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72February 1953
$0.10

Gene Autry Comics #72

Dell · February 1953

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Series
Gene Autry Comics (Dell, 1946 series)
Issue
#72
Publication date
February 1953
Key date
1953-02-00
Indicia publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: ? (photo); ?; inks: ? (photo); ?; colors: ? (photo); ?Gene Autry (photo)
2Medicine Roadcomic story24pencils: Nicholas Firfires; inks: Nicholas FirfiresGene Autry; Champion [Champ] (horse); Flapjack Hobbs; Jocko (mule); Bill Thom; Jed Warren; Tom Long; Ernie Morse; Obadiah North (villain); Red (villain); Ben (villain); Les (villain)
3Backfirecomic story16Gene Autry; Champion [Champ] (horse); Tricks Raylen; Elsie; Sheriff Werner; Jones; Watson; Cabe Regan (villain)
4The Unsolved Murdertext story2letters: typesetSheriff Rex Tompkins; Mr. Hopp (death); Flint Weston (villain)
5The Lechuza Silver Cachecomic story5pencils: Tony Sgroi; inks: Tony SgroiPanhandle Pete; Tommy Travis; Janey; Jughead (mule); Captain George Gordon; Ed Brown
6The Brave Battle of Buckshot Robertstext article1pencils: Till Goodan; inks: Till GoodanBuckshot Roberts [Andrew L. Roberts]
7Big News 5 One Year Subscriptionspromo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 2 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

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