(1942)

Fawcett, 1941 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
On-sale Date
1942-07-08
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Brand
A Fawcett Publication
Editing
?

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 3.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Gene Autry / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Till Goodan (signed)
Inks
Till Goodan (signed)
Colors
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Gene Autry; Champion (a horse)

Gene Autry (Table of Contents: 1)

Gene Autry / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Till Goodan ?
Inks
?
Letters
?

Genre
biography
Characters
Gene Autry; Champion; Betty Goodan

Indexer Notes

A bio of Gene Autry and his horse.

Inside front and back covers.

Gene Autry Rides! (Table of Contents: 2)

Gene Autry / comic story / 33 pages (report information)

Script
Gerald Geraghty
Pencils
Till Goodan; Betty Goodan
Inks
Till Goodan; Betty Goodan
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gene, I wish you an' Tumbleweed would stay on.. you're good cowhands
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Gene Autry; Tumbleweed; Clementine; Champion; Slu-Foot; Buddy; Lafe; Jim; Laurie; Pedro; Zeke Hammond; Major Hartly; Brad Payne; Red Cloud; Standin' Cow; Tim Burns; Hank Burns; Billy Burns; Gravedigger; Chainfoot
Synopsis
Gene and Tumbleweed stop two groups of cattle rustlers, prevent swindlers from stealing Indian land and take part in a rodeo.
Reprints
  • from Gene Autry Rides! See notes.

Indexer Notes

It's noted in the book that Betty drew all the girls in the stories.
This story is clearly reworked from an unused script from the comic strip GENE AUTRY RIDES, featuring the same characters, themes and locations.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Gene Autry / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Gerald Geraghty
Pencils
Till Goodan; Betty Goodan
Inks
Till Goodan; Betty Goodan
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gene Autry, the roving cowboy, rides the adventure trail with his old sidekick, Frosty. Late one afternoon they lope into a ghost town
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Gene Autry; Champion; Frosty; Lulu; Miss Trimble
Synopsis
Gene and Frosty discover a cattle rustling gang operating out of a ghost town.
Reprints
  • from Gene Autry Rides! (The Register and Tribune Syndicate) 1941-02-16 - 1941-03-02

Indexer Notes

It's noted in the book that Betty drew all the girls in the stories.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Gene Autry / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Gerald Geraghty
Pencils
Till Goodan; Betty Goodan
Inks
Till Goodan; Betty Goodan
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gene, I kin remember when the sight o' them grubbin' sheep would drive a good cowman to his six-guns!
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Frosty; Gene Autry; Champion; Rod Yancey; Isabel Yancey; Mal Yancey
Synopsis
Gene and Frosty get caught up in a sheepmen and cattlemen feud.
Reprints
  • from Gene Autry Rides! (The Register and Tribune Syndicate) 1941-03-09 - 1941-04-20

Indexer Notes

This reprints the last of the Gene Autry Rides! comic stips.
It's noted in the book that Betty drew all the girls in the stories.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Gene Autry / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Gerald Geraghty
Pencils
Till Goodan; Betty Goodan
Inks
Till Goodan; Betty Goodan
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Yeah, it's purty country, Gene, but I'd like it better if I owned five or six o' them oil wells!
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Frosty; Gene Autry; Champion; Ellen; Hillman; Hank Stevens
Synopsis
Gene and Frosty help a woman who's land has oil on it.

Indexer Notes

It's noted in the book that Betty drew all the girls in the stories.
This story is clearly a finished, but unpublished, story from the comic strip GENE AUTRY RIDES. Its in the same format and features the same characters, themes and locations.

Gene Autry's Western Scrapbook (Table of Contents: 6)

Gene Autry / text article / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Gerald Geraghty
Pencils
Till Goodan
Inks
Till Goodan
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Information on saddles, chaps, roping, bronc riding, steer wrestling, and pack horses.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Till Goodan ?
Inks
?
Colors
?

Characters
Gene Autry; Champion

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Gene Autry
  2. 1. Gene Autry
    Gene Autry
  3. 2. Gene Autry Rides!
    Gene Autry
  4. 3. ["Gene Autry, the roving cowboy, rides the adventure trail with his old sidekick, Frosty. Late one afternoon they lope into a ghost town"]
    Gene Autry
  5. 4. ["Gene, I kin remember when the sight o' them grubbin' sheep would drive a good cowman to his six-guns!"]
    Gene Autry
  6. 5. ["Yeah, it's purty country, Gene, but I'd like it better if I owned five or six o' them oil wells!"]
    Gene Autry
  7. 6. Gene Autry's Western Scrapbook
    Gene Autry
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Del Gruber
  • Arthur Lortie
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Steven Rowe