Red Ryder Comics #96

(July 1951)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Red Ryder Ranch News / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Fred Harman (signed)

Pencils

Fred Harman (signed); ? (photos)

Inks

Fred Harman (signed); ? (photos)

Letters

Fred Harman (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Howdy folks: Some of our western country has changed little since pioneering days...

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Fred Harman; Sheriff Alan Fennel; Little Beaver

Synopsis

Fred Harman on his ranch.

Indexer Notes

Here the credit is Fred Harman, as he wrote the letter and made drawings. Inside front and back covers.

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Red Ryder / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Hampton

Inks

John Hampton ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Auntie Duchess give-um Little Beaver cow-calf!

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Red Ryder; Little Beaver; Auntie Duchess; Slick (rustler); Rob (rustler); Hank (rustler); Blackie (rustler)

Synopsis

Little Beaver is following the trail of rustlers when he is caught and brought to their hide out. He is set to do the chores like packing water and wood till they are ready to pull out.

Indexer Notes

John Hampton is one of the ghost artists working on the comic book, and compared with Kiyotee Kids in #40 by Hampton, this is most likely him. Art ID by Steinar Ådland January 2011.

The Legend of the Lake of Tears (Table of Contents: 3)

The West That Lives Forever / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Fred Harman (signed)

Pencils

Bill Lignante

Inks

Bill Lignante (signed as Lig)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction; western-frontier

Synopsis

The legend of a lake near Red Ryder Ranch as told by Fred Harman himself.

Indexer Notes

The written letters Lig is visible just beside the fishing-spear at right. Art ID by Steinar Ådland January 2011. Harman is supposed to have made the script on some fact features in Red Ryder Comics, as Wigwam Ways and this one.

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Little Beaver / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ai-ee! Little Beaver, this be first time we visit-um town in many moons!

Genre

children; western-frontier

Characters

Little Beaver; Po-ko; Sheriff Newt; Fasken (robber); Lou (robber); Shorty (robber); Jobe (robber);

Synopsis

Little Beaver and Po-ko are in town to buy supplies when they witness a bank holdup. Little Beaver remembers the face of one of the robbers, and they are now out to get him.

Indexer Notes

Unknown ghost artist with peculiar cute and small horses, very broad between the eyes, and the short legs sometimes moving like on a merry-go-round. Could be clues to the artist.

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Wigwam Ways / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Fred Harman ?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Opechancanough, powerful leader of the Chicahominies of Virginia

Genre

non-fiction; western-frontier

Characters

Opechancanough

Indexer Notes

Fred Harman used ghost writers and artists on most in the comic books, but he is supposed to have done some features himself, like the script on Wigwam Ways. Info "Comics of the American West" by Maurice Horn.

A Thrilling Magazine (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Red Ryder Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)