Four Color
#47 - Gene Autry
(July 1944)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- On-sale Date
- 1944
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand
-
A Dell Book
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "GENE AUTRY, No. 47." Code number is G.A. 47-447. Copyright 1944 by Gene Autry.
The Ghost Mine
Gene Autry / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Gene Autry
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
The Ghost Mine
Gene Autry / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Gene Autry; Champion (horse); Ike Harris; Bull Riggs; Biff; Milly Nolan; Curly; Bill Drake
- Synopsis
- Preview of the first story in the issue.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Text and illustrations.
The Ghost Mine
Gene Autry / comic story / 24 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Gene Autry; Champion (horse); Ike Harris; Bull Riggs; Biff; Milly Nolan; Curly; Bill Drake
- Synopsis
- Bill Drake has restarted the Ghost Canyon gold mine. He claims he bought it from Hank Nolan before he died, but Nolan's daughter Milly says he left the mine to her. Gene goes with Milly to the mine, where it turns out that the gold being shipped has all been stolen and melted down into new ingots.
Cowboy Lingo
text article / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Synopsis
- Definitions of cowboy slang terms.
Indexer Notes
Text and illustrations.
Renegade Ranch
Gene Autry / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Gene Autry; Champion (horse); Carol Rollins; Andy Arnold; Sam Banks; Royal Rollins
- Synopsis
- Royal Rollins employs ex-cons from nearby Graystone Prison on his ranch. The sheriff at neighboring Eagle Mesa sends for Gene to help him break up a band of rustlers. The rustlers plant evidence to throw the blame on Rollins' ex-cons.
The Bandit of Dust Devil Gap
Gene Autry / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Gene Autry; Champion (horse); Anton Burke; Pappy Hicks; Ben Williams
- Synopsis
- Anton Burke, a railroad official, calls on Gene for help in solving a series of train robberies that occur at night at a dusty pass. The steady wind wipes out all tracks, making it impossible to follow the robber's trail.
Indexer Notes
Story continues on inside back cover in black, red, and white and concludes on the back cover in color.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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The Ghost Mine
Gene Autry -
1.
The Ghost Mine
Gene Autry -
2.
The Ghost Mine
Gene Autry -
3.
Cowboy Lingo
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4.
Renegade Ranch
Gene Autry -
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The Bandit of Dust Devil Gap
Gene Autry
This issue was modified by, among others
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Michael Hoskin
- Keith Alan Morgan
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