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Issue Details

Issue #316
Published February 1951
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "REX ALLEN, No. 316." Code number is REX A. O.S. #316-512. Copyright 1951 by Western Printing & Lithographing Company. First and only Rex Allen Four Color. Continues as Rex Allen Comics (Dell, 1951 series) #2 (September-November 1951). Labeled "R.A. 1" on the cover.

Cover Details

Characters Rex Allen (photo)
Genre western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)

1 page Rex Allen illustration "Rex Allen, starring in Republic Productions"

Characters Rex Allen (photo)
Synopsis Posed photo of Rex playing a guitar.
Genre western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Full-page photograph.

32 page Rex Allen story "The Legacy"

Characters Rex Allen; Koko (horse; Booter Sam
Synopsis When Rex goes to Oklahoma to investigate a claim on his uncle's estate, he is framed in the killing of a sheriff.
Genre western
Pencils Jesse Marsh
Inks Jesse Marsh
Notes Rex's ranch is named the "X-AL". Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

16 page Rex Allen story "Ghost Town Gun Runners"

Characters Rex Allen; Koko (horse)
Synopsis Masked riders are attacking supply wagons to Mule Gulch to force the residents to leave. When Rex brings a load of supplies by river barge, he has to improvise a plan when his helper decides to hijack the supplies and sell them himself.
Genre western
Pencils Jesse Marsh
Inks Jesse Marsh
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page Rex Allen illustration "Rex and Koko"

Characters Rex Allen (photo); Koko (horse, photo)
Synopsis Rex riding his horse Koko.
Genre western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Full-page photograph.

1 page Rex Allen illustration "Rex and Koko by Adobe Building"

Characters Rex Allen (photo); Koko (horse, photo)
Synopsis Rex prepares to mount Koko, with adobe building in background.
Genre western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Notes Back cover; color. Full-page photograph.