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Issue Details

Issue #8
Published July-August 1947
Frequency Bi-Monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?

Cover Details

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

2 page filler "Evolution of the Stock Saddle"

Genre western; fact
Notes Continued on inside back cover

26 page Gene Autry story "The Bandit King"

Characters Gene Autry; Champion [as Champ] (a horse); Bronc; Con Johnson (gunman); Linda Knight; Dutch; Mel Damon (bandit king); Andy Knight; Clay
Synopsis Gene surprises two gunmen with a kidnapped girl
Genre western
Pencils Jesse Marsh
Inks Jesse Marsh

14 page Gene Autry story "Gene Autry and the Bearded Killer"

Characters Gene Autry; Champion (a horse); Deputy Sheriff Ed Holt; Sheriff Dunham; Flapjack Hobbs; Blade Regan
Synopsis Gene enters Boonville, looking for Flapjack Hobbs, and gets arrested
Genre western
Pencils Jesse Marsh
Inks Jesse Marsh

2 page text story "Scaredy-Cat"

Synopsis First line: "Pudge was sitting at the supper table when the thunder of pounding hoofbeats broke the evening quiet..."
Genre western
Pencils Jesse Marsh
Inks Jesse Marsh
Letters typeset
Notes Two drawings by Jesse Marsh Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.22)

6 page story "Fool´s Gold"

Characters Sam Klegg (killer-bandit); Red Klegg (killer-bandit); Sheriff; Deputy Mack; Deputy Sam; Wes Magill
Synopsis The Clegg brothers, notorious killer-bandits, flee from the Sheriff and his men after robbing the bank in Sage City
Genre western

1 page Gene Autry illustration "Gene Autry Pinup"

Characters Gene Autry (photo)
Synopsis Gene Autry with guitar
Genre Western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Notes Back cover