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Issue Details

Issue #30
Published August 1949
Frequency Monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
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); Champion (photo; a horse)
Genre Western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Letters typeset

1 page Gene Autry promo (ad from the publisher) "Dell Comics are Good 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 of Naranjal"

Characters Gene Autry; Champion [as Champ] (a horse); Captain Vegas; Chief Yakut; Tomah; Linda; Mateo; Klamok
Synopsis First line: "On the trail of a border-jumping mail robber, Deputy U.S. Marshal Gene Autry..."
Genre Western
Pencils Jesse Marsh
Inks Jesse Marsh

6 page Champ story "Champ Meets a Horse Thief"

Characters Champion [as Champ] (a horse); Whitey [also as White Cloud] (a horse)
Synopsis First line: "Champ is standing guard over Whitey..."
Genre Western
Notes Copyright, 1949, by Western Printing & Litho. Co.

2 page text story "History Repeats Itself"

Characters Randy Booth; Ginger (a horse); Dan O'Neill; Mickey O'Neill; Fred Hudson (villain)
Synopsis First line: "Randy! Where are you? Randy!"
Genre Western
Pencils Jesse Marsh
Inks Jesse Marsh
Letters typeset
Notes Copyright 1949, by Western Printing & Litho. Co. Two illustrations by Jesse Marsh

16 page Gene Autry story "Gene Autry Turns the Tables"

Characters Gene Autry; Champion [as Champ] (a horse); Sheriff Dune; Little Lark; Chief Spotted Horse; Beak Obray (villain)
Synopsis First line: "Gene rides into Rapid Creek on the cold trail of "Beak" Obray, mail train robber."
Genre Western
Pencils Jesse Marsh
Inks Jesse Marsh

1 page Gene Autry illustration "Gene Autry Pinup"

Characters Gene Autry (photo); Champion (photo; a horse)
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.