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Issue Details

Issue #16
Published November 1954-January 1955
Frequency Quarterly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing George T. Delacorte, Jr. (president); Helen Meyer (vice-president); Albert P. Delacorte (vice-president)
Notes Copyright, 1954, by Gene Autry. Designed and produced by Western Printing & Lithographing Co.

Cover Details

Characters Champion; Gene Autry (photo, inset)
Genre Animal
Pencils ? (painting); ? (photo)
Inks ? (painting); ? (photo)
Colors ? (painting); ? (photo)

1 page Ride ‘em Cowboy text article "Ride ‘em Cowboy"

Genre Fact
Letters Typeset

16 page Champion story "Champion and The Lost Gold Mine"

Synopsis While Champ is scheduled for shoeing, the boys go exploring, stumble across a cave, an old abandoned Spanish gold mine. They take some gold out, are accosted by western thugs. Rebel-dog races home, fetches Champion from the corral. The grown-ups soon follow. Yay!
Genre Animal

18 page Champion story "Champion and the Rodeo Robber"

Synopsis Smoky and nephew Ricky take Champion to the benefit Rodeo where Champion is billed "Extra Added Attraction Champion the Wonder Horse." A second-story burglar, The Phantom Thief," has been plaguing the event. Our protagonists stay at the Barstow Ranch. Ricky hears a prowler, fetches Champ. The thief flees on horseback with Ricky hostage. Champ rescues him. The thief escapes, but is detected by Champ at the Rodeo.
Genre Animal