Western Roundup #9

(January-March 1955)

[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 front cover. Odd-numbered issues have photo of Gene Autry in this position. Even-numbered issues have a photo of Roy Rogers in this position.

The Golden Scar (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Mike Arens

Inks:

Mike Arens

Colors:

?

Letters:

Mike Arens

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Roy Rogers; Bruce Winslow (Roy's friend); Oxey Hobbs; Hardrock Hobbs; Chesty Foran (blacksmith); T. L. Meredith

Synopsis:

Roy and his young friend run afoul of gold smugglers while participating in a fishing contest.

Indexer Notes

Lettering identification by Alberto Becattini (December 2010).

[Name the Dwelling] (Table of Contents)

Indian Quiz / activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Synopsis:

Questions about Indian shelters.

The Eagle's Prey (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:

Uncle Mike Hanford; Trigger; Bullet; Lou Carter; Sheriff Miller

Synopsis:

Mike tells his niece and nephew of the time he and Trigger saved a man from his crooked mining partner.

Indian Strategy (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Nicholas Firfires

Inks:

Nicholas Firfires

Colors:

?

Letters:

Nicholas Firfires

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Cherokee tribe; Seneca tribe

Synopsis:

A short story of how the Seneca tricked the Cherokee.

Indexer Notes

New art + lettering identification by Alberto Becattini (December 2010).

Killer at Large (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Nicholas Firfires

Inks:

Nicholas Firfires

Colors:

?

Letters:

Nicholas Firfires

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Gene Autry; Champion; Tobe (train conductor); Sheriff Jud Watson; Red Magee; Pete Stoner; Ben Dewey

Synopsis:

Gene Autry goes on a hunting trip and becomes involved in a manhunt.

Indexer Notes

Lettering identification by Alberto Becattini (December 2010).

So Blamed Ignorant (Table of Contents)

text story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Enos Dye; Andy Long; Tom Beckett

Synopsis:

An old-timer relates how the town library got started.

The Showdown (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; Bert Tilden; Joe Hart; Ty Brown

Synopsis:

Ricky's friend Bert finds uranium, and two crooks try to prevent him from filing a claim on the property.

Ghost Towns of the West (Table of Contents)

text story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)

Inks:

August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Various unnamed prospectors.

Synopsis:

Discussions of several ghost times -- how they were named and why they became deserted.

Whispering Mountain (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; Nugget Polk

Synopsis:

Johnny and an old friend trap a pair of silver smugglers.

Rangeland Puzzlers (Table of Contents)

activity / 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:

Optical illusion puzzles.

Dangerous Decoy (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Tom Cooke

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Bill Elliott; Hazy Dimmitt; Bat Haddon (an outlaw); Earl Jessup (another outlaw); Andy Jessup; Sheriff Bates

Synopsis:

Bill helps the sheriff go after an escaped outlaw.

Indexer Notes

Ugly horses, the hats in profile and front view, and some faces are all Cooke's work, but the inking is not like his work on Rodeo Rick. He is credited unconfirmed on pencils by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and this is undoubtedly him. The inking is quite bad, especially on the horses. Art ID by Steinar Ådland, March 2011.

Indian Canoe Travois (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

August Lenox

Inks:

August Lenox

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Synopsis:

Explanation of how Indians carried their canoes over land.

X Marks the Spot (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sparky Moore

Inks:

Sparky Moore

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Rex Allen; Roger Grady; Tizzy Timble

Synopsis:

Rex helps a friend foil a pair of claim jumpers.

[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; unnamed outlaw

Synopsis:

Roy is socking a bad guy.

Indexer Notes

Odd-numbered issues have a photo of Roy Rogers in this position. Even-numbered issues have a photo of Gene Autry in this position.

[Bucking Bronco] (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Howard M. Kinney (photo); Shostal

Inks:

Howard M. Kinney (photo); Shostal

Colors:

Howard M. Kinney (photo); Shostal

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Indexer Notes

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