| Additional Information |
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| Publication | January-March 1954 | Price: 0.25 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
| Notes | Cover has portraits of the five western stars super-imposed on a scene of a wagon camping on the desert under a starlit sky. |
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| Cover | Western Roundup |
| Featuring | Gene Autry; Roy Rogers; Rex Allen; Johnny Mack Brown; Wild BIll Elliott |
| Credits | Pencils:? (painting);? (photos) | Inks:? (painting);? (photos) | Colors:? (painting);? (photos) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Gene Autry (photo); Roy Rogers (photo); Rex Allen (photo); Johnny Mack Brown (photo); Wild BIll Elliott (photo) |
| Notes | Cover has portraits of the five western stars super-imposed on a scene of a wagon camping on the desert under a starlit sky. |
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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 front cover; odd-numbered issues have Roy Rogers photo in this position; even-numbered issues have Gene Autry photo in this position |
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| Comic Story | Cover-Up (14 pages) |
| Synopsis | Roy matches wits with two jewel thieves who are masquerading as bird watchers. |
| Featuring | Roy Rogers |
| Credits | Pencils: Mike Arens | Inks: Mike Arens |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Roy Rogers; Trigger; Fred Dewey; Bertie SMith; Mrs. Widdon; Gabe Lowell |
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| Text Article | Indian Wigwam (1 page) |
| Synopsis | instructions for building a wigwam |
| Credits | Pencils: August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed) | Inks: August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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| Comic Story | Money Buys Trouble (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Uncle Mike tells how he foiled some land grabbers with the help of Trigger and Bullet. |
| Featuring | Trigger and Bullet |
| Credits | Pencils: Sparky Moore | Inks: Sparky Moore |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Trigger; Bullet; Uncle Mike Hanford; Frank Ellis; Carl Breck; Shorty Gibson |
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| Comic Story | Indian Sand Paintings (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | How Indian sand paintings are done and their purpose. |
| Credits | Pencils: August Lenox | Inks: August Lenox |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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| Comic Story | The Robin Hood Mystery (14 pages) |
| Synopsis | Gene investigates a Robin Hood type bandit in a small western town. |
| Featuring | Gene Autry |
| Credits | Pencils: Nicholas Firfires | Inks: Nicholas Firfires |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Gene Autry; Hal Reed; Ace Dirk |
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| Text Story | Gold Is Where You Find It... (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | A westerner tries to take advantage of a tenderfoot miner. |
| Credits | Pencils: John Ushler | Inks: John Ushler | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Dirk Jackson; Dirk Wheaton |
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| Comic Story | Race Against Death (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Ricky and Champion encounter a pack of wolves when they ride out to check on a herd of horses in a snowstorm. |
| Featuring | Champion |
| Credits | Pencils: Tony Sgroi | Inks: Tony Sgroi |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Champion; Ricky; Buck; Uncle Smoky |
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| Text Story | Annie Oakley Little Sure Shot (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Brief biograph of Annie Oakley. |
| Featuring | Famous Women of the West |
| Credits | Pencils: Till Goodan (signed) | Inks: Till Goodan (signed) | Letters: Till Goodan |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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| Text Story | Auntie Collins the Cattle Queen of Montana (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Brief briography of Libby Collins who was known as The Cattle Queen of Montana. |
| Featuring | Famous Women of the West |
| Credits | Pencils: Till Goodan (signed) | Inks: Till Goodan (signed) | Letters: Till Goodan |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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| Text Story | Calamity Jane Frontier Woman (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Brief biography of Jane Canary. |
| Featuring | Famous Women of the West |
| Credits | Pencils: Till Goodan (signed) | Inks: Till Goodan (signed) | Letters: Till Goodan |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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| Text Story | Belle Starr the Bandit Queen (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Brief biography of Myra Belle Shirley. |
| Featuring | Famous Women of the West |
| Credits | Pencils: Till Goodan | Inks: Till Goodan | Letters: Till Goodan |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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| Text Article | An Album of Good Bad Men (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Introduction to the following three entries. |
| Featuring | An Album of Good Bad Men |
| Credits | Pencils: August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed) | Inks: August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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| Text Story | Pegleg Smith (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Brief biography of Thomas Smith, an adventurer, trapper and trader. |
| Featuring | An Album of Good Badmen |
| Credits | Pencils: August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed) | Inks: August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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| Text Story | Al Jennings (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Brief recount of the career of outlaw Al Jennings. |
| Featuring | An Album of Good Badmen |
| Credits | Pencils: August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed) | Inks: August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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| Text Story | Black Bart (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Brief account of the career of Charles E. Boles, also known as Black Bart. |
| Featuring | An Album of Good Badmen |
| Credits | Pencils: August Lenox | Inks: August Lenox |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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| Comic Story | A Process of Elimination (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Johnny masquerades as an outlaw in order to discover the hideout for a gang that has been terrorizing the territory. |
| Featuring | Johnny Mack Brown |
| Credits | Pencils: Nat Edson |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Johnny Mack Brown; Tom Manton; Niles Redley; Duke Mason; Pete Corbus; Jim Meltin |
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| Text Article | Great Grand-Dad (1 page) |
| Credits | Script: Traditional lyric | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
| Notes | Words and sheet music for an old cowboy song. |
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| Comic Story | Wild Bill Elliott Plays a Hunch (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bill foils a group of outlaws who are trying to steal a gold shipment. |
| Featuring | Wild Bill Elliott |
| Credits | Pencils: Sparky Moore | Inks: Sparky Moore |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Bill Elliott; Fred Tingle (a prospector) |
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| Text Article | The Big Rock Candy Mountain (1 page) |
| Credits | Script: Traditional lyric | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
| Notes | Words and music for a traditional song. |
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| Comic Story | The Rustler's Ruse (12 pages) |
| Synopsis | Rex is tricked into helping a rustler escape from a posse. |
| Featuring | Rex Allen |
| Credits | Pencils: John Ushler | Inks: John Ushler |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Rex Allen; Lige Gault |
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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 back cover; Gene's photo is in this position for odd-numbered issues. Roy Rogers's photo is in this position for even-numbered issues. |
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| Illustration | Longhorns (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Not much to say. Just a lot of bull. |
| Credits | Pencils: photo; Shostal Press Agency | Inks: photo; Shostal Press Agency | Colors: photo; Shostal Press Agency | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
| Notes | back cover |
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