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Issue Details

Issue #38
Published April 1950
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, 1948, 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)

1 page Gene Autry illustration "Gene Autry Pinup"

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

24 page Gene Autry story "Renagades of Gold Bar"

Characters Gena Eutry; Champion (horse); Larry Bartlett; Sheriff George Bartlett; Mack Piper
Synopsis First line: "Remember, Larry! Right hand over his neck!"
Genre Western
Pencils Nicholas Firfires
Inks Nicholas Firfires ?
Notes Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.23)

6 page Panhandle Pete story "The Unluckiest Prospector"

Characters Panhandle Pete; Tommy; Jeany; Bill Snyder
Synopsis First line: "I´ll be jiggered! Since when did you young ´uns take to travelin´on all fours?"
Genre Western

2 page text story "The Final Payment"

Characters Jed Cline; Sarah Warner
Synopsis First line: "Jed Cline strode up the narrow dirt leading to the unpainted, tumbledown shack."
Genre Western
Letters Typeset

16 page Gene Autry story "The outlaws of Moccasin Bend"

Characters Gene Autry; Champion (horse); Utah Boyd; Slim Gaffney; Rod Rannigan; Sheriff
Synopsis First line: "Champ! That rumblin´noise! It´s an earthquake!"
Genre Western
Pencils Nicholas Firfires
Inks Nicholas Firfires ?
Notes Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.23)

1 page Dell promo (ad from the publisher) "Wanted! Boys and Girls that act fast for a Money-Saving offer..."

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

1 page Gene Autry illustration "Gene Autry Pinup"

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