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Underground Rivers - University of New Mexico

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"The <strong>Underground</strong> River"<br />

Western Hero # 85<br />

December 1949<br />

The first cover is Tom Mix, star<br />

<strong>of</strong> more than 300 films<br />

between 1910 and 1935, all<br />

but nine <strong>of</strong> which were silent<br />

features. As he died in 1940,<br />

his underground river saga<br />

was posthumous.<br />

Chapter 24 -- <strong>Underground</strong> <strong>Rivers</strong> in the Comics<br />

Champion<br />

Comic Series, 1951-1959<br />

Television Series, 1955-1956<br />

Champion was Gene Autrey's<br />

horse, but he didn't need the<br />

singing cowboy for his own<br />

comic. In "Lost River,"<br />

episode 5 television version,<br />

an underground river can save<br />

Champion's herd from a fatal<br />

drought -- but only if he can<br />

find it.<br />

DRAFT 1122//66//22001122<br />

"The Caveman Indians"<br />

Tomahawk # 71<br />

November 1960<br />

While exploring for new<br />

hunting grounds Tomahawk, a<br />

cowboy-type <strong>of</strong> Revolutionary<br />

War times, and young Dan are<br />

caught in a landslide and fall<br />

into an underground river.<br />

After making it ashore, they<br />

are captured by Caveman<br />

warriors. Can they escape?<br />

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