Indicia title is "GENE AUTRY'S CHAMPION in THE TRAIL TO DANGER, No. 319." Code number is C.O.S. #319-513. Copyright 1951 by Gene Autry. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1951 Pamphlets, page 25. Second of two Champion Four Colors. Continues as "Gene Autry's Champion" (Dell, 1951 series) #3 (August-October 1951). The small photo of Gene Autry in the corner of the cover is his only appearance in the comic.
Cover
The Trail to Danger / 1 page
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
typeset
Genre
Animal; Western-frontier
Characters
Champion (horse); Gene Autry (photo, cameo)
Pencils
Morris Gollub (painting)
Inks
Morris Gollub (painting)
Colors
Morris Gollub (painting)
Illustration
Champion Rearing / Gene Autry's Champion (1 page)
Synopsis
Mid-range shot of Champion rearing. (Only horse is shown, not the rider.)
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Genre
Animal; Western-frontier
Characters
Champion (horse, photo)
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Full-page photograph.
Comic Story
The Trail to Danger / Gene Autry's Champion (22 pages)
Synopsis
While on a train, a conman switches a briefcase full of cash for one filled with cut paper, then jumps from the train with the cash. Rickey West sees him jump and the conman pretends to have a broken leg to get him to leave to get help.
Champion lives on Smoky Ashton's Flying A ranch and is ridden by the boy Rickey West. There are no references to Gene Autry in the issue, other than the cover photo.
Comic Story
El Lobo the Killer / Gene Autry's Champion (10 pages)
Synopsis
Rickey takes Champion and Rebel to hunt for the colt Starlight in the snow in the mountains. Champion saves the colt from an attack by a wolf.
Bad Man's Vengence / Gene Autry's Champion (16 pages)
Synopsis
Hicks, a rough ranchhand tries to ride Champion and his cruel tactics get him fired. Hicks hires two men to get his revenge by setting fire to the barn on the Flying A, but their plot is broken up by Rebel and Smoky Ashton. Later the three kidnap Ricky West and hold him for ransom.
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Champion (horse); Ricky West; Rebel (dog); Smoky Ashton; Hop Kee
Illustration
Down a Dusty Incline / Gene Autry's Champion (1 page)
Synopsis
Photo of Champion going down a dusty incline (riverbank?).
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Champion (horse)
Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Full-page photograph.
Illustration
On Gene Autry's Ranch / Gene Autry's Champion (1 page)
Synopsis
Champion with a colt and calf.
Letters
typeset
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Champion (horse)
Pencils
Morris Gollub (painting)
Inks
Morris Gollub (painting)
Colors
Morris Gollub (painting)
Notes
Back cover; color. Same artist as front cover. The hills and cliffs in the background are rendered in the same fashion in both paintings and there are many other similarities.
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