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Issue Details

Issue #87
Published May 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)
Notes Copyright, 1954, 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 filler "Blank Page"

Notes Inside front cover is a blank page.

24 page Gene Autry story "Bandit Bait"

Characters Gene Autry; Champion [as Champ] (a horse); Lynn Morton; Widge Dunphy; Clark Wood; Sheriff Morley; Bert (villain); Chuck (villain); Jerry Sloan (villain)
Genre Western
Pencils Nicholas Firfires
Inks Nicholas Firfires
Notes Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.23)

15 page Gene Autry story "Gene Autry and the Haunted Spiderweb"

Characters Gene Autry; Champion [as Champ] (a horse); Bobby; Darlene; Al Evans; Hugo Latham (villain); Caleb (villain); Dolvig (villain); York (villain)
Genre Western

2 page text story "The Stranger"

Characters Phineas T. Chesterton; Mike Gill (villain)
Genre Western
Letters typeset
Notes Copyright, 1954, by Western Printing & Litho. Co.

6 page story "An Almost Fatal Nap"

Characters Bill; Ed; Joe; Injun Pete
Genre Western
Pencils Tony Sgroi
Inks Tony Sgroi
Notes Copyright, 1954, by Western Printing & Litho. Co. Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.23)

1 page Gene Autry promo (ad from the publisher) Free! The Famous "KE" Puzzle Game!

Characters Gene Autry
Genre Western
Notes Subscription page for Gene Autry Comics.

1 page filler "Blank Page"

Notes Inside back cover is a blank page.

1 page Wheaties; Spark Up With Wheaties advertisement "Spark Up You're Swinging Late!" Said Home Run King Al Rosen

Characters Al Rosen
Genre Sports
Notes Back cover. Ad in comic form for Wheaties breakfast cereal featuring Cleveland Indians baseball player Al Rosen. Ad includes photo of Rosen with facsimile autograph. Part of "Spark Up With Wheaties" series.