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Issue Details

Issue #79
Published September 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
Genre Western
Pencils ? (photo); ?
Inks ? (photo); ?
Colors ? (photo); ?

1 page Gene Autry promo (ad from the publisher) "Here's a Ring Every Gene Autry Fan Will Want!"

Characters Gene Autry
Genre Western
Pencils Nicholas Firfires
Inks Nicholas Firfires
Letters Typeset
Notes Subscription ad from the publisher, with one head drawing of Gene Autry, and a ring looking like real gold Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.25)

24 page Gene Autry story "The Town of Missing Men"

Characters Gene Autry; Champion (horse); Whiskers Rand; Dude (villain)
Synopsis Every man in the desert town of Perez has disappeared. Gene and Whiskers find the missing men, but trouble with other men, looking for a buried treasure...
Genre Western

15 page Gene Autry story "The Grandma Bandit"

Characters Gene Autry; Champion (horse); Herron; Sheriff; Lash Olsen; Chet Simmons
Synopsis Has an old grandma turned bankrobber, or a bankrobber tuned grandma, with bodyguard..? Gene consider both, and someone gets uneasy...
Genre Western
Pencils Nicholas Firfires
Inks Nicholas Firfires
Notes Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.25)

2 page text story "The Blue, Blue Lagoon"

Characters Mister Rawlins; Jed; Charles Benton
Synopsis The old hotel war real, like the ninety thousand dollar check on the wall, but the Blue Lagoon was the real bargain. Or was it..?
Genre Western
Pencils Tony Sgroi
Inks Tony Sgroi
Letters Typeset
Notes Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.25)

6 page story "A quick Solution"

Characters Lee St. Clair; Sheriff Johnson; George Gillis
Synopsis When the Sheriff is stong enough to carry a man by himself, and a bird comes in his way, anything might happen...
Genre Western
Pencils Sparky Moore
Inks Sparky Moore
Notes Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.25)

1 page text article "Homes on the Range"

Synopsis On the Great Plains everything was far away, exept the soil, and when you dug in, the house was right in front of you...
Genre Western; fact
Pencils August Lenox (signed)
Inks August Lenox (signed)
Letters Typeset
Notes A written factual article, with two illustrations.

1 page Whitman advertisement "Have lots of fun..."

Pencils ? (photos)
Inks ? (photos)
Letters Typeset
Notes Toys and games from Whitman, Card Games, Sweetie Doll, Sewing Cards; Pick-up Sticks, Kentucky Darby Racing Game

1 page Wheaties advertisement "Spark Up if you want to be a Catcher!"

Characters "Yogi" Berra
Notes Baseball comic strip in full color from Wheaties "Breakfast of Champions"