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Issue Details

Issue #29
Published June-August 1958
Frequency Quarterly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing George T. Delacorte, Jr. (publisher); Helen Meyer (president); Paul R. Lilly (executive vice-president); Harold Clark (vice-president, advertising director); Albert P. Delacorte (treasurer)
Notes Designed, produced, and copyright © 1958, by Western Printing & Lithographing Company.

Cover Details - "Battle Canyon"

Characters Rex Allen (photo); Koko (horse; photo)
Genre Western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Notes Photo cover.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Lose Keys? Lose Coins?"

Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover. Black and white. Promo for subscriptions to Dell Comics. Premium is a combination key and coin case. 12 issues for $1.20; 5 titles for $5.00. Promo also includes Dell's "Pledge to Parents".

17 page Rex Allen story "Battle Canyon"

Characters Rex Allen; Koko (horse)
Synopsis "General" Billy Dodd and his army of outlaws terrorize the area around Simpson's Fort. Rex Allen helps the settlement put together an "army" of its own and goes off to find the outlaws hidden hideout.
Genre western
Pencils Russ Manning
Inks Russ Manning

1 page text story "The Professor Meets a Crisis"

Synopsis Outlaw Jake Merkle steals the horse and supplies of geology professsor Higgins.
Genre western
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with 1/8 page illustration.

4 page Tales of the Roaring West story "The Ghost Dance"

Synopsis True story of the Paiute Wovoka and his "Ghost Dance," which inspired the last great Indian uprising in 1891, ending in the battle at Wounded Knee Creek.
Genre western; fact

9 page Rex Allen story "Secret of Don Miguel"

Characters Rex Allen; Koko (horse); Will Callahan; Mayor; Jim White; Miguel Albamonte; Rancho Cordillo (villian)
Synopsis The stagecoach driven by Will Callahan rolls toward Red Bluff and is stopped by a log blocking the road...
Genre western
Pencils Bill Ziegler
Inks Bill Ziegler

Half page advertisement "Hey Gang! Look what I've got..."

Notes 1/2 page ad in comic form for Stewart-Warner 'Cadet' Bike speedometer.

1 page filler "A Hurried Haven"

Synopsis Facts about dugout shelters used by cowboys when they were caught in blizzards far from the home ranch.
Genre western; fact
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover. Black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath.

1 page Schwinn advertisement "Schwinn Bikes Are Best!"

Letters typeset
Notes Back cover. Ad for Schwinn bicycles. "Corvette" model depicted. (Arnold, Schwinn & Co., Chicago, Ill.)