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 Ådland (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Synopsis	First line:"Carrying $5000 he has just withdrawn from the bank, Oscar Wells joins his daughter, Molly, and Sheriff Nate Hargus."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.