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Issue Details

Issue #96
Published February 1955
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 text article "Calgary Red"

Genre Western; Fact
Pencils Till Goodan (signed)
Inks Till Goodan (signed)
Letters Typeset
Notes A bucking horse named Calgary Red

15 page Gene Autry story "The Disappearing Raiders"

Characters Gene Autry; Champion (horse); Judd Kane; El Toro; Marshal
Synopsis El Toro's gang is operating in Ocean City, and all tracks leads straight into the ocean, by landing craft...
Genre Western
Pencils Mike Arens
Inks Mike Arens
Notes Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.22)

2 page Hop Sing text story "Hop Sing, Topnotch Detective"

Characters Sheriff Dave Kelsey; Hop Sing; Slicker Sam Cooney; Lee Wong
Synopsis Slick Sam has threatened to kill Sheriff Kelsey, and no one knows what he looks like, until Hop Sing spots his coat...
Genre Western
Letters Typeset

9 page Gene Autry story "Rustler's Canyon"

Characters Gene Autry; Champion (horse); Ruth Newton; Nat; Carp
Synopsis Ruth's horses are rustled, and then the rustlers are putting her ranch house on fire, but Gene is not far off...
Genre Western
Pencils Nicholas Firfires
Inks Nicholas Firfires
Notes Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010 11.22)

6 page Panhandle Pete story "The Lost Ledge of the Peraltas"

Characters Panhandle Pete; Tommy; Janey
Synopsis Pete tells of the Peralta family who found gold, but was chased off by Indians, and they didn't want it, just their supplies...
Genre Western
Pencils Nicholas Firfires
Inks Nicholas Firfires
Notes Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010 11.22.) Bottom of last page shows the cover of Champion Comics

1 page Cheerful Card Company advertisement "Amazind Offer"

Pencils ? (photos)
Inks ? (photos)
Letters Typeset
Notes How to sell 52 boxes of greeting cards and earn $40

1 page Gene Autry promo (ad from the publisher) "Colorful Wallet"

Characters Gene Autry
Genre Western
Letters Typeset
Notes A free wallet by subscribing to Dell Comics