Gene Autry Comics #35

(January 1950)

[Santa says Here´s a Christmas GIFT] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

Bullet-Proof (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils

Pete Alvarado ?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

G.A.35-501

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Gene Autry; Champion [Champ] (horse); Doc Globe; Bill Denby; Mister Denby; Chickamaw; Sheriff

Synopsis

Gene recovers from a two-man quack medicine show the life savings of a cripple who just wants to work again, after his boy, Bill, protests the swindle over bad goods. Bill helps Gene investigate the show for robberies done, leads Gene to the site of a crime in progress, knocks the gun from the Indian's hand after two shots, one that hit his partner, Doc, in his fat belly, to no effect. The culprits flee, are found, Bill touches Doc's belly, Gene finds it is a sack of stolen cash, Bill gets the reward, and his lame dad can now afford the operation to get better so he can work again.

Indexer Notes

Maybe pencil artwork by Pete Alvarado, as he began in 1950 on Gene, after two years on Panhandle Pete. Or he may be credited with too much.
Art comments by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.23)

Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott states: "Gene Autry in Bullet Proof. 16p. For Gene Autry Comics, January issue. Sent May 10, 1949." ~Dave Porta

The Ruse (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Elizabeth Beecher

Pencils

Pete Alvarado ?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

One morning in the railhead town of Split Rock, Big Mike does some eavesdropping!

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Big Mike; Watson; Miller; Hank Slade; Ernie Bond

Indexer Notes

A possible Alvarado pencil work from 1950.

Elizabeth Beecher script credit as per page 36 Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series: 1950, Part 1B: Pamphlets, Serials and Contributions to Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress, 1951. Elizabeth Beecher script identification by David Porta, May 2014.

Detective Denny (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Elizabeth Beecher

Pencils

Pete Alvarado ?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Sheriff Barker frowned when the knock came on the back door.

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Sheriff Barker; Danny Barker; Rick Madsen; Spud

Indexer Notes

Elizabeth Beecher script credit as per page 36 Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series: 1950, Part 1B: Pamphlets, Serials and Contributions to Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress, 1951. Elizabeth Beecher script identification by David Porta, May 2014.

The Secret of Saddle Butte (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils

Nicholas Firfires

Inks

Nicholas Firfires ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Gene Autry; Champion [Champ] (horse); Beth Daly; Uncle Lonesome; Jenny (burro); Jack (burro); Latigo; Gotch

Synopsis

Gene tracks train robbers into the desert and a dead-end. He finds Beth seeking her prospector uncle Lonesome. Bandits wound Gene and steal Champ; Beth nurses him. They follow her uncle's burro, survive a sandstorm, and find water. At Lonesome's cabin, they find a corpse and bury it. Lonesome returns and explains it was a badman he killed before. Wounded, he went for a doc. He struck uranium, and will sell the claim and retire. He leads Gene to the hide-out over the cliff, and Gene heads down. Lonesome saves Gene in the nick of time. Gene muses if not for Beth he'd not have closed the case.

Indexer Notes

Last half page promo ad from the publisher: "Use this form for your own subscription"
Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.23)

Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott states: "Gene Autry and Secret of Saddle Butte. 24p. For Gene Autry Comics, February? issue. Sent May 22, 1949." ~Dave Porta

[Use this form for Christmas gift subscriptions] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

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

The photo is in reverse; playing left handed , jacket buttons on wrong side, and ring on wrong hand. The photo is handcolored, look at face, and rock behind him.