Gene Autry Comics #36

This February 1950 Dell issue brings the "Singing Cowboy" Gene Autry to life through a warm photo cover, showing him in a black western shirt and cowboy hat standing alongside his chestnut horse, the two sharing an easy, companionable moment. With a full 52 pages of all-comics content for just a dime, it's a generous package that captures the relaxed confidence that made Autry a household name. The story "The Badmen of San Carlos" promises the kind of frontier adventure perfectly suited to that cover portrait.