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Issue Details

Issue #166
Published October 1947
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "ROY ROGERS COMICS, No. 166." Code number is R.R.O.S. #166-4710. Copyright 1947 by Roy Rogers. Some information for this index from Robert Phillips.

Cover Details

Characters Roy Rogers (photo)
Genre Western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Notes Color, pre-1947, close-up, publicity, bust shot of Roy.

1 page Roy Rogers illustration "Roy and Wanted Poster"

Characters Roy Rogers (photo)
Synopsis Posed-for-comics photo shows Roy in action scene, as if a film still, observing wanted poster.
Genre Western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Notes Inside front cover; black and white.

48 page Roy Rogers story "The Basin Ranch Mystery"

Characters Roy Rogers; Trigger (horse); Pa Pendleton; Ma Pendleton; Hattie Pendleton; Bill Lassiter; Dude Van Norden; Pancho
Synopsis Roy comes to Belmore to search for the murderer of the son of a good friend, Pa Pendleton. On his way to the Basin Ranch, he finds Pa Pendleton, killed in the same manner as his son, with many knife slashes but no sign of his attackers.
Genre Western
Script Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils Albert Micale
Inks Albert Micale
Notes Imaginative panels used throughout.(Comment by Robert Phillips.) Gaylord Du Bois submitted this story on September 11, 1946.

1 page Roy Rogers illustration "Roy with Saddle and Rifle"

Characters Roy Rogers (photo)
Synopsis Photo, posed-for-comics, shows Roy in action scene, as if film still, lying over saddle, rifle in hand. Facsimile signed "Roy Rogers."
Genre Western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Notes Inside back cover; black and white.

1 page Roy Rogers illustration "Roy and Two Daughters"

Characters Roy Rogers (photo); Cheryl Rogers (photo); Linda Lou Rogers (photo)
Synopsis Color candid-like photo has Roy with daughters Cheryl and Linda Lou on horse-drawn coach. Roy is wearing a black hat.
Genre Western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Notes Back cover.