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Issue Details

Issue #72
Published February 1953
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, 1953, by Gene Autry. Designed and produced by Western Printing & Lithographing Co.

Cover Details

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

1 page Whitman Publishing Company; Peter Pan advertisement "Eleven Fun-Packed Ways to Enjoy Walt Disney's Peter Pan"

Characters Peter Pan
Genre Fantasy
Notes On inside front cover.

24 page Gene Autry story "Medicine Road"

Characters Gene Autry; Champion [as Champ] (a horse); Flapjack Hobbs; Jocko (a mule); Bill Thom; Jed Warren; Tom Long; Ernie Morse; Obadiah North (villain); Red (villain); Ben (villain); Les (villain)
Synopsis Flappjack has been doped by knockout drops in the saloon, and robbed of five hundred dollars worth of gold. Now Gene is going to find out if and how it is done...
Genre Western
Pencils Nicholas Firfires
Inks Nicholas Firfires

16 page Gene Autry story "Backfire"

Characters Gene Autry; Champion [as Champ] (a horse); Tricks Raylen; Elsie; Sheriff Werner; Jones; Watson; Cabe Regan (villain)
Genre Western

2 page text story "The Unsolved Murder"

Characters Sheriff Rex Tompkins; Mr. Hopp (death); Flint Weston (villain)
Genre Western
Letters typeset
Notes Copyright, 1953, by Western Printing & Litho. Co.

5 page [A Panhandle Pete Yarn] story "The Lechuza Silver Cashe"

Characters Panhandle Pete; Tommy Travis; Janey; Jughead (a mule); Captain George Gordon; Ed Brown
Synopsis Panhandle Pete is back from the search for the Rock Pens, and the kids are eager to hear his story...
Genre Western
Pencils Tony Sgroi
Inks Tony Sgroi
Notes Copyright, 1953, by Western Printing & Litho. Co.

1 page text article "The Brave Battle of Buckshot Roberts"

Characters Buckshot Roberts [Andrew L. Roberts]
Genre Western; Fact
Pencils Till Goodan (signed)
Inks Till Goodan (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Copyright, 1953, by Western Printing & Litho. Co.

1 page Dell promo (ad from the publisher) "Dell Comic"

Notes Subscription page for various Dell comics.

1 page Wheaties; What Sparks a Champion Sparks You! advertisement "George Mikan Sparks in Backboard Battle"

Characters George Mikan; Minneapolis Lakers; Jim
Genre Sports
Notes Back cover. Color ad in comic form for Wheaties breakfast cereal featuring Minneapolis Lakers basketball player George Mikan. Part of "What Sparks a Champion Sparks You!" series.