Issue Details

Issue	#8
Published	July-August 1947
Frequency	Bi-Monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	?

Cover Details

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

2 page filler "Evolution of the Stock Saddle"

Genre	western; fact
Notes	Continued on inside back cover

26 page Gene Autry story "The Bandit King"

Characters	Gene Autry; Champion [as Champ] (a horse); Bronc; Con Johnson (gunman); Linda Knight; Dutch; Mel Damon (bandit king); Andy Knight; Clay
Synopsis	Gene surprises two gunmen with a kidnapped girl
Genre	western
Pencils	Jesse Marsh
Inks	Jesse Marsh

14 page Gene Autry story "Gene Autry and the Bearded Killer"

Characters	Gene Autry; Champion (a horse); Deputy Sheriff Ed Holt; Sheriff Dunham; Flapjack Hobbs; Blade Regan
Synopsis	Gene enters Boonville, looking for Flapjack Hobbs, and gets arrested
Genre	western
Pencils	Jesse Marsh
Inks	Jesse Marsh

2 page text story "Scaredy-Cat"

Synopsis	First line: "Pudge was sitting at the supper table when the thunder of pounding hoofbeats broke the evening quiet..."
Genre	western
Pencils	Jesse Marsh
Inks	Jesse Marsh
Letters	typeset
Notes	Two drawings by Jesse Marsh Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.22)

6 page story "Fool´s Gold"

Characters	Sam Klegg (killer-bandit); Red Klegg (killer-bandit); Sheriff; Deputy Mack; Deputy Sam; Wes Magill
Synopsis	The Clegg brothers, notorious killer-bandits, flee from the Sheriff and his men after robbing the bank in Sage City
Genre	western

1 page Gene Autry illustration "Gene Autry Pinup"

Characters	Gene Autry (photo)
Synopsis	Gene Autry with guitar
Genre	Western
Pencils	? (photo)
Inks	? (photo)
Colors	? (photo)
Notes	Back cover