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Issue Details

Issue #99
Published May 1955
Frequency Monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?

Cover Details

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

1 page filler "The Hassayampa"

Characters Willy Beasley
Synopsis First line: "The term Hassayampa was originally coined in the gold rush camps of the southwest..."
Genre Western
Pencils August Lenox (signed)
Inks August Lenox (signed)

15 page Gene Autry story "Dead Man´s Treasure"

Characters Gene Autry; Champion [as Champ] (horse); Lusker (villain); Wark (villain); Ben Potts; Dick
Synopsis First line: "Gene is on his way to Gunpowder´s Frontier Day Celebration...suddenly..."
Genre Western
Pencils Nicholas Firfires
Inks Nicholas Firfires
Notes Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.23)

9 page Gene Autry story "Island Captive"

Characters Gene Autry; Champion [as Champ] (horse); Flapjack Hobbs; Sam Benton; Frank
Genre Western
Letters `

2 page text story "Man and Beast"

Characters Homer Reese; Nick Grandon; Sheriff Lytell; Deputy Cox
Synopsis First line: "To Homer Reese, huddled by the glowing red potbellied stove, the noise of the wind was like the howling of hunger-maddened wolves..."
Genre Western
Letters typeset
Notes Copyright, 1955, by Western Printing & Litho. Co. Two illustrations

6 page Panhandle Pete story "Hardin´s Gulch of Silver"

Characters Panhandle Pete; Tommy Travis; Janey; Moore; Todd; Hardin; Jennison; Buttons
Synopsis First line: "The dishes are all done, Panhandle Pete!"
Genre Western
Pencils Nicholas Firfires
Inks Nicholas Firfires
Notes Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.23) Last 1/3 of last page with picture of Champion Comics, "..on sale now!"

1 page filler "Cabin Fever"

Synopsis First line: "The western term,"Cabin Fever" does not indicate any kind of organic disease..."
Genre Western
Pencils August Lenox (signed)
Inks August Lenox (signed)
Notes Inside back cover

1 page Dell promo (ad from the publisher) "Another Gene Autry Special-"

Characters Gene Autry
Genre Western
Letters Typeset
Notes Back cover. Subscription ad from the publisher. Drawing of Gene Autry, and The American Eagle Ring.