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Issue Details

Issue #153
Published June 1947
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "ROY ROGERS COMICS, No. 153." Code number is R.R.O.S. #153-476. Copyright 1947 by Roy Rogers. Some information for this index, especially the photos, contributed by the late Robert Philips.

Cover Details

Characters Roy Rogers (photo); original Trigger (horse, photo)
Synopsis Color photo cover, pre-1947, posed-for-comics, Roy astride original Trigger, first showing of silver-adorned saddle.
Genre western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)

1 page Roy Rogers illustration "Roy Cooking Outdoors"

Characters Roy Rogers (photo)
Synopsis 1947, posed-for-comics photo, Roy cooking outdoors.
Genre western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Notes Inside front cover; black and white.

48 page Roy Rogers story "Roy Rogers and The Mad Marksman"

Characters Roy Rogers; Trigger (horse)
Synopsis Roy, as a deputy U.S. Marshal, investigates the murder of a postmaster in the town of Gusher, Wyoming. He has to track down a sniper who uses a long-range rifle and high-velocity bullets to kill his victims.
Genre western
Script Gaylord DuBois
Pencils Albert Micale
Inks Albert Micale
Letters typeset
Notes Script submitted on June 21, 1946. Colorist uses yellow for Roy's gunbelt, holsters and boots. Large, various-sized panels used for action scenes. (Comments by Robert Phillips.)

1 page Roy Rogers illustration "Roy With Rife, Looking Out Window"

Characters Roy Rogers (photo)
Synopsis Posed-for-comics photo has Roy, rifle in hand, peering out window. Facsimile signed "Roy Rogers."
Genre western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Notes Inside back cover; black and white.

1 page Roy Rogers illustration "Roy at Home, Eating Breakfast"

Characters Roy Rogers (photo)
Synopsis Color, posed-for-comics photo has Roy at home, at table, eating breakfast.
Genre western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Notes Back cover.