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Issue Details

Issue #31
Published September 1949
Frequency Monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Gene Autry (photo); Champion (photo; a horse)
Genre Western
Pencils ? (photo); ?
Inks ? (photo); ?
Colors ? (photo); ?

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Dell Comics Are Good Comics"

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

16 page Gene Autry story "Gene Autry Rides Alone"

Characters Gene Autry; Mister Harvey; Tad; Pete (villain); Ben (villain); Sheriff Rickart; Spud (villain)
Synopsis First line: "That´s a funny rig...two horses pulling a few forkfuls of hay..."
Genre Western
Pencils Jesse Marsh
Inks Jesse Marsh
Notes Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.23)

24 page Gene Autry story "The Rio Rosa Valley War"

Characters Gene Autry; Champion as Champ (horse); Stagedriver Nix Jackson; Bob Thorpe (alias Jones); Bull (villain); Hake (villain); Sam Allen; Ruth Allen; Doc Barclay; Cattle Baron Hal Thorpe
Synopsis First line: "It is nearing noon and since sunup, Gene Autry and Champ have been pushing westward..."
Genre Western
Pencils Nicholas Firfires
Inks Nicholas Firfires
Notes Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.23)

2 page text story "Not all bad"

Characters Mary; Denver Jack; Doc Walters; Sheriff
Synopsis First line: "Mary was startled when she saw the footprints on the creek bank."
Genre western
Pencils Jesse Marsh
Inks Jesse Marsh
Letters typeset
Notes Copyright, 1949, by Western Printing & Litho. Co. Two illustrations

6 page A Panhandle Pete Yarn story "The Hill of Silver"

Characters Panhandle Pete; Tommy; Janey; Don Miranda
Synopsis First line: "Break out the bacon an´ beans, Maw!"
Genre Western
Pencils Pete Alvarado ?
Notes Copyright, 1949, by Western Printing & Litho. Co. Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.25)

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 Western illustration "Gene Autry Pinup"

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