Western Roundup #2 [35¢]
([February] 1953)

Dell, 1952 Series
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Price
0.35 USD
Pages
100
Indicia Frequency
?
On-sale Date
1952-12-30
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell Comic

Issue Notes

While there is no actual month date in the indicia, the code on page 1 of the Gene Autry story is W.R.#2-532, indicating a February date. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1953 Pamphlets, page 570.
This issue is a variant of Western Roundup (Dell, 1952 series) #2 [25¢].
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[Roy Rogers, Trigger and Bullet Photo] (Table of Contents: 1)

Roy Rogers / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Genre
western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Uncredited black and white photo. Photos of Roy Rogers and Gene Autry rotate in this position for several issues.

The Railroad Mystery (Table of Contents: 2)

Gene Autry / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Nicholas Firfires
Inks
Nicholas Firfires
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Gene Autry; Sheriff Sam Jackson; Ben Keller
Synopsis
Gene helps solve a series of train robberies.

The Bear Claw Necklace (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
August Lenox
Inks
August Lenox
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
western-frontier
Synopsis
Instructions for making a faux bear claw necklace.
Reprints

Goin' to Leave Ol' Texas (Table of Contents: 4)

Song / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (traditional lyrics)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
western-frontier
Reprints
  • from Singing Together (Ginn and Company) 1951

The Killer Horse (Table of Contents: 5)

Gene Autry's Champion / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Ushler
Inks
John Ushler
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
animal; western-frontier
Characters
Ricky West; Champion; Rebel; Joe Stanley; Sheriff Mellish; Ira Lane; Dan Gouch
Synopsis
Ricky helps the sheriff solve a murder.
Reprints

The Great Buffalo Hunt (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Till Goodan
Inks
Till Goodan
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
western-frontier
Synopsis
Short essay about buffalo hunting.

Graveyard of Stagecoaches (Table of Contents: 7)

Roy Rogers / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mike Arens
Inks
Mike Arens
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Roy Rogers; Maggie Temple
Synopsis
Roy searches for twenty missing stagecoaches.

Indian Knife Sheath (Table of Contents: 8)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
August Lenox
Inks
August Lenox
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
western-frontier
Synopsis
Instructions for making a knife sheath.

Plenty of Savvy (Table of Contents: 9)

Trigger and Bullet / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sparky Moore
Inks
Sparky Moore
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
animal; western-frontier
Characters
Uncle Mike Hanford; Digger Lynch; Trigger; Bullet
Synopsis
Trigger and Bullet save a group of trapped miners.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

A Portfolio of Famous Bucking Horses / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
animal; western-frontier
Synopsis
Introduction to a series of drawings of famous horses.

Tumbleweed (Table of Contents: 11)

A Portfolio of Famous Bucking Horses / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Till Goodan (signed)
Inks
Till Goodan (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Till Goodan
Genre
animal; western-frontier
Synopsis
Short article about Tumbleweed.

Midnight (Table of Contents: 12)

A Portfolio of Famous Bucking Horses / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Till Goodan (signed)
Inks
Till Goodan (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Till Goodan
Genre
animal; western-frontier
Synopsis
Short essay about the bucking bronc Midnight.

Diamond Dick (Table of Contents: 13)

A Portfolio of Famous Bucking Horses / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Till Goodan (signed)
Inks
Till Goodan (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Till Goodan
Genre
animal; western-frontier
Synopsis
Short story about the life of the horse Diamond Dick.

Cyclone (Table of Contents: 14)

A Portfolio of Famous Bucking Horses / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Till Goodan (signed)
Inks
Till Goodan (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Till Goodan
Genre
animal; western-frontier
Synopsis
Story of one of the famous rodeo outlaw horses.

No-Name (Table of Contents: 15)

A Portfolio of Famous Bucking Horses / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Till Goodan (signed)
Inks
Till Goodan (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Till Goodan
Genre
animal; western-frontier
Reprints
  • Life story of the horse with no name.

War Paint (Table of Contents: 16)

A Portfolio of Famous Bucking Horses / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Till Goodan (signed)
Inks
Till Goodan (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Till Goodan
Genre
animal; western-frontier
Synopsis
The story of War Paint, a horse once owned by Gene Autry.
Reprints

Steamboat (Table of Contents: 17)

A Portfolio of Famous Bucking Horses / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Till Goodan (signed)
Inks
Till Goodan (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Till Goodan
Genre
animal; western-frontier
Synopsis
Story of the first horse to gain a national reputation as a bucker.

The Fifth Cavalry's Epic Ride (Table of Contents: 18)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
August Lenox (signed)
Inks
August Lenox (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
western-frontier
Synopsis
Brief history of Colonel Wesley Merritt.

The Rattler Strikes (Table of Contents: 19)

Johnny Mack Brown / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tony Sgroi
Inks
Tony Sgroi
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Johnny Mack Brown; Hank Quinn; Iris Van; The Rattler (a gunfighter); Gus Quinn
Synopsis
Johnny goes up against a gunfighter with a gimmick.
Reprints

Put Your Little Foot (Table of Contents: 20)

Song / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
? (traditional lyrics)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Words and music to a song used as a cowboy waltz.

The Feudin' Killer (Table of Contents: 21)

Wild Bill Elliott / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Hi Mankin
Inks
Hi Mankin
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Bill Elliott; Charlie Dobson; Mac Rader; Vesta Rader; Porky Pine
Synopsis
Bill tracks a killer to a health spa.

Fabulous Lost Gold Mines of the West (Table of Contents: 22)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
August Lenox (signed)
Inks
August Lenox (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
western-frontier
Synopsis
Short discussion of several gold strikes.

The Mystery of Moanin' Butte (Table of Contents: 23)

Rex Allen / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Rex Allen; Anderson; Doc Krupp
Synopsis
Rex solves the mystery of a broken Indian jug.

Great Indian War Chiefs (Table of Contents: 24)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
August Lenox (signed)
Inks
August Lenox (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
western-frontier
Synopsis
Short essay about several Indian war chiefs.

[Gene Autry and Champion Photo] (Table of Contents: 25)

Gene Autry / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Genre
western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

Uncredited black and white photo. Photos of Gene Autry and Roy Rogers alternate in this slot.

Buckin Bronc (Table of Contents: 26)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Howard M. Kinney [as Howard M. Kinney of Shostal] (credited) (photograph)
Inks
Howard M. Kinney [as Howard M. Kinney of Shostal] (credited) (photograph)
Colors
Howard M. Kinney [as Howard M. Kinney of Shostal] (credited) (photograph)
Letters
typeset
Genre
western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

A full-page color photo attributed to Howard M. Kinney from Shostal.

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Table of Contents
  1. 1. [Roy Rogers, Trigger and Bullet Photo]
    Roy Rogers
  2. 2. The Railroad Mystery
    Gene Autry
  3. 3. The Bear Claw Necklace
  4. 4. Goin' to Leave Ol' Texas
    Song
  5. 5. The Killer Horse
    Gene Autry's Champion
  6. 6. The Great Buffalo Hunt
  7. 7. Graveyard of Stagecoaches
    Roy Rogers
  8. 8. Indian Knife Sheath
  9. 9. Plenty of Savvy
    Trigger and Bullet
  10. 10. [no title indexed]
    A Portfolio of Famous Bucking Horses
  11. 11. Tumbleweed
    A Portfolio of Famous Bucking Horses
  12. 12. Midnight
    A Portfolio of Famous Bucking Horses
  13. 13. Diamond Dick
    A Portfolio of Famous Bucking Horses
  14. 14. Cyclone
    A Portfolio of Famous Bucking Horses
  15. 15. No-Name
    A Portfolio of Famous Bucking Horses
  16. 16. War Paint
    A Portfolio of Famous Bucking Horses
  17. 17. Steamboat
    A Portfolio of Famous Bucking Horses
  18. 18. The Fifth Cavalry's Epic Ride
  19. 19. The Rattler Strikes
    Johnny Mack Brown
  20. 20. Put Your Little Foot
    Song
  21. 21. The Feudin' Killer
    Wild Bill Elliott
  22. 22. Fabulous Lost Gold Mines of the West
  23. 23. The Mystery of Moanin' Butte
    Rex Allen
  24. 24. Great Indian War Chiefs
  25. 25. [Gene Autry and Champion Photo]
    Gene Autry
  26. 26. Buckin Bronc
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