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Issue Details

Issue #26
Published February 1950
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?
Notes Most information in this index from Robert Phillips.

Cover Details

Characters Roy Rogers (photo)
Synopsis Roy, gun in hand, looking over fence, specially-posed.
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
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1 page Roy Rogers promo (ad from the publisher) "Free to Every Reader!"

Characters Roy Rogers (cameo)
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Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Promo for subscriptions to Roy Rogers Comics, 12 issues for $1.00. As a bonus, subscribers would receive a free copy of Adventure Bound Four Color #239 (August 1949).

24 page Roy Rogers story "Roy Rogers and The Claim Jumpers"

Characters Roy Rogers; Trigger (horse); Steve Weston; Curry Combes
Synopsis Scheming varmints tar and feather a fellow prospector to keep him from the mother lode.
Genre western
Script Gaylord DuBois
Pencils Albert Micale (signed)
Inks Albert Micale (signed)
Notes Submitted August 20, 1949. Synopsis by Robert Phillips.

14 page Roy Rogers story "Jerkline Feud"

Characters Roy Rogers; Trigger (horse)
Synopsis It's Roy to the rescue when two kids try to save their father's freight business.
Genre western
Pencils Al McKimson; Randy Steffen; (possibly Andrew Bensen)
Inks Al McKimson; Randy Steffen; (possibly Andrew Bensen)
Notes Al McKimson is a pseudonym for various ones, to include art director brothers Chuck & Tom McKimson; I attribute a contribution to the art with their presence, and signings are seen. Submitted September 2, 1949. (Synopsis and comments by Robert Phillips.)

2 page Pioneers of the Old West text story "Kidnapping at Boonesboro"

Characters Daniel Boone; Jemima Boone; Betsy Callaway; Frances Callaway; Sam Henderson; John Holder; Buddy Callaway
Synopsis Fictionalized version of an episode in early Kentucky history when Indians kidnapped three young girls from Boonesboro, one of whom was the daughter of Daniel Boone.
Genre period
Script Gaylord DuBois
Pencils Albert Micale
Inks Albert Micale
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Notes Submitted August 29, 1949.

7 page Trigger story "Race With Death"

Characters Trigger (horse); Uncle Mike; Roy Rogers (not named, but pictured)
Synopsis Trigger must cover a 60-mile round trip through rough country in order to bring diptheria serum to an Indian village infected with the disease.
Genre western; animal
Script Gaylord DuBois
Pencils Harry Parkhurst
Inks Harry Parkhurst
Notes Submitted August 24, 1949. Roy Rogers is referred to as "Trigger's master" and is only shown from the back and from a distance. Uncle Mike is the one who rides Trigger for the serum. This was likely done to comply with Postal regulations for Second Class mail that required one of the stories in the comic to feature someone other than the main character of the other stories. (Comment by Merlin Haas)

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Subscribe Now - Mail This Coupon Today!"

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Notes Subscription blanks for Roy Rogers Comics.

1 page Roy Rogers illustration "Roy Twirling Lasso"

Characters Roy Rogers (photo)
Synopsis Roy twirling his trick lasso on film location.
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Full page photo.

1 page Roy Rogers illustration "Roy and Original Trigger in Sand and Shrubs"

Characters Roy Rogers (photo); original Trigger (horse, photo)
Synopsis Roy astride original Trigger in outdoor scene with sand and shrubs. Trigger has blue and white harness.
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Notes Back cover. Full-page photograph.