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Issue Details

Issue #85
Published March 1954
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)

22 page Gene Autry story "The Terrible Turk"

Characters Gene Autry; Champion (horse); Frank Marlin (manager); George Duff (wrestler); Terrible Turk (wrestler); Mike Barent (manager)
Synopsis The State Fair stage a wrestling match between Terrible Turk and George Duff, and the prize is $2500. Turk's manager try by various means to put George out of commission to get the prize money, but Gene knows some wrestling too...
Genre Western
Pencils Nicholas Firfires
Inks Nicholas Firfires
Notes Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.23)

10 page Gene Autry story "We must have lost them,Pepito..."

Characters Gene Autry; Champion (horse); Pepito; Bart (villain); Slade (villain); Senor Lopez
Synopsis A plot to stop the stage by placing a dead man in the road, is not going as planned when Gene turns up...
Genre Western

2 page text story "The Man Who Wouldn't Listen"

Characters Karl Gorrick; Harry Owen
Synopsis Karl Gorrick would never take any advice, not even before he jumped in the well to have a drink...
Genre Western
Pencils Tony Sgroi
Inks Tony Sgroi
Letters Typeset
Notes Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.23)

7 page Gene Autry story "Tobacco Juice"

Characters Gene Autry; Champion (horse); Cappy; Kid; Kiler 1; Killer 2
Synopsis A kid with a fortune in diamonds, and with killers on his trail, looks like trouble to Gene and Cappy...
Genre Western

6 page story "Double Exposure"

Characters Cy Granger; Luke Granger; Barton; Nicky Malloy
Synopsis Being twins can have its ups in a foot race, or downs after the race...
Genre Western

1 page Gene Autry promo (ad from the publisher) "Ride 'em Cowboy!"

Characters Gene Autry; Boy on horse
Genre Western
Letters ?; Typeset
Notes Two comic panels in full color with Gene and a boy on horseback, and a subscrition ad from the publisher

1 page Whitman advertisement "Whitman Coloring Books"

Characters Roy Rogers; Dale Evans; Lucy Ball; Bugs Bunny; Howdy Doody; Rootie Kazootie
Pencils ? (photos; ? (drawings)
Inks ? (photos; ? (drawings)
Colors ? (photos; ? (drawings)
Letters Typeset
Notes Eight coloring book covers in full color, each sold for 25 cents

1 page Wheaties advertisement "Spark Up! to get a clear shot"

Characters Bob Davies
Notes Basket ball comic strip in full color from Wheaties "Breakfast of Champions"