Issue Details

Issue	#82
Published	December 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)

Cover Details

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

1 page Lincoln Logs advertisement "Davy and the Indian Attack"

Genre	Western
Letters	?; Typeset

22 page Gene Autry story "The Helicopter Gang"

Characters	Gene Autry; Champion (horse); Sheriff; Nick; Big Boy Schultz
Synopsis	Bankrobbers use an helicopter to get away, but Gene captures one of them.
Genre	Western
Pencils	Nicholas Firfires
Inks	Nicholas Firfires
Notes	Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.23)

15 page Gene Autry story "The Boss of the One Chance"

Characters	Gene Autry; Champion (horse); Billy Chung; Lennie Dover; Kingman
Synopsis	Gene picks up a runaway Chinese kid, and runs into a crooked politician
Genre	Western
Pencils	Nicholas Firfires
Inks	Nicholas Firfires
Notes	Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.23)

2 page text story "The Chase"

Characters	Moccasin Mike Lawson; Killer West
Synopsis	Moccasin Mike Lawson, a former army scout, sets out to trail Killer Wess
Genre	Western
Pencils	Nicholas Firfires
Inks	Nicholas Firfires
Letters	Typeset

6 page Panhandle Pete story "The Broken Metate"

Characters	Panhandle Pete; Tommy; Janey
Synopsis	Panhandle Pete and the kids are going on a trip to the lost mines of San Saba
Genre	Western
Pencils	Tony Sgroi
Inks	Tony Sgroi
Notes	Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.23)

1 page Dell promo (ad from the publisher) "Do your Cristmas Shopping Early!"

Characters	Gene Autry
Letters	Typeset

1 page Dell promo (ad from the publisher) "1 Yr. Subscription to any Five only $4.50!"

Characters	Tarzan; Little Lulu; Gene Autry; New Funnies; Lone Ranger; Roy Rogers; Looney Tunes; Tom & Jerry
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Subscription ad for Dell Comics, eight covers in full colors, and small head drawings of the same eight characters

1 page text article "Taming a Raw Frontier"

Genre	Western; Fact
Pencils	August Lenox (signed)
Inks	August Lenox (signed)
Letters	Typeset

1 page Daisy advertisement "A new Daisy"

Characters	Red Ryder
Genre	Western
Pencils	Fred Harman (signed)
Inks	Fred Harman (signed)
Letters	Typeset

1 page Wheaties advertisement "Now! a steel miniature Foreign License Plate"

Letters

Typeset