Red Ryder Comics #69

(April 1949)

Big Snow, Cattle, Astride, Brands, Bulldozer (Table of Contents: 1)

Red Ryder Ranch News / photo story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Fred Harman (signed)

Pencils

Fred Harman (signed); ? (photos)

Inks

Fred Harman (signed); ? (photos)

Letters

Fred Harman (signed)

Characters

Fred Harman; Little Beaver; L.W. McOllough

Indexer Notes

Here the credit is Fred Harman, as he wrote the letter and made drawings. Photos by unknown. Inside front and back covers.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Red Ryder / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script

Fred Harman ? (signed)

Pencils

Fred Harman ? (signed)

Inks

Fred Harman ? (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

R.R.C. #69-494

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Baldy Derris follows the old wagon trail west to Rimrock in search of a missing heir...

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Red Ryder; Little Beaver; Baldy Derris; Duchess; Mary Gray

Synopsis

Baldy Derris comes to Rimrock in search of a missing heir who stands in his way to a large inheritance.

Indexer Notes

© 1949 by Stephen Schlesinger, Inc.

Since Fred Harman used ghost artists on the Red Ryder comic book, this one could be by John Hampton. The horses seem similar to some in a Gene Autry Whitman book. The heavy inking may be an imitation of Fred Harman.

Red Ryder's Corral of Western Lingo (Table of Contents: 3)

filler / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Fred Harman ? (signed)

Pencils

Fred Harman ? (signed)

Inks

Fred Harman ? (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction; western-frontier

Synopsis

Drawings and text explaining many western words and expressions.

Indexer Notes

Fred Harman used ghost artists on the Red Ryder comic book, so the signing might be like Walt Disney.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Telecomics; King of the Royal Mounted / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jim Gary; ?

Inks

Jim Gary; ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hello, Romeo!

Genre

adventure

Characters

Janie (Telecomics girl); Slatsy (Telecomics boy); King; Kid; Igor [Headless Hermit] (wrestler); Toby (society girl); Dr. Jay; Grant

Synopsis

The Telecomics Kids is an introduction to King of the Royal Mounted on TV. Second page begins with the girl Toby, bound and gagged in a burning garage, as King is fighting with Igor on a nearby roof.
To be coninued...

Indexer Notes

© 1949 by Telecomics, Inc. N.Y. King is © 1944 by King Features Syndicate Inc.

Little Beaver's Wolf Pups (Table of Contents: 5)

Little Beaver / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Lightning crackled over the bald, brown heads of the Twin Buttes.

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Little Beaver; Po-ko

Synopsis

Little Beaver and Po-ko are trying to save the stampeding sheep from the storm and heavy rainfall. Po-ko rescues four coyote pups from drowning. The kids nurse the little prairie wolves for six weeks, but Po-ko wearies of Little Beaver's spoiling them, and wants them gone. On the way to drown them, Little Beaver has an inspiration. He sets up a booth alongside the new state highway: "PURE BRED NAVAJO WOLF HOUNDS--$ APIECE." They sell quickly to passing tourists. The sheriff pulls up in his sedan, demanding to see one of these purebreeds, but he's too late.

Indexer Notes

Gaylord Du Bois (rhymes with "to voice") writer credit per page 91, Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott (Michigan State University Libraries 1985) 203 leaves ; 28 cm. -- Photocopy of computer printout. -- Call no.: PN6727.D77 A2S35 1985, which states: "Little Beaver's Wolf-Pups. text for Red Ryder Comics #68. Sent October 16, 1948."

[Escape!] (Table of Contents: 6)

The Kiyotee Kids / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils

Harry Parkhurst (signed as Harry Parks)

Inks

Harry Parkhurst (signed as Harry Parks)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Get up!

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Ted Lucas (Kiyotee kid); Billy Haynes (Kiyotee kid); Andy Parks; Silk Selden (outlaw); Selden's man1; Selden's man2; Selden's man3; Star (horse); Outlaw Guard (a Selden man)

Synopsis

Ted, Billy and Andy, held prisoner by the outlaws led by Silk Selden, break free, take all the outlaws' horses the which were stolen from Ted's dad's horse ranch, and escape. The outlaws are spooked, stymied, bemused. To be continued...

Indexer Notes

Gaylord Du Bois (rhymes with "to voice") writer credit per page 91, Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott (Michigan State University Libraries 1985) 203 leaves ; 28 cm. -- Photocopy of computer printout. -- Call no.: PN6727.D77 A2S35 1985, which states: "Kyotee Kids. 6p. For Red Ryder Comics #69. Sent August 16, 1948."

Art is signed "Harry Parks" in last panel.

Fast Moving Adventure (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)