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Issue Details

Issue #69
Published November 1952
Frequency Monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing George T. Delacorte, Jr. (president); Helen Meyer (vice-president); Albert P. Delacorte (vice-president)

Cover Details

Characters Gene Autry (photo)
Genre Western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)

1 page Dell promo (ad from the publisher) My Favorite "Pin-Up"

Characters Gene Autry (photo); Dell Comics Characters (drawing)
Pencils ? (photo) ; ?
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Letters Typeset
Notes Inside front cover. Black/white/blue/yellow/red. All pictures in black/white.

24 page Gene Autry story "The Salt Battle"

Characters Gene Autry; Champion (horse); Juan Gonzales; Anse Crowder; Lampo Crowders; Lita Gonzales
Synopsis The Crowder brothers try to force Gonzales off his ranch, take over the Salt Lake and fence it, and then charge for the salt.
Genre Western

15 page Gene Autry story "The Silent Witness"

Characters Gene Autry; Champion (horse); Sir Marmaduke (monkey); Stan Lane; Buttons McCauley (villain)
Synopsis Stan Lane is killed, and the only witness is a silent one, a monkey...
Genre Western

1 page filler "Best in the West"

Genre Western; fact
Pencils August Lenox (signed)
Inks August Lenox (signed)
Letters Typeset
Notes Article with drawings of a Colt Single-Action "Peacemaker", a Winchester '73 Lever-Action Rifle, and a Colt Dragoon Holster Pistol. In the background, riders armed with these weapons. Notice the marked nostrils of the horses, a good clue to Lenox if he has not signed his work.

2 page text story "Trapped"

Characters Slade (assayer); Len; Nicky; Sheriff
Synopsis Len is held prisoner by the assayer and his hired gunman till he tells them where his gold is hidden, but he figures out a way to split them apart...
Genre Western
Letters Typeset

6 page story "Ring Around the Mountain"

Characters Dick Lang; Clark Findlay; Curly
Synopsis A dude cattle buyer will arrive two weeks early, and only half the cattle is at hand. To buy time, Curly has a plan to keep the dude counting...
Genre Western

1 page Whitman advertisement "Enjoy Hours of Fun"

Characters Roy Rogers; Dale Evans; Trigger (horse); Lone Ranger; Silver (horse); Donald Duck; Mickey Mouse; Porky Pig; Bugs Bunny
Genre Western; funny animals
Pencils ? (photos); ? (drawings)
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Letters Typeset
Notes Color covers of four coloring books from Whitman with Roy Rogers, Lone Ranger, Mickey & Donald and Bugs Bunny

1 page Wheaties advertisement Stan "the Man" Musial Sparks Rally!

Characters Stan Musial
Genre Sports
Notes Baseball comic strip ad in color for Wheaties "Breakfast of Champions"