Red Ryder Comics #136

(November 1954)

Exciting Stories Every Month in Red Ryder Comics (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

The Musical Clue (Table of Contents: 2)

Red Ryder / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

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Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

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Job Number

R.R.C. # 136-5411

First Line of Dialogue or Text

We head-um back to Rimrock now, Red Ryder?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Red Ryder; Little Beaver; Tom Parks (prospector); Sarah Parks; Drake (gunman); Bert Sharps (crook); Dave Parks

Synopsis

Bert Sharps' gunmen killed Tom Parks to get his hidden gold. Tom left clues to where his gold is hidden on a piece of sheet music he sent to his niece and nephew. The crooks want it.

Keywords

ambush; gold; morse code; murder

Indexer Notes

Signed "Fred Harman," but is by ghost artists.

Hitchhike to Danger (Table of Contents: 3)

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

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Western Publishing Production Shop

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hai! That be heap good snowman, Little Beaver!

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Little Beaver; Po-ko; Brad (robber); Turk (robber); Dan (stage driver); Sheriff Newt

Synopsis

The stage is robbed and Little Beaver and Po-ko trail the robbers in the snow, using snowballs and snowmen to catch them.

Keywords

robbers; snow; snowmen; snowshoes; stage coach; winter

Indexer Notes

Unidentified ghost artist with simple small-eyed horses, and not the usual overdone inking.

The Prairie King (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

Fred Harman (signed)

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Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction; western-frontier

Characters

Buffalo Bill

Synopsis

The story of Buffalo Bill told by Fred Harman.

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 and this series. Info "Comics of the American West" by Maurice Horn. Text with two illustrations.
"Copyright 1954, by Telecomics, Inc., N.Y."

The Calumet (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Fred Harman ?

Pencils

Tony Sgroi

Inks

Tony Sgroi

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

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Genre

non-fiction; western-frontier

Synopsis

The importance of the peace pipe, or the Calumet.

Indexer Notes

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. The narrow faces of Sgroi, with thin eyes and high cheekbones are easy to spot. Art ID by Steinar Ådland January 2011.

Wild Bill Hickock (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils

Till Goodan (signed)

Inks

Till Goodan (signed)

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

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Genre

non-fiction; western-frontier

Characters

Wild Bill Hickock

Synopsis

The story of Wild Bill Hickock.

The San Carlos (Table of Contents: 7)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Till Goodan (signed as Till Goodan)

Inks

Till Goodan (signed as Till Goodan)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

The San Carlos Apache Reservation in central Arizona ...

Genre

non-fiction; western-frontier

Synopsis

Illustrated article on the San Carlos ranch on the Apache Indian Reservation in Central Arizona.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover, black and white.

Here's How We Got Lionel Trains (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Lionel Trains / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)