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| Publication | April-June 1954 | Price: 0.25 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
| Notes | Floating heads cover. Solid black background. |
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| Cover | Western Roundup |
| Featuring | Gene Autry; Roy Rogers; Bill Elliott; Rex Allen; Johnny Mack Brown |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Colors:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Gene Autry (photo); Roy Rogers (photo); Bill Elliott (photo); Rex Allen (photo); Johnny Mack Brown (photo) |
| Notes | Floating heads cover. Solid black background. |
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| Illustration | Gene Autry photo (1 page) |
| Featuring | Gene Autry |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Gene Autry (photo) |
| Notes | inside front cover. Gene Autry's photo is in this position for even-numbered issues. Roy Rogers's photo is in this position for odd-numbered issues. |
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| Comic Story | The Disintegrator Gun (14 pages) |
| Synopsis | Gene tracks down a group of crooks who are using a stolen disintegrator gun to rob banks. The chase involves a missing government scientist. |
| Featuring | Gene Autry |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Gene Autry; Doctor Bent; several unnamed crooks |
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| Text Story | Indian Picture Writing (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A short explanation of Indian symbols. |
| Credits | Pencils: August Lenox | Inks: August Lenox | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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| Comic Story | Rustler's Roundup |
| Synopsis | Ricky goes fishing and encounters a gang of horse rustlers. |
| Featuring | Champion |
| Credits | Pencils: Tony Sgroi | Inks: Tony Sgroi |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Ricky; Champ; Rebel; Uncle Smoky; Van Pearson; Tom Hill |
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| Comic Story | The Indians' Cookbook (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | A brief explanation of how indians cooked acorns, rabbit and buffalo. |
| Credits | Pencils: August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed) | Inks: August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed) | Letters: August Lenox |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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| Comic Story | The Cracked-Up Getaway (14 pages) |
| Synopsis | Roy tracks a pair of bank robbers who steal an autogiro to use in their getaway. |
| Featuring | Roy Rogers |
| Credits | Pencils: Mike Arens | Inks: Mike Arens |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Roy Rogers; Sheriff Thorpe; Fleck (robber); Red (robber) |
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| Text Story | The Message in the Springs (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Tommy hears morse code coming from his bedsprings. |
| Credits | Pencils: Nicholas Firfires | Inks: Nicholas Firfires | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Tommy (no last name); Golden Lady (a horse) |
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| Comic Story | Trigger Joins the Boys' Club (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Uncle Mike tells how Trigger and Bullet were made honorary members of the Boys' Club as a reward for finding a lost boy. |
| Featuring | Trigger |
| Credits | Pencils: Sparky Moore | Inks: Sparky Moore |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Uncle Mike Hanford; Trigger; Tommy; Skipper Martin |
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| Comic Story | Indian Dictionart (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | A glossary of Indian terms, each accompanied by a pronounciaton guide and a picture. |
| Credits | Pencils: August Lenox | Inks: August Lenox |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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| Comic Story | The Vengeful Roustabout (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Johnny helps a friend, who is a circus owner, investigate a series of accidents at the winter quarters. |
| Featuring | Johnny Mack Brown |
| Credits | Pencils: Sparky Moore |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Johnny Mack Brown; Paul Trask; Ben (a roustabout) |
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| Text Article | The Gal I Left Behind Me (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Words and music to a traditional western song. |
| Credits | Script: Traditional western lyric | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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| Comic Story | A Lucky Flood (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bill chases two men who robbed Pop's Cafe and saves them from a flash flood. |
| Featuring | Wild Bill Elliott |
| Credits | Pencils: Sparky Moore |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Bill Elliott; Pop (a cafe owner); Red (outlaw); Tip (outlaw) |
| Notes | The flash flood sequence in this story is identical to a sequence in an old Gene Autry movie. |
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| Text Article | The Little Mohee (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Words and music to a western song. Includes ukelele chord charts. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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| Comic Story | A Neat Twist (12 pages) |
| Synopsis | An outlaw poses as a doctor and tries to quarantine a town by telling them that a man has an extremely contagious disease. |
| Featuring | Rex Allen |
| Credits | Pencils: John Ushler | Inks: John Ushler |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Rex Allen; Pax Fassler |
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| Illustration | Roy Rogers photo (1 page) |
| Featuring | Roy Rogers |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Roy Rogers (photo) |
| Notes | inside back cover; Roy Rogers photo is in this position in even-numbered issues. Gene Autry's photo is in this position in odd-numbered issues. |
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| Illustration | Watching the Rodeo (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Group of cowboys sitting on a fence and watching a rodeo event. |
| Credits | Pencils: photo; Shosal Press Agency | Inks: photo; Shosal Press Agency | Colors: photo; Shosal Press Agency | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: group of unnamed cowboys |
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