Gene Autry Comics #49

This Dell issue from 1951 puts America's favorite singing cowboy front and center — Gene Autry, rendered in vivid photo-likeness, grips a revolver with cool resolve beneath his trademark wide-brimmed hat, a blue bandana knotted at his throat. Behind him, a dramatic painted scene unfolds: riders on horseback and armed figures taking aim in what looks like a full-blown range showdown. Fifty-two pages of all-comics adventure await inside, all tied to the intriguing title "The Cross of Diamonds.