(September 1953)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
K. K. Publications Inc.
Brand
Dell Comic
Editing
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Red Ryder / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (painting)
Inks
? (painting)
Colors
? (painting)

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Little Beaver; Red Ryder
Reprints

Exciting Adventure (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Little Beaver; Red Ryder
Synopsis
Subscription form for Red Ryder Comics with drawing of Red Ryder and Little Beaver.

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

Red Ryder / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You have the grocery list, Red?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Little Beaver; Red Ryder; Sheriff Newt; Auntie Duchess; Pablo (monkeyman); Big Jake; Jocko (monkey);
Synopsis
A man with a hand organ and a monkey are in town. Big Jake don't like it and starts making trouble. The monkey grabs Jake's gun and climbs up a telephone pole and takes a pot shot at him. More trouble ending in fight with Red.

Indexer Notes

Uncredited ghost artist with a very crude style.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ugh! Old wolf in meat market...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Little Beaver; Po-ko; Sheriff Newt; Black Basil (claim jumper); Uncle Tom (prospector)
Synopsis
Little Beaver has a new boomerang and use it to tangle with a claim jumper.

Indexer Notes

Uncredited ghost artist.

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

Auntie Duchess / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Land O'Goshen!
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Auntie Duchess; Sheriff Newt
Synopsis
Left in the desert by rustlers, but a flash storm brings water and a roaring river. She has to build a raft to float all the way back to town, where she cathes the rustlers and gets a reward.

Indexer Notes

Uncredited ghost artist on this story too.

The Most Famous Hat in the World (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
Fred Harman (signed)
Pencils
August Lenox
Inks
August Lenox
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; western-frontier
Synopsis
The story of the Stetson hat told by fred harman.

Indexer Notes

Not signed, but nice scenery and horses points to Lenox.

The World's Toughest Soldiers (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
Fred Harman ?
Pencils
August Lenox
Inks
August Lenox
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; western-frontier
Synopsis
How an Indian warrior is trained.

Indexer Notes

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.
Not signed, but looking at the nostrils of the horse it points to Lenox, as the art in general.
Art ID by Steinar Ådland January 2011.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Red Ryder / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey...Ryder!
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Little Beaver; Red Ryder; Cass Dorn; Seth Bagley; Ted Bagley
Synopsis
Red Ryder has to straighten up some trouble over water rights

Indexer Notes

Unknown ghost artist.

Peg-leg's Runaway Fight (Table of Contents: 8)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
August Lenox (signed as Lenox)
Inks
August Lenox (signed as Lenox)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; western-frontier
Characters
Peg-leg Smith
Synopsis
Peg-leg Smith's long, running fight with Snake Indians

Have lots of Fun... (Table of Contents: 9)

Whitman Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photos)
Inks
? (photos)
Colors
? (photos)
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
How to have fun with inexpensive Whitman toys and games.

Spark Up if you want to be a Catcher! (Table of Contents: 10)

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Synopsis
Short comic strip with Yogi Berra from Wheaties.

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Red Ryder
  2. 1. Exciting Adventure
    Red Ryder
  3. 2. ["You have the grocery list, Red?"]
    Red Ryder
  4. 3. ["Ugh! Old wolf in meat market..."]
    Little Beaver
  5. 4. ["Land O'Goshen!"]
    Auntie Duchess
  6. 5. The Most Famous Hat in the World
    The West That Lives Forever
  7. 6. The World's Toughest Soldiers
    Wigwam Ways
  8. 7. ["Hey...Ryder!"]
    Red Ryder
  9. 8. Peg-leg's Runaway Fight
  10. 9. Have lots of Fun...
    Whitman Toys
  11. 10. Spark Up if you want to be a Catcher!
    Wheaties
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steinar Ådland
  • Michael Hoskin