Issue Details

Issue	#74
Published	April 1953
Frequency	Monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	George T. Delacorte, Jr. (president); Helen Meyer (vice-president); Albert P. Delacorte (vice-president)
Notes	Copyright, 1953, by Gene Autry. Designed and produced by Western Printing & Lithographing Co.

Cover Details

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

1 page Milky Way advertisement "I'm Takin' it Easy This Easter!"

Characters	Easter Bunny
Notes	On inside front cover.

16 page Gene Autry story "Dead Man's Curve"

Characters	Gene Autry; Champion [as Champ] (a horse); Grin Davis; Ferd Simpson; Deke Jackson (villain); Clem Wilson (villain)
Synopsis	The stagecoach has been driven over the cliff, and the payroll stolen, but no tracks could be found.
Genre	Western
Pencils	Nicholas Firfires
Inks	Nicholas Firfires
Notes	Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.23)

8 page Gene Autry story "Treetop Trickery"

Characters	Gene Autry; Champion [also as Champ] (a horse); Sheriff Hy Lawson; Vic Crane (death); Betty Tigh; Rufe Tigh; Bob Welsh; Moss Tigh (villain)
Genre	Western

5 page [A Panhandle Pete Yarn] story "The Silver of Los Moros"

Characters	Panhandle Pete; Tommy Travis; Janey; Captain Jess Billingsley; Chief White Wolf; Ana; Jose; Musset; Grumble (death)
Synopsis	Pete tells a story about a map drawn on scraped javelina hide, and that showed one of the Comanche silver mines.
Genre	Western
Pencils	Tony Sgroi
Inks	Tony Sgroi
Notes	Copyright, 1953, by Western Printing & Litho. Co. Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.23)

2 page text story "The Ghost Mine"

Characters	Ed Franklin; Jane Franklin; Johnny Franklin; Karl; Jeff Goodall
Genre	Western
Letters	typeset
Notes	Copyright, 1953, by Western Printing & Litho. Co.

8 page Gene Autry story "Murder Map"

Characters	Gene Autry; Champion [as Champ] (a horse); Grubby Keats; Sloan (villain)
Genre	Western

8 page Gene Autry story "Frame-Up"

Characters	Gene Autry; Champion [as Champ] (a horse); Terry Blaine; Art Blaine; Butch (a dog); Vic Winters (villain); Hutch (villain)
Genre	Western

1 page Gene Autry promo (ad from the publisher) "Here's a pen any cowhand would be glad to own"

Characters	Gene Autry
Genre	Western
Pencils	? (photo); ?
Inks	? (photo); ?
Colors	? (photo); ?
Notes	Subscription page.

1 page Whitman Publishing Company advertisement "Go ahead...you can really pet the fuzzy yellow cat!"

1 page Wheaties; What Sparks a Champion Sparks You! advertisement "Gretchen Fraser Sparks in Ski Race"

Characters	Gretchen Fraser
Genre	Sports
Notes	Back cover. Color ad in comic form for Wheaties breakfast cereal featuring Olympic slalom skier Gretchen Fraser.