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.