(February 1953)

Dell, 1946 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell Comic
Editing
George Delacorte (president); Helen Meyer (vice-president); Albert P. Delacorte (vice-president)

Issue Notes

Copyright, 1953, by Gene Autry.
Designed and produced by Western Printing & Lithographing Co.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Gene Autry / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photo); ?
Inks
? (photo); ?
Colors
? (photo); ?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Gene Autry (photo)
Reprints

Eleven Fun-Packed Ways to Enjoy Walt Disney's Peter Pan (Table of Contents: 1)

Whitman Publishing Company; Peter Pan / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Peter Pan

Indexer Notes

On inside front cover.

Medicine Road (Table of Contents: 2)

Gene Autry / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Nicholas Firfires
Inks
Nicholas Firfires
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
G.A.#72-532
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Gene Autry; Champion [Champ] (horse); Flapjack Hobbs; Jocko (mule); Bill Thom; Jed Warren; Tom Long; Ernie Morse; Obadiah North (villain); Red (villain); Ben (villain); Les (villain)
Synopsis
Flappjack has been doped by knockout drops in the saloon, and robbed of five hundred dollars worth of gold. Now Gene is going to find out if and how it is done...

Backfire (Table of Contents: 3)

Gene Autry / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Gene Autry; Champion [Champ] (horse); Tricks Raylen; Elsie; Sheriff Werner; Jones; Watson; Cabe Regan (villain)

The Unsolved Murder (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Sheriff Rex Tompkins; Mr. Hopp (death); Flint Weston (villain)

Indexer Notes

Copyright, 1953, by Western Printing & Litho. Co.

The Lechuza Silver Cache (Table of Contents: 5)

[A Panhandle Pete Yarn] / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tony Sgroi
Inks
Tony Sgroi
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Panhandle Pete; Tommy Travis; Janey; Jughead (mule); Captain George Gordon; Ed Brown
Synopsis
Panhandle Pete is back from the search for the Rock Pens, and the kids are eager to hear his story...

Indexer Notes

Copyright, 1953, by Western Printing & Litho. Co.

The Brave Battle of Buckshot Roberts (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Till Goodan (signed)
Inks
Till Goodan (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; western-frontier
Characters
Buckshot Roberts [Andrew L. Roberts]

Indexer Notes

Copyright, 1953, by Western Printing & Litho. Co.

[Big News 5 One Year Subscriptions] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Subscription page for various Dell comics.

George Mikan Sparks in Backboard Battle (Table of Contents: 8)

Wheaties; What Sparks a Champion Sparks You! / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
sports
Characters
George Mikan; Minneapolis Lakers; Jim

Indexer Notes

Back cover.
Color ad in comic form for Wheaties breakfast cereal featuring Minneapolis Lakers basketball player George Mikan.
Part of "What Sparks a Champion Sparks You!" series.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Gene Autry
  2. 1. Eleven Fun-Packed Ways to Enjoy Walt Disney's Peter Pan
    Whitman Publishing Company; Peter Pan
  3. 2. Medicine Road
    Gene Autry
  4. 3. Backfire
    Gene Autry
  5. 4. The Unsolved Murder
  6. 5. The Lechuza Silver Cache
    [A Panhandle Pete Yarn]
  7. 6. The Brave Battle of Buckshot Roberts
  8. 7. [Big News 5 One Year Subscriptions]
    Dell
  9. 8. George Mikan Sparks in Backboard Battle
    Wheaties; What Sparks a Champion Sparks You!
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