(April 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); Champion (a horse, photo)
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I'm Takin' it Easy This Easter! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Milky Way / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Dead Man's Curve (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Nicholas Firfires
Inks
Nicholas Firfires
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Gene Autry; Champion [Champ] (horse); Grin Davis; Ferd Simpson; Deke Jackson (villain); Clem Wilson (villain)
Synopsis
The stagecoach has been driven over the cliff, and the payroll stolen, but no tracks could be found.

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.23)

Treetop Trickery (Table of Contents: 3)

Gene Autry / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Gene Autry; Champion [Champ] (horse); Sheriff Hy Lawson; Vic Crane (death); Betty Tigh; Rufe Tigh; Bob Welsh; Moss Tigh (villain)

The Silver of Los Moros (Table of Contents: 4)

[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; Captain Jess Billingsley; Chief White Wolf; Ana; Jose; Musset; Grumble (death)
Synopsis
Pete tells a story about a map drawn on scraped javelina hide, and that showed one of the Comanche silver mines.

Indexer Notes

Copyright, 1953, by Western Printing & Litho. Co.
Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.23)

The Ghost Mine (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Ed Franklin; Jane Franklin; Johnny Franklin; Karl; Jeff Goodall

Indexer Notes

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

Murder Map (Table of Contents: 6)

Gene Autry / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Gene Autry; Champion [Champ] (horse); Grubby Keats; Sloan (villain)

Frame-Up (Table of Contents: 7)

Gene Autry / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Gene Autry; Champion [Champ] (horse); Terry Blaine; Art Blaine; Butch (dog); Vic Winters (villain); Hutch (villain)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Whitman Publishing Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Gretchen Fraser Sparks in Ski Race (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Gene Autry
  2. 1. I'm Takin' it Easy This Easter!
    Milky Way
  3. 2. Dead Man's Curve
    Gene Autry
  4. 3. Treetop Trickery
    Gene Autry
  5. 4. The Silver of Los Moros
    [A Panhandle Pete Yarn]
  6. 5. The Ghost Mine
  7. 6. Murder Map
    Gene Autry
  8. 7. Frame-Up
    Gene Autry
  9. 8. ["Here's a pen any cowhand would be glad to own"]
    Gene Autry
  10. 9. ["Go ahead...you can really pet the fuzzy yellow cat!"]
    Whitman Publishing Company
  11. 10. Gretchen Fraser Sparks in Ski Race
    Wheaties; What Sparks a Champion Sparks You!
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