(August 1950)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 52
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- A Dell Comic
- Editing:
- ?
- Format:
- Color; standard Golden Age and later Silver Age formats; saddle-stitched; newsprint; was an On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "GENE AUTRY'S CHAMPION in the GHOST OF BLACK MOUNTAIN, No. 287." Code number is C.O.S. #287-508. Copyright 1950 by Gene Autry.
[Champion with Trees in Background]
Champion / illustration / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- ? (photo)
- Inks:
- ? (photo)
Content Information
- Genre:
- animal; western
- Characters:
- Champion (horse)
- Synopsis:
- Champion, with halter but no saddle, with a background of trees.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Full-page pin-up photo.
The Ghost of Black Mountain
Champion the World's Wonder Horse / comic story / 48 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Champion (horse); Ricky West; Uncle Smoky Ashton; Rebel (dog)
- Synopsis:
- Two outlaws set up a fortified hideout on Black Mountain. They scare off Ricky and Champion who are out hunting stray cattle, but the boy and horse return the next day. The "Ghost" knocks Ricky into an underground river, but Champion saves him. The next day Ricky and his Uncle Smoky return to the mountain and discover the hideout.
Indexer Notes
Gene Autry appears in pinups and on the cover, but is not mentioned in the interior story.
Gene Autry and Champion Train Little Champion
Champion / illustration / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (photo)
- Inks:
- ? (photo)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Gene Autry (photo); Champion (horse, photo); Little Champion (horse, photo)
- Synopsis:
- Gene Autry standing at left with Champion and Little Champion at right.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Full-page pin-up photo with typeset caption.
[Champion and Bus]
Champion / illustration / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- ? (photo)
- Inks:
- ? (photo)
- Colors:
- ? (photo)
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Champion (horse, photo)
- Synopsis:
- Champion, in full saddle gear, posed against the back of a bus or trailer that has "Gene Autry and Champ." sign on it.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Full-page color pin-up photograph.
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
[Champion with Trees in Background]
Champion -
2.
The Ghost of Black Mountain
Champion the World's Wonder Horse -
3.
Gene Autry and Champion Train Little Champion
Champion -
4.
[Champion and Bus]
Champion
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- Merlin Haas
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- Merlin Haas
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- Gary Perlman
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- Craig Delich
- James Ludwig
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Kenneth Blair
- Mike Nielsen
- David Porta
- Matthew Torrance
- Ken Kwilinski
- Gary L. Watson
- Gregg Whitmore
- Max Capp
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