Gene Autry Comics #89

This 1954 Dell issue puts America's Singing Cowboy front and center — literally — with a striking photo cover of Gene Autry in his signature wide-brim hat and embroidered western shirt, coiled rope in hand, with a sun-baked desert landscape and towering saguaro cactus stretching out behind him. That watchful, steady expression on his face fits right in with the interior story, "Gene Autry and the Tough Tenderfoot," brought to life by writer Elizabeth Beecher and artist/inker Nat Edson. At just a dime, this 32-page issue captures the rugged charm that made Gene Autry a household name across the West and beyond.