Red Ryder Comics #80

(March 1950)

Red Ryder Ranch (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Fred Harman (signed)

Pencils

Fred Harman (signed); Herb Stanger (photos)

Inks

Fred Harman (signed); Herb Stanger (photos)

Letters

Fred Harman (signed)

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Fred Harman; Little Beaver; Master Ferrara; Gene Laning

Indexer Notes

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

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

Red Ryder / comic story / 32 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Hampton

Inks

John Hampton ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dance night in Rimrock!

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Red Ryder; Little Beaver; Joe (rustler); Ed (rustler); Jim (rustler); Sheriff Newt; Deputy; The Fox

Synopsis

On a dance night thirty horses are stolen from their hitchracks and loaded into a stock car. On a bridge over the river, one by one, the stolen horses are forced to jump from the stock car on the threstle into the river. They are then gathered and driven away.

Indexer Notes

After all the Fred Harman newspaper stories had been reprinted in the Red Ryder comic book, the new stories in the book were ghosted by several artists. One was John Hampton, and the art here is identical to his Kiyotee Kid story in #40, except for the heavy inking. Art ID by Steinar Ådland January 2011.

The Pony Express (Table of Contents: 3)

The West That Lives Forever / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Fred Harman ? (signed)

Pencils

Fred Harman ? (signed)

Inks

Fred Harman ? (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

western-frontier; non-fiction

Synopsis

The story of the Pony Express.

Keywords

Pony Express

Indexer Notes

Fred Harman used to write these educational shorts in the Sunday pages himself. He used much shading with inklines in empty spaces, like the sky here, so all this might be his work.

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

Little Beaver / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Sparky Moore ? [as Fred Harman] (signed)

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

...says here in the Durango Herald tht the circus is comin' to town!

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Little Beaver; Po-ko; Red Ryder; Auntie Duchess; Sheriff Newt; Old-timer; Mari Anna (circus rider)

Synopsis

The circus has come to Rimrock, and some hombre with a grudge against circus people is aiming to kill off a few performers.

Indexer Notes

The close up panels of faces suggest Moore.

San Blas Indians (Table of Contents: 5)

Wigwam Ways / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

The life of some of the Meso American Indians.

Whoa Up! (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Little beaver; Red Ryder

Synopsis

Subscription form for Red Ryder Comics with drawing of Red Ryder and Little Beaver

Indexer Notes

Back cover.