(January-March 1954)

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

Western Roundup (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Pencils:
?; (photos)
Inks:
?; (photos
Colors:
?; (photos)
Letters:
?

Content Information

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

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.


Roy Rogers photo (Table of Contents)

Roy Rogers / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
?: (photo)
Inks:
?; (photo)

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Characters:
Roy Rogers

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)

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; 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)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Synopsis:
instructions for building a wigwam

Money Buys Trouble (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Sparky Moore
Inks:
Sparky Moore
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
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)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Synopsis:
How Indian sand paintings are done and their purpose.

The Robin Hood 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; 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)

text story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Characters:
Dirk Jackson; Dirk Wheaton
Synopsis:
A westerner tries to take advantage of a tenderfoot miner.

Race against Death (Table of Contents)

Champion / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Tony Sgroi
Inks:
Tony Sgroi
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
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)

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

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Synopsis:
Brief biograph of Annie Oakley.

Auntie Collins The Cattle Queen of Montana (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Synopsis:
Brief briography of Libby Collins who was known as The Cattle Queen of Montana.

Calamity Jane Frontier Woman (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Synopsis:
Brief biography of Jane Canary.

Belle Starr The Bandit Queen (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Synopsis:
Brief biography of Myra Belle Shirley.

An Album of Good Bad Men (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)
Inks:
August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Synopsis:
Introduction to the following three entries.

Pegleg Smith (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)
Inks:
August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Synopsis:
Brief biography of Thomas Smith, an adventurer, trapper and trader.

Al Jennings (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)
Inks:
August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Synopsis:
Brief recount of the career of outlaw Al Jennings.

Black Bart (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

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

Content Information

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)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Nat Edson
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

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)

Song / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

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)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Sparky Moore
Inks:
Sparky Moore
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

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)

Song / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

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)

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

Credits

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

Content Information

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)

Gene Autry / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
?; (photo)
Inks:
?; (photo)

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Characters:
Gene Autry

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)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
photo; Shostal Press Agency
Inks:
photo; Shostal Press Agency
Colors:
photo; Shostal Press Agency
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Synopsis:
Not much to say. Just a lot of bull.

Indexer Notes

back cover


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 0. Western Roundup
    Gene Autry; Roy Rogers; Rex Allen; Johnny Mack Brown; 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
    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
    Song
  20. 19. Wild Bill Elliott Plays a Hunch
    Wild Bill Elliott
  21. 20. The Big Rock Candy Mountain
    Song
  22. 21. The Rustler's Ruse
    Rex Allen
  23. 22. Gene Autry photo
    Gene Autry
  24. 23. Longhorns
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
  • Steinar Ã…dland
  • Gene Reed
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Jerry Hillegas