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Issue Details

Issue #479
Published July 1953
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "QUEEN OF THE WEST DALE EVANS, No. 479." Code number is D.E.O.S. 537. Copyright 1953 by Dale Evans Enterprises. First of two Dale Evans Four Colors.

Cover Details - "Queen of the West Dale Evans"

Characters Dale Evans (photo); Buttermilk (horse, photo)
Genre western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)

1 page Dale Evans illustration "Dale and three of her children"

Characters Dale Evans (photo); Dusty Rogers (photo); Dodie Rogers (photo); Sandy Rogers (photo)
Synopsis Posed photo of Dale and three of her children, Dusty, Dodie, and Sandy.
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Photo with typeset caption.

20 page Dale Evans "Queen of the West" story Dale Evans and "The Gent from Laredo"

Characters Dale Evans; Pat Brady; Bullet (dog); Buttermilk (horse)
Synopsis On a rainy night, Dale's café is held up by robbers who get away with $16. The robbers remain in town, staying with a former cellmate, and find there is going to be a charity dance the next week. One of the attractions at the dance is to be Mrs. William Van Dusen, who owns the most valuable collection of diamonds in the world. The two hatch a plot to steal the diamonds, but Dale is also at the dance and disrupts the plan.
Genre western
Notes Roy Rogers is mentioned in dialogue, but does not appear.

14 page Dale Evans "Queen of the West" story "Bandit Bait"

Characters Dale Evans; Lulu Hanks; Bullet (dog); Buttermilk (horse)
Synopsis Neighbor Lulu Hanks foils an attempt to rob Damon's Jewelry Store, but the robbers get away. Lulu and Dale recognize the fabric the robbers used for their masks, but don't know know where they saw it. While collecting door-to-door for a "white elephant" charity sale, Dale stumbles upon the clue that identifies the robbers.
Genre western
Notes Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on back cover in color. Roy Rogers is mentioned briefly in dialogue, but does not appear.