Gene Autry Comics #31
In "Gene Autry Rides Alone," the singing cowboy takes on a desperate mission when escaped convicts hold a merchant's boy hostage after robbing a dry-goods store. With the sheriff and posse pinned in a canyon by sharpshooters above, Gene Autry goes it alone—circling behind the outlaws, sneaking into their hidden cabin, rescuing the boy, and orchestrating a daring plan that leaves the villains outnumbered and outmaneuvered. Written by Gaylord Du Bois and illustrated by Jesse Marsh, this 1949 adventure from Dell Comics delivers classic Western tension with a touch of frontier heroism, all wrapped in a cover by Jesse Marsh.
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Escaped convicts rob the dry-goods store, take the merchant's boy hostage. Gene, the sheriff and posse pursue, are pinned in the canyon by rifle fire from villains above, Gene sorties alone to circle behind the culprits. He disables the sentry, finds the cabin in the gulch holding the main body, sneaks in, gets the boy, sneaks out with the boy who hazes the convicts' horses while Gene takes them all on single-handed, subdues them. The others arrive to take the prisoners in. Gene gives the boy his badge, a keepsake.
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