(1953)

Dell, 1952 Series
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Price:
0.25 USD
Pages:
100
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
Brand:
Dell Comic
Format:
Standard Silver Age U.S.; Full Color; Glossy Cover; Newsprint

Issue Notes

While there is no actual month date in the indicia, the code on page 1 of the Gene Autry story is W.R.#2-532, indicating a February date.


Western Roundup (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Characters:
Roy Rogers; Gene Autry; Rex Allen; Johnny Mack Brown; Bill Elliott

Indexer Notes

Each portrait of the featured cowboys is circled by rope.


Roy Rogers, Trigger and Bullet photo (Table of Contents)

Roy Rogers / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Uncredited b/w photo. Photos of Roy Rogers and Gene Autry rotate in this position for several issues.


The Railroad Mystery (Table of Contents)

Gene Autry / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Characters:
Gene Autry; Sheriff Sam Jackson; Ben Keller
Synopsis:
Gene helps solve a series of train robberies.

The Bear Claw Necklace (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
August Lenox
Inks:
August Lenox
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Synopsis:
Instructions for making a faux bear claw necklace.

Goin' to LEave Ol' Texas (Table of Contents)

Song / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Traditional lyrics
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Reprints: show reprint note before migration
  • from Singing Together published by Ginn and Company.

The Killer Horse (Table of Contents)

Champion / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
John Ushler
Inks:
John Ushler
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Characters:
Ricky West; Champion; Rebel; Joe Stanley; Sheriff Mellish; Ira Lane; Dan Gouch
Synopsis:
Ricky helps the sheriff solve a murder.
Reprints:

The Great Buffalo Hunt (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Till Goodan
Inks:
Till Goodan
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Synopsis:
Short essay about buffalo hunting.

Graveyard of Stagecoaches (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Mike Arens
Inks:
Mike Arens
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Characters:
Roy Rogers; Maggie Temple;
Synopsis:
Roy searches for 20 missing stagecoaches.

Indian Knife Sheath (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
August Lenox
Inks:
August Lenox
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Synopsis:
Instructions for making a knife sheath.

Plenty of Savvy (Table of Contents)

Trigger and Bullet / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Characters:
Uncle Mike Hanford; Digger Lynch; Trigger; Bullet
Synopsis:
Trigger and Bullet save a group of trapped miners.

A Portfolio of Famous Bucking Horses (Table of Contents)

A Portfolio of Famous Bucking Horses / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Synopsis:
Introduction to a series of drawings of famous horses.

Tumbleweed (Table of Contents)

A Portfolio of Famous Bucking Horses / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Synopsis:
Short article about Tumbleweed.

Midnight (Table of Contents)

A Portfolio of Famous Bucking Horses / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Synopsis:
Short essay about the bucking bronc Midnight.

Diamond Dick (Table of Contents)

A Portfolio of Famous BUcking Horses / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Synopsis:
Short story about the life of the horse Diamond Dick.

Cyclone (Table of Contents)

A Portfolio of Famous BUcking Horses / text article / pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Synopsis:
Story of one of the famous rodeo outlaw horses.

No-Name (Table of Contents)

A Portfolio of Famous Bucking Horses / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Till Goodan (signed)
Inks:
Till Gooda (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Till Goodan

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Reprints:
  • Life story of the horse with no name.

War Paint (Table of Contents)

A Portfolio of Famous Bucking Horses / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Synopsis:
The story of War Paint, a horse once owned by Gene Autry.

Steamboat (Table of Contents)

A Portfolio of Famous Bucking Horses / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Synopsis:
Story of the first horse to gain a national reputation as a bucker.

The Fifth Cavalry's Epic Ride (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
August Lenox (signed)
Inks:
August Lenox (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Synopsis:
Brief history of Colonel Wesley Merritt.

The Rattler Strikes (Table of Contents)

Johnny Mack Brown / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Characters:
Johnny Mack Brown; Hank Quinn; Iris Van; The Rattler (a gunfighter); Gus Quinn
Synopsis:
Johnny goes up against a gunfighter with a gimmick.
Reprints:

Put Your Little Foot (Table of Contents)

Song / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Traditional lyric
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Words and music to a song used as a cowboy waltz.


The Feudin' Killer (Table of Contents)

Wild Bill Elliott / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Hi Mankin
Inks:
Hi Mankin
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Characters:
Bill Elliott; Charlie Dobson; Mac Rader; Vesta Rader; Porky Pine
Synopsis:
Bill tracks a killer to a health spa.

Fabulous Lost Gold Mines of the West (Table of Contents)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
August Lenox (signed)
Inks:
August Lenox (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Synopsis:
Short discussion of several gold strikes.

The Mystery of Moanin' Butte (Table of Contents)

Rex Allen / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Characters:
Rex Allen; Anderson; Doc Krupp
Synopsis:
Rex solves the mystery of a broken Indian jug.

Great Indian War Chiefs (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
August Lenox (signed)
Inks:
August Lenox (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Synopsis:
Short essay about several Indian war chiefs.

Gene Autry and CHampion photo (Table of Contents)

Gene Autry / filler / 1 page (report information)

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Uncredited b/w photo inside back cover. Photos of Gene Autry and Roy Rogers alternate in this slot.


"Buckin Bronc" (Table of Contents)

Color photo / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Color photo attributed to Howard M. Kinney from Shostal


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 0. Western Roundup
  2. 1. Roy Rogers, Trigger and Bullet photo
    Roy Rogers
  3. 2. The Railroad Mystery
    Gene Autry
  4. 3. The Bear Claw Necklace
  5. 4. Goin' to LEave Ol' Texas
    Song
  6. 5. The Killer Horse
    Champion
  7. 6. The Great Buffalo Hunt
  8. 7. Graveyard of Stagecoaches
    Roy Rogers
  9. 8. Indian Knife Sheath
  10. 9. Plenty of Savvy
    Trigger and Bullet
  11. 10. A Portfolio of Famous Bucking Horses
    A Portfolio of Famous Bucking Horses
  12. 11. Tumbleweed
    A Portfolio of Famous Bucking Horses
  13. 12. Midnight
    A Portfolio of Famous Bucking Horses
  14. 13. Diamond Dick
    A Portfolio of Famous BUcking Horses
  15. 14. Cyclone
    A Portfolio of Famous BUcking Horses
  16. 15. No-Name
    A Portfolio of Famous Bucking Horses
  17. 16. War Paint
    A Portfolio of Famous Bucking Horses
  18. 17. Steamboat
    A Portfolio of Famous Bucking Horses
  19. 18. The Fifth Cavalry's Epic Ride
  20. 19. The Rattler Strikes
    Johnny Mack Brown
  21. 20. Put Your Little Foot
    Song
  22. 21. The Feudin' Killer
    Wild Bill Elliott
  23. 22. Fabulous Lost Gold Mines of the West
  24. 23. The Mystery of Moanin' Butte
    Rex Allen
  25. 24. Great Indian War Chiefs
  26. 25. Gene Autry and CHampion photo
    Gene Autry
  27. 26. "Buckin Bronc"
    Color photo
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Per Sandell
  • Gene Reed
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Jerry Hillegas