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Issue Details

Issue #59
Published January 1952
Frequency Monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing George T. Delacorte, Jr. (president); Helen Meyer (vice-president); Albert P. Delacorte (vice-president)

Cover Details

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

1 page Dell promo (ad from the publisher) "Read about this Amazing Gift Offer..."

Characters Gene Autry (photo); Santa Claus (drawing)
Genre Western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Letters Typeset
Notes Subscription information for Gene Autry Comics.

24 page Gene Autry story "Double-Cross Road"

Characters Gene Autry; Champion (horse); Joshia Hubbard; Doc Jones; Fingers (villain); Lem Hokinson; Tom (villain); Absolom (villain)
Synopsis First line: "Uh-oh, I'd say somebody had met with a drygulching..."
Genre Western
Pencils Nicholas Firfires
Inks Nicholas Firfires
Notes Art identification by Steinar Ã…dland (2010.11.23)

2 page text story "The Killers Mistake"

Characters Sheriff Web Dalton; Jeff Hartford
Synopsis First line: "As the posse rode back to town..."
Genre Western
Letters Typeset
Notes Copyright, 1951, by Western Printing & Litho. Co.

5 page story "An Honest Man"

Characters Jack Kelsey; Hacksaw Smith; Mike Flannagan (villain)
Synopsis First line: "Returning from patrol in the Sierra Nevadas..."
Genre Western
Pencils Bob Jenney ?
Inks Bob Jenney ?
Notes Last half page a promo ad from the publisher with small drawings of Gene, Flappjack and horses, by Nick Firfires

Half page filler "Rangeland Lingo"

Genre Western; Fact
Pencils August Lenox
Inks August Lenox
Letters Typeset
Notes Last half page a promo ad from the publisher.

1 page Gene Autry illustration "Gene Autry Pinup"

Characters Gene Autry (photos)
Genre Western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Notes Back cover.