Red Ryder Comics #90

(January 1951)

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 (credited as H. D. Stanger) (photos); Stewart's (photos)

Inks

Fred Harman (signed); Herb Stanger (credited as H. D. Stanger) (photos); Stewart's (photos)

Letters

Fred Harman (signed)

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Fred Harman; Little Beaver; Homer Pettigrew; Roy Best; Zeke Bowery; Hoytt Hefner; Cy Taillon; Terry Taillon; Woodrow Dunlap

Synopsis

Photos from the Red Ryder Roundup. Inside front and back cover.

Indexer Notes

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

John Hampton

Inks

John Hampton ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You two don't git lost, now...

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Little Beaver; Red Ryder; Sheriff Newt; Auntie Duchess; J.J. (banker); Sol Tatum; Daw (rustler); Buckle (rustler); Monk (rustler)

Synopsis

Autie Duchess has bought wild cows and Red and Little Beaver are going to round them up, but some ranchhand-rustlers are aiming to do something about that.

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 much similar to his Kiyotee Kid story in #40, except for the heavy inking. Art ID by Steinar Ådland January 2011.

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

Script

?

Pencils

John Hampton

Inks

John Hampton ?

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Whooee! That heap big ranch...

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Little Beaver; Red Ryder; Sheriff Newt; Pecos; Blain (villain); Miss Kitty; Hack; Cheyenne; Cyclone (horse)

Synopsis

Cyclione is a killer horse, and Red Ryder is going to ride him, but someone has cut his latigo straps almost in two.

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 quite similar to his Kiyotee Kid story in #40, except for the heavy inking. Art ID by Steinar Ådland January 2011.

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

Script

Fred Harman (signed)

Pencils

Bill Lignante (signed as Fred Harman)

Inks

Bill Lignante (signed as Fred Harman)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I reckon even a cowboy can get sentimental and kinda poetic now an' then...

Genre

western-frontier; non-fiction

Indexer Notes

The mountains and clouds are identical to those in #89, same series, so this could be Lignante. He is credited to Red Ryder in Jerry Bails' Who's Who. Art ID by Steinar Ådland January 2011.

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

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hurry up, Little Beaver...

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Little Beaver; Po-ko; Prof. Adams; Teacher; Buck; Chief Big Hand

Synopsis

The Professor will pay $100 to anyone who can capture a young mountain lion and deliver it to him in a cage and unhurt.

Indexer Notes

Notice the teacher has a very big head compared to her body, and the kid Buck on page 2 has two round circles as eyes. This might be clues to the artist.

Little Turtle (Table of Contents: 6)

Wigwam Ways / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Fred Harman ?

Pencils

Bill Lignante (signed as Lignante)

Inks

Bill Lignante (signed as Lignante)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; western-frontier

Characters

Chief Little Turtle: General St. Clair

Synopsis

The story of Little Turtle; Chief of the Miami tribe, who defeated the whites two times.

Indexer Notes

Signed in third and last panel.
Fred Harman used ghost writers and artists on most in the comic books, but he is supposed to have done some features himself, like the script on Wigwam Ways. Info "Comics of the American West" by Maurice Horn.

Plenty of Action (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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