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From the Rockin’ H Archives: Sometime in the early 1950s, even a Republic Studios serial based on the Postercowboy character was planned. Apparently, Tom Tyler was supposed to play the lead role.
A movie poster for the entire serial was commissioned, but eventually the project fell through and no posters were ever printed. All that survived is the preliminary design shown below.
This looks like it was loosely based on the US Onesheet for THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN MARVEL, another Republic Serial from 1941, that also starred Tom Tyler. It actually copies the title and cast of the first CAPTAIN MARVEL chapter. If the project had been realized, this part would have been corrected of course.
I find it quite interesting to see that whoever designed this poster actually stayed so close to the comic book covers, including the desert scenery with the rocks and the rising (or maybe setting) sun in the back.
The artist also managed to capture the dark and gloomy atmosphere of the comic books:
