Issue Details

Issue	#16
Published	October-December 1956
Frequency	Quarterly
Cover Price	0.25 USD
Pages	100

Cover Details - "Western Roundup"

Genre	Western
Pencils	Sam Savitt (painting)
Inks	Sam Savitt (painting)
Colors	Sam Savitt (painting)
Notes	This is a floating heads cover. The main picture is surrounded by head-shots of Gene Autry, Roy, Rogers, Dale Evans, Rex Allen, Johnny Mack Brown, Bill Elliott and Jock Mahoney.

1 page text story "The Ghost Comes Back"

Synopsis	Brief account of the most populous mining camp in California.
Letters	typeset

14 page Gene Autry story "SHowdown at Apache Pass"

Characters	Gene Autry; Mickey; Chad Devlin
Synopsis	Gene goes after a gang of gun-runners.
Genre	Western
Pencils	Dan Spiegle
Inks	Dan Spiegle

1 page text story "The Tenderfeet"

Synopsis	Brief essauy about Pop Haver and his trading in Death Valley.
Genre	Western
Pencils	Bill Zeigler
Inks	Bill Zeigler

14 page Roy Rogers story "Deadly Destination"

Characters	Roy Rogers; Trigger; Professor Dunlap; Kathy Dunlap
Synopsis	Roy aids an archaeologist.
Genre	Western
Pencils	Mike Arens
Inks	Mike Arens

8 page Tirgger and Bullet story "Teamwork"

Characters	Trigger; Bullet; Uncle Mike; Lee Pierce; Joe Pierce
Synopsis	Uncle Mike tells how Trigger and Bullet helped foil a bank robbery.
Genre	Western

8 page Range Rider story "Double-Barreled Plot"

Characters	Range Rider; Dick West; Hardrock
Synopsis	The Range Rider and Dick help an old friend protect his mining claim.
Genre	Western
Pencils	Tony Sgroi
Inks	Tony Sgroi

2 page text story "The Indians' Wireless"

Synopsis	How the indians used mirrors to signal each other.
Genre	Western
Pencils	Bill Zeigler
Inks	Bill Zeigler
Letters	typeset

10 page Rex Allen story "The False Alarm"

Synopsis	Outlaws use a fire alarm to lure everyone out of town.
Genre	Western
Pencils	Russ Manning
Inks	Russ Manning

3 page story "Two-Scalper's Great Coup"

Genre	Western
Pencils	Bill Zeigler
Inks	Bill Zeigler
Letters	typeset

10 page Wild Bill Elliott story "The Clock"

Characters	Bill Elliott; Randy Mack;
Synopsis	Bill helps an orphan and exposes prevents two crooks from stealing the kid's mine.
Genre	Western
Pencils	Al Micale
Inks	Al Micale

4 page The Frontiersmen story "Jim Beckwourth"

Characters	Jim Beckwourth; Caprain Fetterman; Chief Red Cloud
Synopsis	Short story about the exploits of Scout Jim Beckwourth.
Genre	Western

3 page story "The Buffalo bison bison americanus"

Synopsis	Essay on the American buffalo.
Genre	Western
Pencils	August Lenox
Inks	August Lenox

10 page Johnny Mack Brown story "Priceless Possession"

Characters	Johnny Mack Brown; Wes Norbin; Elvin Quigg
Synopsis	Johnny investigates the disappearance of a bank examiner.
Genre	Western
Pencils	Russ Manning
Inks	Russ Manning

1 page text story "Why Animals Buck"

Synopsis	An explanation of hy bucking broncos buck.
Genre	Western
Pencils	Bill Zeigler
Inks	Bill Zeigler
Letters	typeset

8 page Dale Evans story "The Courage of Benny Bowen"

Characters	Dale Evans; Pat Brady; Benny Bowen; Coyote Sam
Synopsis	Dale teaches a timid young man how to stand up to a bully.
Genre	Western
Pencils	Russ Manning
Inks	Russ Manning
Notes	Dell's A Pledge to Parents appears as a panel on the last page of this story.

1 page text story "Placer Prank"

Characters	Dan McFadden
Synopsis	Short story about Dan McFadden's claim.
Genre	Western
Letters	typeset
Notes	inside back cover

1 page Dale Evans filler "Keep Smiling"

Genre	Western
Script	Dale Evans
Pencils	? (photograph)
Inks	? (photograph)
Colors	? (photograph)
Letters	Dale Evans
Notes	back cover;