(January-March 1955)
Dell,
1952 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Giant Dell Comic
[no title indexed]
Gene Autry; Johnny Mack Brown; Rex Allen; Roy Rogers; Wild Bill Elliott / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Randy Hunt (signed; painting); ? (photos)
- Inks
- Randy Hunt (signed; painting); ? (photos)
- Colors
- Randy Hunt (signed; painting); ? (photos)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Gene Autry (photo); Roy Rogers (photo); Rex Allen (photo); Johnny Mack Brown (photo); Wild Bill Elliott (photo)
- Synopsis
- Head shots of the featured cowboys on the side on a building.
- Keywords
- trains
Indexer Notes
Artist's signature is in the lower left corner of the cover.
[Gene Autry Photo]
Gene Autry / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Gene Autry (photo)
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.
Roy Rogers and "the Golden Scar"
Roy Rogers / comic story / 14 pages
- 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]
Indian Quiz / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Synopsis
- Questions about Indian shelters.
The Eagle's Prey
Trigger and Bullet / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier; animal
- 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
comic story / 2 pages
- 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
Gene Autry / comic story / 14 pages
- 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
text story / 3 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Enos Dye; Andy Long; Tom Beckett
- Synopsis
- An old-timer relates how the town library got started.
The Showdown
Gene Autry's Champion / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier; animal
- 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
text story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)
- Inks
- August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Various unnamed prospectors
- Synopsis
- Discussions of several ghost times -- how they were named and why they became deserted.
Whispering Mountain
Johnny Mack Brown / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Johnny Mack Brown; Nugget Polk
- Synopsis
- Johnny and an old friend trap a pair of silver smugglers.
Rangeland Puzzlers
activity / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)
- Inks
- August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Synopsis
- Optical illusion puzzles.
Dangerous Decoy
Wild Bill Elliott / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Bill Elliott; Hazy Dimmitt; Bat Haddon; Earl Jessup; 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. The inking is quite bad, especially on the horses. Art ID by Steinar Ådland, March 2011.
Indian Canoe Travois
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Synopsis
- Explanation of how Indians carried their canoes over land.
X Marks the Spot
Rex Allen / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Rex Allen; Roger Grady; Tizzy Timble
- Synopsis
- Rex helps a friend foil a pair of claim jumpers.
[Roy Rogers Photo]
Roy Rogers / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Roy Rogers (photo); unnamed outlaw (photo)
- 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.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Gene Autry; Johnny Mack Brown; Rex Allen; Roy Rogers; Wild Bill Elliott -
1.
[Gene Autry Photo]
Gene Autry -
2.
Roy Rogers and "the Golden Scar"
Roy Rogers -
3.
[Name the Dwelling]
Indian Quiz -
4.
The Eagle's Prey
Trigger and Bullet -
5.
Indian Strategy
-
6.
Killer at Large
Gene Autry -
7.
So Blamed Ignorant
-
8.
The Showdown
Gene Autry's Champion -
9.
Ghost Towns of the West
-
10.
Whispering Mountain
Johnny Mack Brown -
11.
Rangeland Puzzlers
-
12.
Dangerous Decoy
Wild Bill Elliott -
13.
Indian Canoe Travois
-
14.
X Marks the Spot
Rex Allen -
15.
[Roy Rogers Photo]
Roy Rogers -
16.
[Bucking Bronco]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Chris Boyko
- Merlin Haas
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Clint Maxwell
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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