Gene Autry Comics #55

This September 1951 Dell offering puts the "Singing Cowboy" himself front and center in a striking photo cover — Gene Autry in his embroidered western jacket and white Stetson, revolver in hand, gazing off with calm, watchful confidence against a rustic backdrop of weathered wood and wagon wheel. At a dime for a generous 52 all-comics pages, it's a fine slice of early-'50s western entertainment. Pete Alvarado brings his interior artistry to the story within, "Gene Autry and the Legend of the Blue Flame," promising the kind of frontier adventure that made this series a staple of the Dell western lineup.