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Issue Details

Issue #28
Published June 1949
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, 1949, 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); ?
Notes Photo over drawing cover.

24 page Gene Autry story "Gene Autry and the Silver Locket Mystery"

Characters Gene Autry; Champion [as Champ] (a horse)
Synopsis A westbound stage rumbles into Lobo Canyon and is ambushed.
Genre Western
Pencils Nicholas Firfires
Inks Nicholas Firfires
Notes Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.23)

2 page text story "A Pair of Plots"

Characters Benjie Whipple; Slats Perry; Abby; Cook
Synopsis First line: "I´ll be dawgoned! The voice yanked Benjie Whipple to his feet before he was awake."
Genre Western
Letters typeset
Notes Copyright, 1949, by western Publishing & Litho. Co. Two illustrations.

6 page story "The Ghost of the Bar-X"

Synopsis The Bar-X once was a hideout for a gang of bankrobbers. After prison, one came back for the hidden loot, but somebody lives there, and he turns into a ghost to scare them off.
Genre Western
Notes Art comments by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.23)

1 page Gene Autry illustration "Gene Autry Pinup"

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

1 page Gene Autry illustration "Champion Pinup"

Characters Champion (photo; a horse)
Genre Western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Notes Back cover.