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| Publication | July 1949 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Gene Autry (photo); Champion (photo, horse) |
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| Publisher advertisement | Dell Comics are Good Comics (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Gene Autry (photo) |
| Notes | On inside front cover in black and white. |
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| Comic Story | Gene Autry and the Clue of the Wolf (24 pages) |
| Synopsis | Gene rescues a runaway stage, lays a trap for a highwayman, the tame wolf identifies the mystery culprit, the prospector's daughter who was heading to enroll for schooling gets engaged to her uncle's stepson, owner of the wolf. |
| Credits | Job #: G.A.#29-497 |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Gene Autry; Champion [Champ] (horse); Sam Bowdry; Laura Collins; Zack Collins; Dr. Meade; Mr. Carveth; Len Garrick; Fang (wolf); Uncle Eb Collins (villain) |
| Notes | Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.23)
Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott states: "Clue of the Wolf. 24p. (Gene Autry). For Gene Autry. Sent October 25, 1948." ~Dave Porta |
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| Text Story | A Long Memory (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Sheriff Dick Easton; Sam Ross; Tom Truby [Ted Truby] (villain) |
| Notes | Elizabeth Beecher writer credit per Catalog of Copyright Entries 1949 Pamphlets page 377 of 673. Copyright 1949, by Western Printing & Litho. Co. Two illustrations. |
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| Comic Story | Champ (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wild horses lure away the purebred Arab mares and colts, including the finest colt, White Cloud aka Whitey, in Champ's master's care. Champ pursues, engaging the wild pinto leader in a death match interrupted by a cougar who has downed Whitey; Champ repels the cougar as the herd stampedes at its scent. Champ's master rides back for the wagon as Champ guards Whitey. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Champion [Champ] (horse); Whitey [White Cloud] (horse); Tom Garvey |
| Notes | Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott states: "Champ. 6p. For Gene Autry. Sent December 14, 1948." The story concludes next issue. This is the first Champion solo story. Irvin H. Ziemann wrote in Gaylord Du Bois: King of the Comics Writers, Chapter Two: Cowboys, Indians, horses, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Comics Buyer's Guide #833 November 3, 1989) that, "It appears that Du Bois wrote both the first and last of these [Champion] stories." But Catalog of Copyright Entries 1949 Pamphlets, page 377 of 673, credits Elizabeth Beecher as the author. There are plenty of Du Bois markers in the animals' voiced sounds (a horse's, "Huh--Ho, ho, ho, ho!"; a horse's, "Weh-he-he-he-huh!"; a cougar's, "KPHTTTT!" and "SCRRROW!"; a horse's, "Ho-huff!"); and the plot agrees with Du Bois construction. But the narration and dialogue lack a Du Bois syntax. One may speculate: perhaps the editor gave Du Bois's script to Beecher for her to work from. Script analysis by David Porta, October, 2020. |
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| Illustration | Gene Autry Pinup (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Gene Autry (photo); Champion (photo, horse) |
| Notes | Inside back cover in black and white. |
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| Illustration | Gene Autry Pinup (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Gene Autry (photo) |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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