Roy Rogers Comics #63

A cheerful Roy Rogers grins from this March 1953 Dell issue, decked out in his signature embroidered Western shirt and blue bandana while whittling a small wooden figure — and beside him, three finished carvings (a stylized face, a steer's head, and a lucky horseshoe) show off his handiwork. It's a warm, personal side of the "King of the Cowboys" that made these photo-cover issues so appealing to fans. At 52 pages for a dime, this is a generous helping of Western adventure headlined by the story "Mantrap on Longshot Mesa.