(January-March 1954)

Dell, 1952 Series
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Price
0.25 USD
Pages
100
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell Comic

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Gene Autry; Johnny Mack Brown; Rex Allen; Roy Rogers; Wild Bill Elliott / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (painting); ? (photos)
Inks
? (painting); ? (photos)
Colors
? (painting); ? (photos)
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Gene Autry (photo); Roy Rogers (photo); Rex Allen (photo); Johnny Mack Brown (photo); Wild BIll Elliott (photo)
Keywords
covered wagons

Indexer Notes

Cover has portraits of the five western stars super-imposed on a scene of a wagon camping on the desert under a starlit sky.

Cover Thumbnail for Western Roundup (Dell, 1952 series) #5
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[Roy Rogers photo] (Table of Contents: 1)

Roy Rogers / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Roy Rogers (photo)

Indexer Notes

inside front cover; odd-numbered issues have Roy Rogers photo in this position; even-numbered issues have Gene Autry photo in this position

Cover-Up (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Mike Arens
Inks
Mike Arens
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Roy Rogers; Trigger; Fred Dewey; Bertie SMith; Mrs. Widdon; Gabe Lowell
Synopsis
Roy matches wits with two jewel thieves who are masquerading as bird watchers.

Indian Wigwam (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
August Lenox (signed as Lenox)
Inks
August Lenox (signed as Lenox)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
western-frontier
Synopsis
instructions for building a wigwam
Reprints

Money Buys Trouble (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Sparky Moore
Inks
Sparky Moore
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier; animal
Characters
Trigger; Bullet; Uncle Mike Hanford; Frank Ellis; Carl Breck; Shorty Gibson
Synopsis
Uncle Mike tells how he foiled some land grabbers with the help of Trigger and Bullet.

Indian Sand Paintings (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
August Lenox
Inks
August Lenox
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Synopsis
How Indian sand paintings are done and their purpose.
Reprints

The Robin Hood Mystery (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Nicholas Firfires
Inks
Nicholas Firfires
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Gene Autry; Hal Reed; Ace Dirk
Synopsis
Gene investigates a Robin Hood type bandit in a small western town.

Gold Is Where You Find It... (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Ushler
Inks
John Ushler
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Dirk Jackson; Dirk Wheaton
Synopsis
A westerner tries to take advantage of a tenderfoot miner.
Reprints

Race Against Death (Table of Contents: 8)

Gene Autry's Champion / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tony Sgroi
Inks
Tony Sgroi
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier; animal
Characters
Champion; Ricky; Buck; Uncle Smoky
Synopsis
Ricky and Champion encounter a pack of wolves when they ride out to check on a herd of horses in a snowstorm.

Annie Oakley Little Sure Shot (Table of Contents: 9)

Famous Women of the West / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Till Goodan (signed)
Inks
Till Goodan (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Till Goodan (signed)
Genre
western-frontier; biography
Synopsis
Brief biograph of Annie Oakley.
Reprints

Auntie Collins the Cattle Queen of Montana (Table of Contents: 10)

Famous Women of the West / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Till Goodan (signed)
Inks
Till Goodan (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Till Goodan (signed)
Genre
western-frontier; biography
Synopsis
Brief briography of Libby Collins who was known as The Cattle Queen of Montana.
Reprints

Calamity Jane Frontier Woman (Table of Contents: 11)

Famous Women of the West / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Till Goodan (signed)
Inks
Till Goodan (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Till Goodan (signed)
Genre
western-frontier; biography
Synopsis
Brief biography of Jane Canary.
Reprints

Belle Starr the Bandit Queen (Table of Contents: 12)

Famous Women of the West / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Till Goodan
Inks
Till Goodan
Colors
?
Letters
Till Goodan
Genre
western-frontier; biography
Synopsis
Brief biography of Myra Belle Shirley.
Reprints

An Album of Good Bad Men (Table of Contents: 13)

An Album of Good Bad Men / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
August Lenox (signed as Lenox)
Inks
August Lenox (signed as Lenox)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Synopsis
Introduction to the following three entries.

Pegleg Smith (Table of Contents: 14)

An Album of Good Badmen / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
August Lenox (signed as Lenox)
Inks
August Lenox (signed as Lenox)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Synopsis
Brief biography of Thomas Smith, an adventurer, trapper and trader.

Al Jennings (Table of Contents: 15)

An Album of Good Badmen / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
August Lenox (signed as Lenox)
Inks
August Lenox (signed as Lenox)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Synopsis
Brief recount of the career of outlaw Al Jennings.

Black Bart (Table of Contents: 16)

An Album of Good Badmen / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
August Lenox
Inks
August Lenox
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Synopsis
Brief account of the career of Charles E. Boles, also known as Black Bart.

A Process of Elimination (Table of Contents: 17)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Nat Edson
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Johnny Mack Brown; Tom Manton; Niles Redley; Duke Mason; Pete Corbus; Jim Meltin
Synopsis
Johnny masquerades as an outlaw in order to discover the hideout for a gang that has been terrorizing the territory.

Great Grand-Dad (Table of Contents: 18)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
traditional lyric
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
western-frontier
Reprints
  • from The Cowboy and His Uke, edited by Richard K. Lindroth, Shawnee Press

Indexer Notes

Words and sheet music for an old cowboy song.

Wild Bill Elliott Plays a Hunch (Table of Contents: 19)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Sparky Moore
Inks
Sparky Moore
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Bill Elliott; Fred Tingle (a prospector)
Synopsis
Bill foils a group of outlaws who are trying to steal a gold shipment.

The Big Rock Candy Mountain (Table of Contents: 20)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
traditional lyric
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
western-frontier
Reprints
  • from The Cowboy and His Uke, edited by Richard K. Lindroth, Shawnee Press

Indexer Notes

Words and music for a traditional song.

The Rustler's Ruse (Table of Contents: 21)

Rex Allen / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Ushler
Inks
John Ushler
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Rex Allen; Lige Gault
Synopsis
Rex is tricked into helping a rustler escape from a posse.

[Gene Autry photo] (Table of Contents: 22)

Gene Autry / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Gene Autry (photo)

Indexer Notes

inside back cover; Gene's photo is in this position for odd-numbered issues. Roy Rogers's photo is in this position for even-numbered issues.

Longhorns (Table of Contents: 23)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Shostal Press Agency; ? (photo)
Inks
Shostal Press Agency; ? (photo)
Colors
Shostal Press Agency; ? (photo)
Letters
typeset
Genre
western-frontier
Synopsis
Not much to say. Just a lot of bull.

Indexer Notes

back cover

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Gene Autry; Johnny Mack Brown; Rex Allen; Roy Rogers; Wild Bill Elliott
  2. 1. [Roy Rogers photo]
    Roy Rogers
  3. 2. Cover-Up
    Roy Rogers
  4. 3. Indian Wigwam
  5. 4. Money Buys Trouble
    Trigger and Bullet
  6. 5. Indian Sand Paintings
  7. 6. The Robin Hood Mystery
    Gene Autry
  8. 7. Gold Is Where You Find It...
  9. 8. Race Against Death
    Gene Autry's Champion
  10. 9. Annie Oakley Little Sure Shot
    Famous Women of the West
  11. 10. Auntie Collins the Cattle Queen of Montana
    Famous Women of the West
  12. 11. Calamity Jane Frontier Woman
    Famous Women of the West
  13. 12. Belle Starr the Bandit Queen
    Famous Women of the West
  14. 13. An Album of Good Bad Men
    An Album of Good Bad Men
  15. 14. Pegleg Smith
    An Album of Good Badmen
  16. 15. Al Jennings
    An Album of Good Badmen
  17. 16. Black Bart
    An Album of Good Badmen
  18. 17. A Process of Elimination
    Johnny Mack Brown
  19. 18. Great Grand-Dad
  20. 19. Wild Bill Elliott Plays a Hunch
    Wild Bill Elliott
  21. 20. The Big Rock Candy Mountain
  22. 21. The Rustler's Ruse
    Rex Allen
  23. 22. [Gene Autry photo]
    Gene Autry
  24. 23. Longhorns
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  • Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
  • Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (R.I.P.)
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