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Issue Details

Issue #177
Published December 1947
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "ROY ROGERS COMICS, No. 177." No code number. Copyright 1947 by Roy Rogers. Most information for this index from Robert Phillips.

Cover Details

Characters Roy Rogers (photo); original Trigger (horse, photo)
Synopsis Posed-for-comics photo, has Roy astride original Trigger.
Genre western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)

1 page Roy Rogers illustration "Roy and Owl"

Characters Roy Rogers (photo)
Synopsis Candid-like photo, taken on filming location ("On the Old Spanish Trail", identified in caption), has Roy with owl.
Genre western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white.

32 page Roy Rogers story "Roy Rogers and the Wolves of the Little Moab"

Characters Roy Rogers; Trigger (horse)
Synopsis Roy helps Sheriff Bill Prime, an old friend, solve a murder and cattle-rustling committed by the "Wolves of the Little Moab" gang (so-called because they wear wolf's head masks.)
Genre western
Script Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils Harry Parkhurst [as Harry Parks] (signed)
Inks Harry Parkhurst [as Harry Parks] (signed)
Notes Original copyright October 28, 1947, in name of Roy Rogers: AA 69967, now expired. Story submitted October 28, 1946. Story opens with Roy Rogers singing a song, one of the few such instances in comic books. Roy's likeness undergoes drastic change with this artist. (Comments by Robert Phillips.) Art is signed in last panel.

1 page Roy Rogers illustration "Roy Cleaning Rifle"

Characters Roy Rogers (photo)
Synopsis Captioned, candid-like photo has Roy on movie location, cleaning rifle.
Genre western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black and white.

1 page Roy Rogers illustration "Roy and Trigger"

Characters Roy Rogers (photo); original Trigger (horse, photo)
Synopsis Horizontal publicity photo shows Roy astride what appears to be original Trigger, but touched up by photographers.
Genre western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Notes Back cover.