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Issue Details

Issue #24
Published February 1949
Frequency Monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing George T. Delacorte, Jr. (president); Helen Meyer (vice-president); Albert P. Delacorte (vice-president)
Notes Copyright, 1949, by Gene Autry. Designed and produced by Western Printing & Lithographing Co.

Cover Details

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

1 page Gene Autry promo (ad from the publisher) "Don't Miss a Single Issue of Gene Autry Comics"

Characters Gene Autry (photo)
Genre Western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Notes On inside front cover in black and white.

24 page Gene Autry story "Gene Autry and the Secret at Bottomless River"

Characters Gene Autry; Champion [as Champ] (a horse); Seth Barlow; Doc Emery; Ed; Norton; Bart Lawless (villain, death); Turk (villain, death); Flint Snyder [as Flint Sneed] (villain)
Synopsis First line:"That waterfall sure makes a racket!..."
Genre Western
Pencils Nicholas Firfires
Inks Nicholas Firfires

2 page text story "The Red Shirt"

Characters Ira Gridley; Sheriff Reed; Mace Dillon (villain)
Synopsis First line:"The door closed behind the guard. Mace Dillon and the warden were alone in the office."
Genre Western
Letters typeset
Notes Copyright 1949, by Western Printing & Litho. Co. Two illustrations

6 page A Panhandle Pete Yarn story "Cheetwah's Treasure"

Characters Panhandle Pete; Jughead (a mule); Tommy Travis; Janey; Padre Tomaso; Padre Luis; Cheetwah
Synopsis First line:"Hi there, young uns´up kinda high without yore parry-shoots, ain´t you?"
Genre Western
Pencils Jesse Marsh
Inks Jesse Marsh

1 page Gene Autry illustration "Gene Autry Pinup"

Characters Gene Autry (photo)
Genre Western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Notes On inside back cover in black and white.

1 page Gene Autry illustration "Gene Autry Pinup"

Characters Gene Autry (photo)
Genre Western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Notes Back cover.