW HE DID IT.HEREJ S HOW IT WAS DONE ■ 1MLL ROGERS, THE MOST BELOVED COWBOY OF THE/A ALL, CHOSE HIS BRAND OUT OF PUCE SENTIMENT, WHEN HE WAS A CHILD IN OKLAHOMA HE LIKED TO SIT AT NIGHT AND GAZE INTO THE FIREPLACE, 90 HE DESIGNED HIS BRAND LIKE THIS r £ IT WAS SIMPLE . BUT IT WAS FOOL-PROOF, NO RUSTLER EVEB SUCCEEDED • IN '"REDESIGNING •• IT .' 5^"' Wheee men ONCE 0UAREELED\ _ OVER THE OWNERSHIP OF A SCRAWNY , VALUELESS BULL. THE QUARREL ENDED IN BLOODSHED . TWO MEN DIED AND THE THIRD WAS ALSO KILLED WHEN HE RESISTED ARREST. COWBOYS. OUTRAGED AT THE THREE DEATHS THE WORTHLESS BULL HAD CAUSED BRANDED IT WITH A HUGE "MURDER " AND' RAN IT OFF THE RANCH. THIS ANIMAL HAS BECOME A LEGEND IN TEXAS. AND STILL "SEEN "ALTHOUGH IT CAN ONLY BEf A GHOST BY NOW AND THB ARROW Opl^&Mfl^o Murder .each vrcriM with Mi arrow in his back-who was the mad killer who risked his VICTIM'S GUNS TO STALK AND KILL THEM WfTH A PRIMITIVE BOW AND ARROW? AN INDIAN GONEBERSEBK AND REVERTING TO THE WAYS OF HIS ANCESTORS?OR AN HOMOCJDAL GENIUS EMPLOYINQ THIS UNORTHO- DOX MEANS TO PROTECT HIMSELF FROM SUSPICION' HIS IS THE SIXTH MAN KILLED BT AN y ARROW IN A MONTH' IFWE DON'T RUN j THOSE INDIANS OFF THE RESERVATION, ^ IT WON'T BE LONG BEFORE ALL OF ^ US ARE dead' SEEMS LIKE TROUBLE BREWING... Ml BUSTER CRABfiE? \ / YOU didn't ask. \ I DON'T WANT NO 1 NOW E UPROSE WE \ OUARREL WITH YOU*^ ALL CALM DOWN. / WHY DIDN'T VOUr^ we've got a MUR-'N. TELL ME WHO ) DERGR TO CATCH. A \ YOU WERE? /r2l*r .. MYSTERY TO SOLVE. ^ ~Tj|V>. 1 — 'tjjvv -^JHAT TAKES A COOL ^J\ ihI -r-iHEAD, not/ '^VT littL ^^irrlTr f^ HEAD*) m mKSk^^^ MjH^ flPp / / A\ ^^It' ^M ff%r '^^^^ ^ ^ SiY. TEVENS — YOU FOUND THE \ ( sure.be \ BODY ID APPRECIftTE IT IF YOU J , GLAD TO. 1 SHOW «E WHERE HE WAS J T^Tii, /- o«rt ULCHED. J~^ r^T'VJijw ^ I gSSi: ^» ^W 1 y/ ^^'lffl| // h f^S B jkUffr-' 1 ,^ ^^^v^ "^A-x "" -= i ^ Wk A A little later. I'LL SUE THE COUNTY FOR THiS^ YOuVe GOT NO RIGHT TO ARREST NOW WE PUSK THE n' ARROW DOWN THE T - \ RIFLE BARREL AS 1 / WE CHAMBER )\ CARTRIDGE ^ /^ ~^|? ^^^ j^ i^m 1 k^BHjg m i 1 ^ -W W A r-. Tke SINISTER CARGO eOLDURN YOU AN' \/ OUIET, YOU OLD GOAT.' \ YER CRAZY HOSSr \i YOU'VE HAD ALL THE ] S(VE ME BACK THAT A SLEEP YOU'RE GOING / BLANKET r IT'S / \tO GET T/^/S NIGHT r JM ^ COLDf ^ ^^ ——r^^ l1~~ — 1 / V dsa iwJ',% iW//'^^^?^P^X \miis i#'IU<^,<;^^'^^ fllP^ >r^O.,N*^*3^^;^ /^ffm s^-^wti — «, ^Xlf^X ^^^ ^^^^* \l ^^^j?Slf''A/^^'~Jft gfegi. 4i LEGITIMATE PERSONS WOULDN'T BE COMING ■ ASHORE AB THIS DESOLATE SPOTFROM AN,JB FOREIGN ASENTSf Vftddily sticks'here HISKERS.YOU BREAK AND TRAIL THOSE KEEP FAR SEN ND SO WON T BE SEEN BUT LOSE THEM A silent dive into the waves, ond the most powerful body in (he world propels itself swiftly beneath the surfoce of the woter... °^^^r^^- BILLY THE KID A true sfory of I PLAYED "Billy llu- Kid" in a series of West- ern pictures, portraying the fimous young out- law in his "legendary" role of a Western Robin Hood — a daring individual who took back from the villainous rich what they had stolen from the inno- cent poor, and returning the loot to its rightful owners. The real Billy the Kid, although he may have had some redeeming features, hardly measured up to the tall-tale legends of himself which grew to such fantastic proportions after he had come to the end of his brief but bloody career. Billy the Kid's name was William H. Bonney, and this "Westerner" was born in New Yori Cily in 1859. He was brought to Kansas a! the age of three, and spent his boyhood in (he Western States. He killed his first man at the tc;nder age of twelve! This incident occurred in Silver City, New Mexico, when a man insulted hrs mother. For this breach of etiquette, young Billy shot him dead, Billy must have enjoyed his first taste of blood for he went on shooting people dead^often for no more reason than that ihey had the effrontery to Calk back to him. After some years of wandering about Arizona, Mexico, Texas and New Mexico, committing crimes, gambling, fighting and building a sizable reputa- tion for himself, Billy got himself involved in the Lincoln County war. The trouble in Liricoln County started when John Chisum and his partner Alex McSwain decided to establish a monopoly of the stock-grazing business, and crown themselves the cattle kings of the Pecos Valley. To have complete command of so rich and ver- dant a range would be a fortune in itself. Qiisum proceeded lo drive in 80,000 head of cattle. The herds of the smaller tancheros were engulfed by this multitude of hoofs and horns. Naturally, the small ranches tried to reclaim their animals. This led to violent arguments between the herders. The small ranchers banded together under the leadership of Murphy, Dolan and company — a group of men with important cattle interests and anxious to defend them. Both sides enlisted all the strength and influence they could command and prepared for all out war. Chisum and McSwain hired Billy the Kid, thus acquiring what they considered a very valuable asset for their side. The Kid, and his dare-devil wa)-s, perfect marksmanship, command of a horse, plus wW seemed to be an absolute delight in mur- oei, soon elevated him to head of the class. The conflict proceeded with alternate success and