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Issue Details

Issue #71
Published January 1953
Frequency Monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
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 Whitman advertisement "Eleven Fun-Packed Ways to Enjoy Peter Pan"

Characters Peter Pan; Captain Hook; Tinker Bell; Wendy
Letters Typeset
Notes Eleven 25 cents books about Peter Pan in color

24 page Gene Autry story "Ghosts of the Modoc"

Characters Gene Autry; Champion (horse); Flappjack Hobbs; Widge Dunphy
Synopsis Gene and Flappjack make a trip to the mountains, and run into a band of killers masked as Indian Ghosts...
Genre Western
Pencils Nicholas Firfires
Inks Nicholas Firfires
Notes Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.25)

15 page Gene Autry story "The Big Joke"

Characters Gene Autry; Champion (horse); Allie May; Jim May; Mister Harding (villain); Foreman Red (villain)
Synopsis Allie May and her brother, Jim, have inherited a ranch, but a neighbour is eager to get her sell out. He has not counted on Gene Autry, though...
Genre Western
Pencils Tony Sgroi
Inks Tony Sgroi
Notes Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.25)

2 page text story "Just Routine"

Characters Pony Express Rider Clint; Gunman 1; Gunman 2
Synopsis Clint has outrode an Indian warparty, when he is bushwhacked by two road agents, but he knows his way around...
Genre Western
Letters Typeset

6 page story "The Bad Luck Necklace"

Characters Tip (bank robber); Johnny (bank robber); Sheriff Ward
Synopsis Two bank robbers escape the posse and are returning to where they buried the strongbox, but an ancient Indian grave yield another find. Not a very lucky one...
Genre Western

1 page Dell promo (ad from the publisher) "Save Money this Christmas..."

Characters Gene Autry (photo); Santa Claus (drawing)
Pencils ? (photos); ?
Inks ? (photos); ?
Colors ? (photos); ?
Letters Typeset
Notes Subscription ad with two photos of Gene Autry and two drawings, one of Santa Claus and one of the Dell Comics Characters.

1 page Daisy Air Rifles advertisement "Rope this 1000-shot Red Ryder Cowboy Carabine"

Characters Red Ryder
Pencils ? (photo); Fred Harman
Inks ? (photo); Fred Harman
Colors ? (photo); Fred Harman
Letters Typeset
Notes One small drawing of Red Ryder on horseback, and photos of Daisy Air Rifles

1 page Wheaties advertisement "Touchdown!"

Characters Doak Walker
Notes Football comic strip in full color from Wheaties "Breakfast of Champions" Back cover