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Issue Details

Issue #5
Published January-March 1954
Frequency quarterly
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 100

Cover Details - "Western Roundup"

Characters Gene Autry; Roy Rogers; Rex Allen; Johnny Mack Brown; Wild BIll Elliott
Genre Western
Pencils ?; (photos)
Inks ?; (photos
Colors ?; (photos)
Notes Cover has portraits of the five western stars super-imposed on a scene of a wagon camping on the desert under a starlit sky.

1 page Roy Rogers filler "Roy Rogers photo"

Characters Roy Rogers
Genre Western
Pencils ?: (photo)
Inks ?; (photo)
Notes inside front cover; odd-numbered issues have Roy Rogers photo in this position; even-numbered issues have Gene Autry photo in this position

14 page Roy Rogers story "Cover-Up"

Characters Roy Rogers; Trigger; Fred Dewey; Bertie SMith; Mrs. Widdon; Gabe Lowell
Synopsis Roy matches wits with two jewel thieves who are masquerading as bird watchers.
Genre Western
Pencils Mike Arens
Inks Mike Arens

1 page text article "Indian Wigwam"

Synopsis instructions for building a wigwam
Genre Western
Pencils August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)
Inks August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)
Letters typeset

10 page Trigger and Bullet story "Money Buys Trouble"

Characters Trigger; Bullet; Uncle Mike Hanford; Frank Ellis; Carl Breck; Shorty Gibson
Synopsis Uncle Mike tells how he foiled some land grabbers with the help of Trigger and Bullet.
Genre Western
Pencils Sparky Moore
Inks Sparky Moore

2 page story "Indian Sand Paintings"

Synopsis How Indian sand paintings are done and their purpose.
Genre Western

14 page Gene Autry story "The Robin Hood Mystery"

Characters Gene Autry; Hal Reed; Ace Dirk
Synopsis Gene investigates a Robin Hood type bandit in a small western town.
Genre Western
Pencils Nicholas Firfires
Inks Nicholas Firfires

3 page text story "Gold Is Where You Find It..."

Characters Dirk Jackson; Dirk Wheaton
Synopsis A westerner tries to take advantage of a tenderfoot miner.
Genre Western
Pencils John Ushler
Inks John Ushler
Letters typeset

10 page Champion story "Race against Death"

Characters Champion; Ricky; Buck; Uncle Smoky
Synopsis Ricky and Champion encounter a pack of wolves when they ride out to check on a herd of horses in a snowstorm.
Genre Western
Pencils Tony Sgroi
Inks Tony Sgroi

1 page Famous Women of the West text story "Annie Oakley Little Sure Shot"

Synopsis Brief biograph of Annie Oakley.
Genre Western
Pencils Till Goodan (signed)
Inks Till Goodan (signed)
Letters Till Goodan

1 page Famous Women of the West text story "Auntie Collins The Cattle Queen of Montana"

Synopsis Brief briography of Libby Collins who was known as The Cattle Queen of Montana.
Genre Western
Pencils Till Goodan (signed)
Inks Till Goodan (signed)
Letters Till Goodan

1 page Famous Women of the West text story "Calamity Jane Frontier Woman"

Synopsis Brief biography of Jane Canary.
Genre Western
Pencils Till Goodan (signed)
Inks Till Goodan (signed)
Letters Till Goodan

1 page Famous Women of the West text story "Belle Starr The Bandit Queen"

Synopsis Brief biography of Myra Belle Shirley.
Genre Western
Pencils Till Goodan
Inks Till Goodan
Letters Till Goodan

1 page An Album of Good Bad Men text article "An Album of Good Bad Men"

Synopsis Introduction to the following three entries.
Genre Western
Pencils August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)
Inks August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)

1 page An Album of Good Badmen text story "Pegleg Smith"

Synopsis Brief biography of Thomas Smith, an adventurer, trapper and trader.
Genre Western
Pencils August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)
Inks August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)

1 page An Album of Good Badmen text story "Al Jennings"

Synopsis Brief recount of the career of outlaw Al Jennings.
Genre Western
Pencils August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)
Inks August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)

1 page An Album of Good Badmen text story "Black Bart"

Synopsis Brief account of the career of Charles E. Boles, also known as Black Bart.
Genre Western
Pencils August Lenox
Inks August Lenox

10 page Johnny Mack Brown story "A Process of Elimination"

Characters Johnny Mack Brown; Tom Manton; Niles Redley; Duke Mason; Pete Corbus; Jim Meltin
Synopsis Johnny masquerades as an outlaw in order to discover the hideout for a gang that has been terrorizing the territory.
Genre Western
Pencils Nat Edson

1 page Song filler "Great Grand-Dad"

Genre Western
Script Traditional lyric
Letters typeset
Notes Words and sheet music for an old cowboy song.
Reprinted from The Cowboy and His Uke, edited by Richard K. Lindroth, Shawnee Press

10 page Wild Bill Elliott story "Wild Bill Elliott Plays a Hunch"

Characters Bill Elliott; Fred Tingle (a prospector)
Synopsis Bill foils a group of outlaws who are trying to steal a gold shipment.
Genre Western
Pencils Sparky Moore
Inks Sparky Moore

1 page Song filler "The Big Rock Candy Mountain"

Genre Western
Script Traditional lyric
Letters typeset
Notes Words and music for a traditional song.
Reprinted from The Cowboy and His Uke, edited by Richard K. Lindroth, Shawnee Press

12 page Rex Allen story "The Rustler's Ruse"

Characters Rex Allen; Lige Gault
Synopsis Rex is tricked into helping a rustler escape from a posse.
Genre Western
Pencils John Ushler
Inks John Ushler

1 page Gene Autry filler "Gene Autry photo"

Characters Gene Autry
Genre Western
Pencils ?; (photo)
Inks ?; (photo)
Notes inside back cover; Gene's photo is in this position for odd-numbered issues. Roy Rogers's photo is in this position for even-numbered issues.

1 page filler "Longhorns"

Synopsis Not much to say. Just a lot of bull.
Genre Western
Pencils photo; Shostal Press Agency
Inks photo; Shostal Press Agency
Colors photo; Shostal Press Agency
Letters typeset
Notes back cover