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Issue Details

Issue #76
Published June 1953
Frequency Monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?

Cover Details

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

1 page Gene Autry promo (ad from the publisher) "Here's my Special Offer to Boys & Girls who read Gene Autry Comics every month!"

Characters Gena Autry; Tom & Jerry; Lone Ranger; Tarzan; Roy Rogers; Popeye; Oswald Rabbit; Porky Pig; Andy Panda; Bygs Bunny; Henry; Little Iodine; Krazy Kat; Woody Woodpecker; Little Lulu; Tubby
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Notes Subscription ad from the publisher. Two color drawings, one of Gene Autry and one of the Dell Comic Book Characters

23 page Gene Autry story "The Outlaw Army"

Characters Gene Autry; Champion (horse); Flappjack Hobbs; General Dawson; Mayor Charley Keppels; Bolt Harper; John Reed
Synopsis Gene Autry is sent to Hayes City by the U.S. Marshal to clean up an army of false-faced bushwackers, hiding out in an old fort...
Genre Western
Pencils Nicholas Firfires
Inks Nicholas Firfires
Notes Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.25)

16 page Gene Autry story "The Siege"

Characters Gene Autry; Champion (horse); Senor Jarvis; Don Miguel; Carlos
Synopsis Arriving at a huge hacienda to get water, Gene is turned off at the gate, but hearing yells for help, he forces his way past the gunman. Inside he finds the owner all tied up and his captors gone...
Genre Western

2 page text story "The Cowboy's Toothache"

Characters Doc Burbank (alias Hal Burton); Fred; Tim Kelly; Red Thompson; Jock (villain)
Synopsis Doc Burbank, the dentist, gets a customer he recognizes from a frameup, and knows how to get even...
Genre Western
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6 page Panhandle Pete story "Isicle of Silver"

Characters Panhandle Pete; Tommy; Janey; Ranger Captain O'Malley; Juan Garcia
Synopsis Tommy and Janey have discovered a cave on the ridge, but the rain keeps them from exploring it. Instead Panhandle Pete will tell them about a couple of other caves down in Texas...
Genre Western
Pencils Tony Sgroi
Inks Tony Sgroi
Notes Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.25)

1 page filler "Law of the Gold Camps"

Genre Western; fact
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Notes Laws in the old gold camps varied, but murder war a short, swift ticket to the hangman's tree...

1 page Whitman advertisement "Everybody Loves Tell-a-Tale Books"

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Notes Color covers of Whitman books sold for 15 cents a piece

1 page Wheaties advertisement "Hurry! Send for this big Wheaties Offer!"

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Notes Wheaties "Breakfast of Champions" Miniature Auto Licence Plates from all 48 States. Louisiana and New Mexico shown, in color