Issue Details

Issue	#59
Published	January 1952
Frequency	Monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	George T. Delacorte, Jr. (president); Helen Meyer (vice-president); Albert P. Delacorte (vice-president)

Cover Details

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

1 page Dell promo (ad from the publisher) "Read about this Amazing Gift Offer..."

Characters	Gene Autry (photo); Santa Claus (drawing)
Genre	Western
Pencils	? (photo)
Inks	? (photo)
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Subscription information for Gene Autry Comics.

24 page Gene Autry story "Double-Cross Road"

Characters	Gene Autry; Champion (horse); Joshia Hubbard; Doc Jones; Fingers (villain); Lem Hokinson; Tom (villain); Absolom (villain)
Synopsis	First line: "Uh-oh, I'd say somebody had met with a drygulching..."
Genre	Western
Pencils	Nicholas Firfires
Inks	Nicholas Firfires
Notes	Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.23)

2 page text story "The Killers Mistake"

Characters	Sheriff Web Dalton; Jeff Hartford
Synopsis	First line: "As the posse rode back to town..."
Genre	Western
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Copyright, 1951, by Western Printing & Litho. Co.

5 page story "An Honest Man"

Characters	Jack Kelsey; Hacksaw Smith; Mike Flannagan (villain)
Synopsis	First line: "Returning from patrol in the Sierra Nevadas..."
Genre	Western
Pencils	Bob Jenney ?
Inks	Bob Jenney ?
Notes	Last half page a promo ad from the publisher with small drawings of Gene, Flappjack and horses, by Nick Firfires

Half page filler "Rangeland Lingo"

Genre	Western; Fact
Pencils	August Lenox
Inks	August Lenox
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Last half page a promo ad from the publisher.

1 page Gene Autry illustration "Gene Autry Pinup"

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