Roy Rogers Comics #40

(April 1951)

[Roy Rogers Pin-Up] (Table of Contents)

Roy Rogers / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

? (photo)

Inks:

? (photo)

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Roy Rogers; Trigger (horse)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Red Hand (Table of Contents)

Roy Rogers / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Albert Micale (signed)

Inks:

Albert Micale (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Roy Rogers; Trigger (horse); Deputy Bill Terhune; Sheriff Jim Garvey; Annie Garvey; Andy Yunk; Commissioner Barger (The Red Hand); Hop Sung

Synopsis:

Mr. Barger is forcing Hop Sung to poison the Sheriff's food so he can't run and be elected for new commissioner. He also kills the doctor who threated the Sheriff.

Murder at Wetstone (Table of Contents)

Roy Rogers / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Albert Micale [as AM] (signed)

Inks:

Albert Micale [as AM] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Roy Rogers; Trigger (horse); Jim Henderson; Mary Henderson; Tom Ryan; Lefty; Sheriff Wilkes; Undertaker Boss

Synopsis:

Somebody doesn't want Jim Henderson's dam completed and operating. If the dam is destroyed and a drought comes, the ranchers must sell out cheap.

Indexer Notes

Signed AM in first panel.

The Doctor From Jack Pine (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Al McKimson team

Inks:

Al McKimson team

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Roy Rogers; Trigger (horse); Lew Dahlberg; Harry; Doc Katherine Moore; Jim Tall Man

Synopsis:

A choking sickness has struck, and the new doctor will stop it, but some Indians don't like medicine needles.

Indexer Notes

This story is similar to several Roy stories credited to the team Al McKimson, Randy Steffen, Pete Alvarado and Andrew Bensen by Robert W Phillips. See Roy Rogers #24 Silver Spider, #25 Trades Lead, #26 Jerkline Feud, #27 Mustang Mountain, and #28 Apache Blood.
The art may vary a bit since several of them worked on the same story (also by R W Phillips)

Al McKimson was a pen name for several artists. First the brothers Chuck and Tom McKimson. Others were Pete Alvarado, John Ushler, Randy Steffen, Andrew Bensen, Hi Mankin, Mike Arens, Alex Toth.
Art identification by Steinar Ådland December 2010.

Pioneers of the Old West (Table of Contents)

Pioneers of the Old West / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Albert Micale [as AM] (signed)

Inks:

Albert Micale [as AM] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Rob Townsend; Paiute Chief

Synopsis:

The Paiutes want tribute if the wagontrain wants to pass, because hunters from another train killed a chief.

[Six Feet Tall Girl] (Table of Contents)

Trigger / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Hi Mankin

Inks:

Hi Mankin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Trigger (horse); Uncle Mike; Pete; Pat; Hanna Nissen; Ole Olson

Synopsis:

How two Scandinavians, a tall girl and a likewise tall guy got work on the ranch.

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Steinar Ådland December 2010.
Last half page Subscription Form.
Art confirmed by Alberto Becattini (December 2010).

[Blank pages] (Table of Contents)

filler / 2 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Contents of these two pages are unknown because the last two pages are missing in my scan.