Red Ryder Comics #135 File copy (Dell, 1954) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white pages. Painted cover. Overstreet 2003 NM 9.4 value = $50. ...

Auction amount: $70.15

Sold: May 18, 2003

Red Ryder Comics #135 Values

Publisher: Dell, 1954

About Red Ryder Comics #135

Fred Harman art. Painted cover.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: Red Ryder

Pencils: ? (painting)

Inks: ? (painting)

Colors: ? (painting)

STORY DETAILS

(5 Stories)

Title: The Pegleg Smiths

Characters: Pegleg Smith

Synopsis: The stories of the two Pegleg Smiths.

Pages: 1.000

Script: August Lenox

Pencils: August Lenox

Inks: August Lenox

Letters: typeset

Notes: Art ID by Steinar Ådland January 2011. Page 1496 of Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1954: July-December BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, SERIALS, CONTRIBUTIONS TO PERIODICALS states, "WESTERN PRINTING AND LITHOGRAPHING COMPANY. The Pegleg Smiths. (In Red Ryder comics, Oct. 1954, p. [2] of cover) Appl. Author: Western Print. & Litho. Co., employer for hire of August Lenox. © Western Print. & Litho. Co.; 2Sep54; B5-28615." ~Dave Porta

Title: Outlaw's Return

Characters: Red Ryder; Little Beaver; Matt Thomas (crooked politican); Pop Otic (editor); Cathy

Synopsis: Before the election for mayor, the newspaper editor is killed and his printing press wrecked by hired gunmen. The crook behind it all is Matt Thomas, who is running for office. He is a former member of Wild Bill Doolin's gang.

Pages: 15.000

Notes: Unidentified ghost artist.

Title: Haunted Fort

Characters: Little Beaver; Po-ko; Chief Warrior; Jeb (bankrobber); Boss (bankrobber)

Synopsis: To become a member of the secret Tomahawk Society, Little Beaver has to stay all night in the old fort haunted by evil spirits and not get scared and run away. Two bankrobbers are hiding there.

Pages: 12.000

Notes: Unidentified ghost artist with clumsy horses and not the usual overdone inking.

Title: The Danger Trail

Characters: Kit Carson

Synopsis: One of the many stories about Kit Carson as told by Fred Harman.

Pages: 2.000

Script: Fred Harman (signed)

Letters: typeset

Notes: Fred Harman used ghost writers and artists on most in the comic books, but he is supposed to have done some features himself, like the script on Wigwam Ways and this series. Info "Comics of the American West" by Maurice Horn.

Title: Billy Comstock's Betrayal

Characters: Billy Comstock; Sharpe Grover

Synopsis: The killing of Billy Comstock.

Pages: 1.000

Script: August Lenox

Pencils: August Lenox

Inks: August Lenox

Letters: typeset

Notes: Not signed, but horses, people, faces and inklines are all by Lenox. Art ID by Steinar Ådland January 2011. Page 1495 of Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1954: July-December BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, SERIALS, CONTRIBUTIONS TO PERIODICALS states, "WESTERN PRINTING AND LITHOGRAPHING COMPANY. Billy Comstock's Betrayal. (In Red Ryder comics, Oct. 1954, p. [48]) Appl. Author: Western Print. & Litho. Co., employer for hire of August Lenox. © Western Print. & Litho. Co.; 2Sep54; B5-28614." ~Dave Porta

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