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31February 1946
$0.10

Red Ryder Comics #31

Dell · February 1946 · on sale 1946-01-15

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Series
Red Ryder Comics (Dell, 1942 series)
Issue
#31
Publication date
February 1946
Key date
1946-02-00
On-sale date
1946-01-15
Indicia publisher
K. K. Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Fred Harman; inks: Fred HarmanLittle Beaver, Red Ryder
1"We were not!"comic story1
2Bank Bandits ends; Navajo Malfeasance beginscomic story14script: Stephen Slesinger; pencils: Fred Harman; inks: Fred HarmanRed Ryder; Little Beaver; Po-ko; Old Timer; Quartz City Marshal; Tuck (bandit); Tuck's sister (bandit); Pine Gulch Sheriff; renegade Navajo Marauders; crooked Navajo chief; Navajo medicine man; crooked reservation sheriff
3-comic story9
4Seal Poacher's Revengecomic story10pencils: Jim Gary; inks: Jim GaryDave King (a Canadian Mountie); Buck Tyson (a seal poacher); Dentist Jim; Sheila; Kid (King's young sidekick); Malo (Buck's half-breed native lackey); the boys (Buck's crew); Factor (trading post proprietor)
5Little Beaver Plays With Dynamitetext story3script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Fred Harman; inks: Fred HarmanLittle Beaver; Red Ryder; Po-ko; Dynamite (a Rocky Mountain Bighorn ram); ruster 1; ruster 2
6Drug Runners concludes. Romance begins.comic story6script: Roy Crane, Leslie Turner; pencils: Roy Crane, Leslie Turner; inks: Roy Crane, Leslie TurnerCaptain Easy; Lulu Belle; Narcotics Inspector Lyons; crime boss Hymie; dope smuggler Steve; dope smuggler Goldie; policeman Joe; policeman Joe's partner; Lulu Belle's admirer
7Tale of a Great Kingcomic story2script: V. T. Hamlin; pencils: V. T. Hamlin; inks: V. T. HamlinAlley Oop; Cleopatra; the grand councillors
8Love and Warcomic story4script: Henry Lee; pencils: Henry Lee; inks: Henry LeeBiff Baker; Stu Warren; Fizz Hamilton; Captain Stover; Philippa Downing; Major; Morrison
9Zula Means Homecomic story2script: Blosser; pencils: Henry Formhals, Blosser; inks: Henry Formhals, BlosserFreckles McGoosey; Lard Smith (only 1940-07-05, 1940-07-07); cruise director (only 1940-07-05); bandleader (only 1940-07-06); Zula (first appearance, only 1940-07-06, 1940-07-07); Kritts (only 1940-07-07)

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