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Issue Details

Issue #63
Published May 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)
Genre Western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)

1 page Dell promo (ad from the publisher) "FREE Gift Offer!"

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

24 page Gene Autry story "The RX Mystery"

Characters Gene Autry; Champion (horse); Doctor N.P. Gasden; Big Mike Stewart
Synopsis First line: "Uh-oh! A rifle shot!"
Genre Western
Pencils Nicholas Firfires
Inks Nicholas Firfires
Notes Art identification by Steinar Ã…dland (2010.11.23)

2 page text story "A Killer...and a Match"

Characters Sheriff Bolin; Harold Dodd; Gil Dodd
Synopsis First line: "As Sheriff Jules Bolin rode to the Bar-D ranch house, a tall, graying man stepped down from the porch."
Genre Western
Letters Typeset

6 page story "A Lucky Accident"

Characters Dave Elwood; Jimmy Sprangle; Helen Sprangle; Snip (horse); Rob Sprangle
Synopsis First line: "What in thunder's ailin' you, Snip?"
Genre Western

1 page filler "That's My Brand, Partner!"

Synopsis First line: "The branding of cattle did not originate in old Mexico..."
Genre Western; fact
Pencils Robert Jenney (signed RJ)
Inks Robert Jenney (signed RJ)
Notes The illustration is signed RJ, and the same style can be found in other fact fillers. It is by Robert Jenney, the artist of the early Cisco Kid Comics

1 page Gene Autry illustration "Gene Autry Pinup"

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