Gene Autry Comics #74

(April 1953)

I'm Takin' it Easy This Easter! (Table of Contents)

Milky Way / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Content Information

Characters:

Easter Bunny

Indexer Notes

On inside front cover.

Dead Man's Curve (Table of Contents)

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

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Script:

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Nicholas Firfires

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Nicholas Firfires

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Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Gene Autry; Champion [as Champ] (a 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)

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

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Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Gene Autry; Champion [also as Champ] (a horse); Sheriff Hy Lawson; Vic Crane (death); Betty Tigh; Rufe Tigh; Bob Welsh; Moss Tigh (villain)

The Silver of Los Moros (Table of Contents)

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

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Tony Sgroi

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Tony Sgroi

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Content Information

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)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

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typeset

Content Information

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)

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

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Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Gene Autry; Champion [as Champ] (a horse); Grubby Keats; Sloan (villain)

Frame-Up (Table of Contents)

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

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Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Gene Autry; Champion [as Champ] (a horse); Terry Blaine; Art Blaine; Butch (a dog); Vic Winters (villain); Hutch (villain)

["Here's a pen any cowhand would be glad to own"] (Table of Contents)

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

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Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Gene Autry

Indexer Notes

Subscription page.

["Go ahead...you can really pet the fuzzy yellow cat!"] (Table of Contents)

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

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Gretchen Fraser Sparks in Ski Race (Table of Contents)

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

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Content Information

Genre:

sports

Characters:

Gretchen Fraser

Indexer Notes

Back cover.
Color ad in comic form for Wheaties breakfast cereal featuring Olympic slalom skier Gretchen Fraser.