Gene Autry Comics #30

(August 1949)

Dell Comics are Good Comics (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

Gene Autry and the Secret of Naranjal (Table of Contents: 2)

Gene Autry / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils

Jesse Marsh

Inks

Jesse Marsh

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

G.A.#30-498

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Gene Autry; Champion [Champ] (horse); Captain Vegas; Chief Yakut; Tomah, little boy son of Yakut; Linda, sister of Tomah; Mateo, Linda's husband; Klamok, Linda's aged intended as per Yakut

Synopsis

Deputy Marshall Gene, pursuing a criminal into Mexico, tracks him solo with Federales permission, finds the criminal's corpse, a victim of fierce Indians, is taken by Chief Yakut, rescues Yakut's Christian son Tomah while Yakut believes both have died in The River of the Lost along with his Christian daughter Linda who eloped with her beloved Mateo to whom she was wed by the old missionary to the Indians before he died days earlier. Gene and Tomah connect up with Linda and Mateo, and Gene finds a way out of the canyon, finds the lost mines and ghost town of El Naranjal, rich in gold and food.

Indexer Notes

Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott states: "Gene Autry and the Secret of Naranjal. 24p. For Gene Autry Comics. Sent November 10, 1948." Spanish dialogue abounds. (Du Bois had written three Spanish language educational books in 1927.) ~Dave Porta

Champ Meets a Horse Thief (Table of Contents: 3)

Gene Autry's Champion / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Gaylord Du Bois; Elizabeth Beecher

Pencils

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Inks

?

Colors

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Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier; animal

Characters

Champion [Champ] (horse); Whitey [White Cloud] (horse)

Synopsis

Of the purebred Arabian mares and colts that ran off last issue, Champ rescues Whitey the colt and two of the mares from a horse thief, returns them to the ranch, where his master is confident that with Champ's held the rest can be recovered from the wild.

Indexer Notes

Copyright, 1949, by Western Printing & Litho. Co.

Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott states: "Champ Meets a Horse Thief. 6p. For Gene Autry Comics #33, November issue. Sent January 3, 1949." This concludes the story begun in the previous issue. But Catalog of Copyright Entries 1949 Pamphlets, page 377 of 673, credits Elizabeth Beecher as the author. There are plenty of Du Bois markers in the animals' voiced sounds (from the opening panel, with a horse's, "Waugh!," a frequent Du Bois vocal effect; a horse's, "Whe-hee! Huh-Huh-Whee!"; and the abundance itself of animal voiced sound effects"); and the plot agrees with Du Bois construction. But the narration and dialogue lack a Du Bois syntax. One may speculate: perhaps the editor gave Du Bois's script to Beecher for her to work from. Script analysis by David Porta, October, 2020.

History Repeats Itself (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Elizabeth Beecher

Pencils

Jesse Marsh

Inks

Jesse Marsh

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Randy! Where are you? Randy!

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Randy Booth; Ginger (horse); Dan O'Neill; Mickey O'Neill; Fred Hudson (villain)

Indexer Notes

Elizabeth Beecher writer credit per Catalog of Copyright Entries 1949 Pamphlets page 377 of 673. Copyright 1949, by Western Printing & Litho. Co. Two illustrations by Jesse Marsh

Gene Autry Turns the Tables (Table of Contents: 5)

Gene Autry / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jesse Marsh

Inks

Jesse Marsh

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gene rides into Rapid Creek on the cold trail of "Beak" Obray, mail train robber.

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Gene Autry; Champion [Champ] (horse); Sheriff Dune; Little Lark; Chief Spotted Horse; Beak Obray (villain)

[Gene Autry Pinup] (Table of Contents: 6)

Gene Autry / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

? (photo)

Inks

? (photo)

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Gene Autry (photo); Champion (photo, horse)

Indexer Notes

On inside back cover in black and white.

[Gene Autry Pinup] (Table of Contents: 7)

Gene Autry / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

? (photo)

Inks

? (photo)

Colors

? (photo)

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Gene Autry (photo)

Indexer Notes

Back cover.