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Issue Details

Issue #19
Published September 1948
Frequency Monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing George T. Delacorte, Jr. (president); Helen Meyer (vice-president); Albert P. Delacorte (vice-president)
Notes Copyright, 1948, by Gene Autry. Designed and produced by Western Printing & Lithographing Co.

Cover Details

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

1 page Gene Autry illustration "Gene Autry Pinup"

Characters Gene Autry (photo)
Genre Western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Notes On inside front cover in black and white.

24 page Gene Autry story "Gene Autry and the Secret of Badman's Cave"

Characters Gene Autry; Champion [as Champ] (a horse); Flapjack Hobbs; Jocko (a mule); Sheriff Jim Hubbell; Sam Burke (death); Doc Hall; Tod Jones (death); Eduardo Garcia; Elvira Dibble; Garza (villain); King Fancher (villain); Dakota (villain); Lefty (villain); Al (villain); Conchita Juarez [Clara Johnson] (villain, death)
Synopsis First line:"One afternoon in the Office of Jim Hubbel, Sheriff of Silver Tip..."
Genre Western
Pencils Jesse Marsh
Inks Jesse Marsh
Notes Art identification by Steinar Ã…dland (2010.11.23)

2 page text story "Thirteenth Birthday"

Characters Frank Conlon; Dolly Conlon; Teddy Conlon; Scar Gratton (villain)
Synopsis First line:"Well, son, how does it feel to be thirteen?"
Genre Western
Script Oscar Lebeck ?
Letters typeset
Notes Copr., 1948 by Oskar Lebeck. Two illustrations.

6 page story "The Trick"

Characters Sheriff Nate Hargus; Oscar Wells; Molly Wells; Slats; Faro Rawson (villain); Linc Green (villain)
Synopsis First line:"Carrying $5000 he has just withdrawn from the bank, Oscar Wells joins his daughter, Molly, and Sheriff Nate Hargus."
Genre Western
Script Oscar Lebeck ?
Notes Copr.1948 Oscar Lebeck

1 page Gene Autry illustration "Gene Autry Pinup"

Characters Gene Autry (photo)
Genre Western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Notes On inside back cover in black and white.

1 page Gene Autry promo (ad from the publisher) "Don't Miss a Single Issue of Gene Autry Comics"

Characters Gene Autry (photo)
Genre Western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Notes Back cover.