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Issue Details

Issue #93
Published November 1954
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 Gene Autry promo (ad from the publisher) "Ride 'em, cowboy!"

Characters Gena Autry; Kid Cowboy
Genre Western
Letters Typeset
Notes Subscription ad from the publisher with coin case offer

15 page Gene Autry story "Gene Rides the Storm"

Characters Gene Autry; Champion (horse); Webb Denton; Freddie Denton, Alice Denton; Mike
Synopsis A snowstorm and an explosion nearly bury a farm cabin, so Gene and Champion have a job getting the people out.
Genre Western
Pencils Pete Alvarado ?; John Ushler ?
Inks Pete Alvarado ?; John Ushler ?
Notes Some of the hands and faces looks like Alvarado, but not the horses. They have more of Ushler, except the eyes and inking. There are some Gene stories with the same pencilling, but with different inking from this one. Uncertain credits. Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.22)

2 page text story "A Mighty Square Hombre"

Characters Mister Wilson; Curly Hill; Widder Bartlett
Synopsis Curly Hill bought a mine to help out a widow, and later, when gold was struck, gave her back half of it...
Genre Western
Pencils Tony Sgroi
Inks Tony Sgroi
Letters Typeset
Notes Tony Sgroi is spotted by the eyes, mouth and cheekbone on the close up face, and the emotion lines on the happy miners. Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.22)

9 page Gene Autry story "The Unknown Nephew"

Characters Gene Autry; Champion (horse); Joey Boyd; Fred; Morton
Synopsis A kid has run away, and when Gene finds him, he tells Gene where to look for two wanted crooks...
Genre Western
Pencils Nicholas Firfires
Inks Nicholas Firfires
Notes Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.22) The open hands of Firfires looks more like gloves than hands, and his faces and stiff figures are easy to spot. His horses are very elegant.

6 page story "One Lucky Bolt"

Characters Ollie Truitt; Ned Dayton; Effie Dayton; Big Al
Synopsis Mr Truitt knows there is oil on the Dayton place, and try to get it by fire and trickery...
Genre Western
Notes The artwork is found in many Gene Autry stories, but the artist is quite elusive, maybe Al McKimson, by the face of Mrs Dayton. The faces of men with mustache is very common. Uncertain art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.22)

1 page text article "Booger Red The Greatest of Them All"

Genre Western; Fact
Pencils August Lenox
Inks August Lenox
Letters Typeset
Notes Boger Red was the greatest rider in the Southwest The art is not signed, but the special marked nostril of the horse must be Lenox Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.22)

1 page Lionel Trains advertisement "Here's How we got Lionel Trains"

Letters ?; Typeset
Notes Comic strip in full color, and Special Coupon Offer!