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Issue Details

Issue #82
Published December 1953
Frequency Monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing George T. Delacorte, Jr. (president); Helen Meyer (vice-president); Albert P. Delacorte (vice-president)

Cover Details

Characters Gene Autry (photo)
Genre Western
Pencils ? (photo); ?
Inks ? (photo); ?
Colors ? (photo); ?

1 page Lincoln Logs advertisement "Davy and the Indian Attack"

Genre Western
Letters ?; Typeset

22 page Gene Autry story "The Helicopter Gang"

Characters Gene Autry; Champion (horse); Sheriff; Nick; Big Boy Schultz
Synopsis Bankrobbers use an helicopter to get away, but Gene captures one of them.
Genre Western
Pencils Nicholas Firfires
Inks Nicholas Firfires
Notes Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.23)

15 page Gene Autry story "The Boss of the One Chance"

Characters Gene Autry; Champion (horse); Billy Chung; Lennie Dover; Kingman
Synopsis Gene picks up a runaway Chinese kid, and runs into a crooked politician
Genre Western
Pencils Nicholas Firfires
Inks Nicholas Firfires
Notes Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.23)

2 page text story "The Chase"

Characters Moccasin Mike Lawson; Killer West
Synopsis Moccasin Mike Lawson, a former army scout, sets out to trail Killer Wess
Genre Western
Pencils Nicholas Firfires
Inks Nicholas Firfires
Letters Typeset

6 page Panhandle Pete story "The Broken Metate"

Characters Panhandle Pete; Tommy; Janey
Synopsis Panhandle Pete and the kids are going on a trip to the lost mines of San Saba
Genre Western
Pencils Tony Sgroi
Inks Tony Sgroi
Notes Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.23)

1 page Dell promo (ad from the publisher) "Do your Cristmas Shopping Early!"

Characters Gene Autry
Letters Typeset

1 page Dell promo (ad from the publisher) "1 Yr. Subscription to any Five only $4.50!"

Characters Tarzan; Little Lulu; Gene Autry; New Funnies; Lone Ranger; Roy Rogers; Looney Tunes; Tom & Jerry
Letters Typeset
Notes Subscription ad for Dell Comics, eight covers in full colors, and small head drawings of the same eight characters

1 page text article "Taming a Raw Frontier"

Genre Western; Fact
Pencils August Lenox (signed)
Inks August Lenox (signed)
Letters Typeset

1 page Daisy advertisement "A new Daisy"

Characters Red Ryder
Genre Western
Pencils Fred Harman (signed)
Inks Fred Harman (signed)
Letters Typeset

1 page Wheaties advertisement "Now! a steel miniature Foreign License Plate"

Letters Typeset