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Issue Details

Issue #6
Published April-June 1954
Frequency quarterly
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 100

Cover Details - "Western Roundup"

Characters Gene Autry; Roy Rogers; Bill Elliott; Rex Allen; Johnny Mack Brown
Genre Western
Pencils photo
Inks photo
Colors photo
Letters typeset
Notes Floating heads cover. Solid black background.

1 page Gene Autry filler "Gene Autry photo"

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

14 page Gene Autry story "The Disintegrator Gun"

Characters Gene Autry; Doctor Bent; several unnamed crooks
Synopsis Gene tracks down a group of crooks who are using a stolen disintegrator gun to rob banks. The chase involves a missing government scientist.
Genre Western

1 page text story "Indian Picture Writing"

Synopsis A short explanation of Indian symbols.
Genre Western
Pencils August Lenox
Inks August Lenox
Letters typeset

Champion story "Rustler's Roundup"

Characters Ricky; Champ; Rebel; Uncle Smoky; Van Pearson; Tom Hill
Synopsis Ricky goes fishing and encounters a gang of horse rustlers.
Genre Western
Pencils Tony Sgroi
Inks Tony Sgroi

2 page story "The Indians' Cookbook"

Synopsis A brief explanation of how indians cooked acorns, rabbit and buffalo.
Genre Western
Pencils August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)
Inks August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)
Letters August Lenox

14 page Roy Rogers story "The Cracked-Up Getaway"

Characters Roy Rogers; Sheriff Thorpe; Fleck (robber); Red (robber)
Synopsis Roy tracks a pair of bank robbers who steal an autogiro to use in their getaway.
Genre Western
Pencils Mike Arens
Inks Mike Arens

3 page text story "The Message in the Springs"

Characters Tommy (no last name); Golden Lady (a horse)
Synopsis Tommy hears morse code coming from his bedsprings.
Genre Western
Pencils Nicholas Firfires
Inks Nicholas Firfires
Letters typeset

10 page Trigger story "Trigger Joins the Boys' Club"

Characters Uncle Mike Hanford; Trigger; Tommy; Skipper Martin
Synopsis Uncle Mike tells how Trigger and Bullet were made honorary members of the Boys' Club as a reward for finding a lost boy.
Genre Western
Pencils Sparky Moore
Inks Sparky Moore

8 page story "Indian Dictionart"

Synopsis A glossary of Indian terms, each accompanied by a pronounciaton guide and a picture.
Genre Western
Pencils August Lenox
Inks August Lenox

10 page Johnny Mack Brown story "The Vengeful Roustabout"

Characters Johnny Mack Brown; Paul Trask; Ben (a roustabout)
Synopsis Johnny helps a friend, who is a circus owner, investigate a series of accidents at the winter quarters.
Genre Western
Pencils Sparky Moore

1 page Song filler "The Gal I Left Behind Me"

Synopsis Words and music to a traditional western song.
Genre Western
Script Traditional western lyric
Letters typeset
Reprinted from American Cowboy Songs, published by Robbins Music Cororation.

10 page Wild Bill Elliott story "A Lucky Flood"

Characters Bill Elliott; Pop (a cafe owner); Red (outlaw); Tip (outlaw)
Synopsis Bill chases two men who robbed Pop's Cafe and saves them from a flash flood.
Genre Western
Pencils Sparky Moore
Notes The flash flood sequence in this story is identical to a sequence in an old Gene Autry movie.

1 page Song filler "The Little Mohee"

Synopsis Words and music to a western song. Includes ukelele chord charts.
Genre Western
Letters typeset
Reprinted from The Cowboy and His Uke, edited by Richard K. Lindroth, Shawne Press

12 page Rex Allen story "A Neat Twist"

Characters Rex Allen; Pax Fassler
Synopsis An outlaw poses as a doctor and tries to quarantine a town by telling them that a man has an extremely contagious disease.
Genre Western
Pencils John Ushler
Inks John Ushler

1 page Roy Rogers filler "Roy Rogers photo"

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

1 page filler "Watching the Rodeo"

Characters group of unnamed cowboys
Synopsis Group of cowboys sitting on a fence and watching a rodeo event.
Genre Western
Pencils photo; Shosal Press Agency
Inks photo; Shosal Press Agency
Colors photo; Shosal Press Agency
Letters typeset