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Issue Details

Issue #45
Published November 1950
Frequency Monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing George T. Delacorte, Jr. (president); Helen Meyer (vice-president); Albert P. Delacorte (vice-president)

Cover Details

Characters Gene Autry (photo); Champion (horse, photo)
Genre Western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)

1 page Gene Autry illustration "Gene Autry Pinup"

Characters Gene Autry (photo); Champion (horse, photo)
Genre Western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Notes Inside front cover in black and white.

24 page Gene Autry story "Gene Autry and the Ghost Prison"

Characters Gene Autry; Champion (horse); Blue Montana; Tom Larsen; Pete (villain); Conrad Denbow (villain); Rufe Denbow (villain); Mary; Cyrus; Warden Ingraham (villain); Deke (villain)
Synopsis First line: "Huh, that´s funny, Champ! Old Blue´s Montana´s shack seem´s deserted!"
Genre Western
Pencils Mike Arens
Inks Mike Arens
Notes The oldtimer with hat floating on his heavy hair, and smoking a corncob pipe is particular to Arens art. Also notice the angular gun holsters, and his girls usually have a great tie in the hair. Here we have two. Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.23)

16 page Gene Autry story "The New Sombrero Mystery"

Characters Gene Autry; Champion (horse); Rory McCarthy; Sheriff Cy Kimball; Young Wally; Ma Briggs; Jinx (villain); Lefty (villain)
Synopsis First line: "Yonder´s the trail to Calico Junction, Champ!"
Genre Western
Pencils Pete Alvarado ?
Inks Pete Alvarado ?
Notes Some awkward hands, and peculiar legs and horses, looks similar to the Whitman drawings by Alvarado, so this could be him. Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.23)

2 page text story "Always one Mistake"

Characters Big Eagle; Sheriff Sam Blake; Lisette Redan; Ed Grummett; Jake Combs
Synopsis First line: "Crack! Big Eagle sat upright, his lithe body tense..."
Genre Western
Letters Typeset
Notes Copyright, 1950, by Western Printing & Litho. Co.

5 page story "A Dude goes West"

Characters Deputy Sheriff Jack Perry; Scrag Bartlett (villain); Hutch (villain); Jess Foster; Bonny Foster
Synopsis First line: "That´s a heap o´cash you´re totin´, mister Perry!"
Genre Western
Pencils Nat Edson
Inks Nat Edson
Notes Nat Edson has heavy pointed hooves on his horses, and faces that tilt a little to the right, and mostly his hats are small, but not so in this story. Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.23) Last half page a promo ad from the publisher: "Subscribe now-Mail this Coupon Today!"

1 page Dell promo (ad from the publisher) Wanted! Boys and Girls that act fast for a Money-Saving offer..."

Characters Gene Autry (photo)
Genre Western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Letters Typeset
Notes Inside back cover. Subscription information for Gene Autry Comics.

1 page Gene Autry illustration "Gene Autry Pinup"

Characters Gene Autry (photo); Champion (horse, photo)
Genre Western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)