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55February 1948
$0.10

Red Ryder Comics #55

Dell · February 1948 · on sale 1948-01-13

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Series
Red Ryder Comics (Dell, 1942 series)
Issue
#55
Publication date
February 1948
Key date
1948-02-00
On-sale date
1948-01-13
Indicia publisher
K. K. Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1Red Ryder; Little Beaver
1Red Ryder Ranch News Page 1photo story1script: Fred Harman; pencils: Fred Harman; inks: Fred Harman
2-comic story16script: Fred Harman; pencils: Fred Harman; inks: Fred Harman
3Telecomics Presents Zane Grey's King of the Royal Mountedcomic story6script: ? (Telecomics portion); ? (King of the Royal Mounted portion); pencils: ? (Telecomics portion); ? (King of the Royal Mounted portion); inks: ? (Telecomics portion); ? (King of the Royal Mounted portion)
4Little Beaver and the Beasttext story2script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Morris Gollub; inks: Bill ElyLittle Beaver (Navajo youngster); carnival barkers; Aunty Duchess; Po-ko (Navajo youngster); monkey owner; Mimi the monkey; Red Ryder; Bargum the monkey; desperado; possemen
5Counterfeiters Discoveredcomic story6script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Harry Parkhurst; inks: Harry Parkhurst; letters: Harry ParkhurstSandy Rivers (Kiyotee, kid); Jace Orcutt (schoolboy); Billy Haynes (Kiyotee, kid); Ted Lucas (Kiyotee, kid); three other school kids (referenced, shown, dialogue); Silk Selden (counterfeiter, bank robber, gambler, killer); Gilly (one of the three other school kids); Hondo (Silk's confederate); Snubb
6Panamint Pattycomic story2pencils: Dan Gormley; inks: Dan Gormley
7Red Ryder Ranch News Page 2photo story1script: Fred Harman
8-illustration1pencils: ? (photograph portion); ? (illustration portion); inks: ? (photograph portion); ? (illustration portion); letters: typeset

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