Four Color #109 - Roy Rogers Comics
([1946])

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
On-sale Date
1946-04-30
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
A Dell Magazine [circle]
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
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Issue Notes

Some info and comments in this index by the late Robert Phillips.

Indicia title is "ROY ROGERS COMICS, No. 109." Code number is R.R.O.S. 109-466. Copyright 1946 by Roy Rogers.

On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1946 Pamphlets, page 259.

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Roy Rogers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Colors
? (photograph)

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Roy Rogers (photo)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Roy stands in rocks, aiming gun; posed photo.

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Roy Rogers / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Roy Rogers (photo); Little Trigger ? (horse) (photo)
Synopsis
Roy and Little Trigger(?) at night, possibly a public appearance.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white with tan tones. (A very uncommon color for inside covers for Dell.)

Roy Rogers and the Towers of Gold (Table of Contents: 2)

Roy Rogers / comic story / 40 pages (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Al Micale; Erwin Hess ?; Dan Spiegle ? (see notes)
Inks
Al Micale; Erwin Hess ?; Dan Spiegle ? (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Roy Rogers; Trigger (horse); Zach Barnett; Louise Barnett; Glenn Corbitt; Harmonica John
Synopsis
Roy is called to the Z Bar Ranch by his friend Zach Barnett to find out who is rustling his cattle. Barnett's stepson Glenn Corbitt is mixed up in the affair and Roy has to figure out how to stop him.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Roy plays guitar, sings an original song. Possible contribution from artists Erwin Hess and Dan Spiegle. (Notes from Robert Phillips.)

Trigger Trails the Herd (Table of Contents: 3)

Trigger / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Al Micale
Inks
Al Micale
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
animal; western-frontier
Characters
Trigger (horse); Roy Rogers
Synopsis
Trigger saves a colt from an attack by a mountain lion.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First Trigger story in comics, and only Trigger story with appearance by Roy.

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Roy Rogers / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Roy Rogers (photo); Little Trigger ? (horse) (photo)
Synopsis
Roy, with sitting horse (Little Trigger ?).

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white with tan tones.

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Roy Rogers / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Roy Rogers (photo); Little Trigger ? (horse) (photo)
Synopsis
Roy playing guitar, singing to horse (Little Trigger ?); facsimile signature.

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Roy Rogers
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Roy Rogers
  3. 2. Roy Rogers and the Towers of Gold
    Roy Rogers
  4. 3. Trigger Trails the Herd
    Trigger
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Roy Rogers
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Roy Rogers
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  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
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  • Tony R. Rose
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