Pop Culture

COMICS
"First Stone" Weird Western Tales National Comics Vol 1. No 1 June 1944
"Catches Hell" Weird Western Tales National Comics Vol 1, No 2 Aug 1944
"Russian to Death' Weird Western Tales National Comics  Vol 1, No 3 Oct 1944
"Golden Ghost "Tomahawk Vol 2 No.44 D.C. Comics 1966
El Head Vol 1 No 1-7 Dell Comics 1968 based on the Three Lancaster movies
 
RADIO
"A Head of the Game" Month long serial about the Lone Ranger investigating a gambling ring only to discover that it is run by the mythical El Head.    June 1933
"Diablo Cabeza" Three day serial on the Zorro radio Show   August 1944
Rough Riding Tom and the Head of Havana Crime. Two week storyline on Tom Mix Radio Show  April 1947
 
MUSIC
Devil Head Blues by Lightning Thompkins (1925) Texas blues song about El Head
El Head sung by Frankie Lane, written by Johnny Mercer (1967) Theme song for the movies A PRICE ON THE HEAD and HEAD HUNTERS OF THE WEST
Head Hunters by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. Musical number which was opening theme of film THE VENGEANCE OF EL HEAD
Newest Testament by Aphrodite's Child. Concept album much like 666 which used actual texts from the Newest Testament as lyrics
Como Se Head by Santana. Theme song of the film EL HEAD AND LIZARD BOY

TELEVISION 
"Cabelleros de la Cabeza" The Cisco Kid, March 1952
Cisco Kid and Pancho run up against El Head and his Head Hunters.
"Sheik Down in the Desert" Cheyenne  January 1956
based on an El Head legend. An Arabian Prince on a camel lost in the American desert is aided by Cheyenne. Both are hunted by a floating head. This is given a rational explanation at the end of the episode.  
"Lizard Boy" Circus Boy, June 1957 
El Head does not appear but the character of Lizard Boy and his actual experiences as an acrobat and freak form the basis for the episode.  
"Plantation Voodoo" Yancy Derringer, May 1958
Yancy helps a young lady reclaim her family plantation which had been taken over by Voodoo cultists. Although El Head does not appear portions of the story were taken from The Yellow Rots of Texas.  
"Horror of Hays City" Bat Masterson, February 1960 
based on the Ned Buntline dime novel, Bat Masterson takes the place of Buffalo Bill  
"Head Man Tames the Crows"  The Twilight Zone, April 1962 
Rod Serling scripted tale of an El Head story  
"Head and M at the Pass" Branded, March 1965 
McCord and a mysterious stranger get caught between two warring bands of Apaches and Comancheros.  
"The Horseless Headman" F-Troop, April, 1966 
Comic retelling of the El Head legend with Corporal Aragon posing as El Head 
"Ponderous and Perilous" Bonanza, May 1969
Ben Cartwright and Little Joe have trouble on the ranch when a fugitive is trailed by one of the notorious bounty hunters known as the Head Hunters. 
"Davidovich?" The Barbary Coast November 1975 
Cable and Cash have their hands full when they deal with a Russian gambler and get caught up in his feud with a mysterious and eerie foe.


Cartoon Series 

El Head 1966
This short lived animated series dispensed with much of the El Head legend. In it a head seeks his body while righting wrongs in the old west. Instead of Lizard Boy El Head was accompanied by a talking cactus. It was rather notorious for it jerky animation, limited scenery and bad lip synching.

All New El Head Western Hour 1977
El Head is an animated Horror Host in this anthology of weird western tales.

El Head: The Disembodied Avenger 1988
Animated series that is generally faithful to the legends of El Head. Good animation.

El Head: The True Adventures 2000
A reboot of the Disembodied Avenger series this time using anime inspired animation.