| Additional Information |
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| Publication | August 1950 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
| Notes | This is one of several covers where Morris Gollub attempted a kind of photo realism. See Roy Roger's Trigger No.2, often mistaken for a photo. Both titles used photos of the horse as fillers during their runs. (Richard Richmond) |
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| Cover | The Ghost of Black Mountain |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Colors:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Champion (horse); Gene Autry (cameo, photo) |
| Notes | This is one of several covers where Morris Gollub attempted a kind of photo realism. See Roy Roger's Trigger No.2, often mistaken for a photo. Both titles used photos of the horse as fillers during their runs. (Richard Richmond) |
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| Illustration | Champion with Trees in Background (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Champion, with halter but no saddle, with a background of trees. |
| Featuring | Champion |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) |
| Content | Genre: Animal; Western-frontier | Characters: Champion (horse) |
| Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Full-page pin-up photo. |
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| Comic Story | The Ghost of Black Mountain (48 pages) |
| Synopsis | Two outlaws set up a fortified hideout on Black Mountain. They scare off Ricky and Champion who are out hunting stray cattle, but the boy and horse return the next day. The "Ghost" knocks Ricky into an underground river, but Champion saves him. The next day Ricky and his Uncle Smoky return to the mountain and discover the hideout. |
| Featuring | Champion the World's Wonder Horse |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Champion (horse); Ricky West; Uncle Smoky Ashton; Rebel (dog) |
| Notes | Gene Autry appears in pinups and on the cover, but is not mentioned in the interior story. |
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| Illustration | Gene Autry and Champion Train Little Champion (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Gene Autry standing at left with Champion and Little Champion at right. |
| Featuring | Champion |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Gene Autry (photo); Champion (horse, photo); Little Champion (horse, photo) |
| Notes | Inside back cover; black and white. Full-page pin-up photo with typeset caption. |
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| Illustration | Champion and Bus (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Champion, in full saddle gear, posed against the back of a bus or trailer that has "Gene Autry and Champ." sign on it. |
| Featuring | Champion |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Colors:? (photo) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Champion (horse, photo) |
| Notes | Back cover. Full-page color pin-up photograph. |
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