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Issue: Roy Rogers Cowboy Annual #1959
Publication Date: January 1958
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Issues: #1959 of 13 Issues
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Publisher: FlagWorld Distributors
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Indicia Publisher: World Distributors (Manchester) Limited
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 112
ISBN:
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Price: 90.0 pence GBQ 0-7-6
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Content Items: 19 (11 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Colour cover with black and white interior
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Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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1 Content Item from another Issue reprinted as/in this Issue:
FlagRoy Rogers Comics #61 published January 1953 was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Roy Rogers
Character(s): Roy Rogers
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ? (red and black)
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Roy Rogers
Character(s): Roy Rogers; native American
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Front endpapers showing Roy Rogers with gun in hand in outdoor setting with a native American, tomahawk in hand, creeping up behind him.
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Roy Rogers; Trigger
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustration of Roy standing holding Trigger's head with river and mountains in the background.
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ? (red and black)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustration of sheet of paper with the typewritten table of contents on it being nailed to a tree, Roy's hand shown holding a nail while the other hammers it in with his gun butt.
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Races Murder in Papoose Pass

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Roy Rogers
First Line: Hello, Roy! You're way ahead of the noon rush!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Disclose Notes: Creative credits from "Roy Rogers: A Biography..." by Robert W. Phillips, 1995.

Listed on credits page and title panel of strip as The Adventure in Papoose Pass probably because Murder was too strong a word for a children's annual.
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Bullet Searches a Crook

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Roy Rogers; Bullet [the Wonder Dog]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Creative credits from "Roy Rogers: A Biography..." by Robert W. Phillips, 1995.

Original story was 7 pages.
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The Last Boomtown Sheriff

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (3 panels art)
Inker(s): ? (3 panels art)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Sheriff Jim Roberts
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The page count for the American original is 3 pages, but this one page version contains the three illustrations.
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Roy Trails the Black Filly

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al McKimson team
Inker(s): Al McKimson team
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Roy Rogers; Trigger (horse); Croydon Marsh; Rosa Newton
First Line: Well, Trigger, those stray colts we're looking for didn't come this way.
Synopsis: Roy is out to recover a stolen mare from some Indian rustlers. But the owner is not the one he expected.
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Pages: 16
Disclose Notes: This story is similar to several Roy stories credited to the team Al McKimson, Pete Alvarado, Randy Steffen and Andrew Bensen by Robert W Phillips. See Roy Rogers #24 Silver Spider, #25 Trades Lead, #26 Jerkline Feud, #27 Mustang Mountain, and #28 Apache Blood.
The art may vary a bit since several of them worked on the same story (also by R W Phillips)

Al McKimson was a pen name for several artists. First the brothers Chuck and Tom McKimson. Others were Pete Alvarado, John Ushler, Randy Steffen, Andrew Bensen, Hi Mankin, Mike Arens, Alex Toth.
Art identification by Steinar Ådland December 2010.
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Roy Rogers King of the Cowboys and the Manhunt for Five

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Roy Rogers King of the Cowboys
Character(s): Roy Rogers; Elbert (bootlegger); Barney (Ranger plane pilot)
First Line: These two kegs are the last, Elbert!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: The art infos come from the John Buscema checklist compiled by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr and Michel Maillot.
The Writer and additional art infos come from the book "Roy Rogers: a biography, radio history, television career chronicle ..." by Robert W. Phillips.
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Samson

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Al McKimson is pen name for Peter Alvarado and Charles (Chuck) McKimson.
The Writer and art infos come from the book "Roy Rogers: a biography, radio history, television career chronicle ..." by Robert W. Phillips.
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Little Eric

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Andy Olson; Joe Pelouse; Eric (hawk)
Synopsis: Andy had a way with animals, and when Joe tries to kill Andy, the bird attacks.
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Pages: 2
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Mountain Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al McKimson team
Inker(s): Al McKimson team
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Roy Rogers; Trigger (horse); Bullet (dog); Sheriff Jim; Burro Baker; Bering; Baltic; Channel; Cossack
Synopsis: Roy and an old prospector track down an armored car that has been stolen, with more than two hundred thousand dollars in it. They also find the hijacked army truck hidden in the same cave.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: This story is similar to several Roy stories credited to the team Al McKimson, Pete Alvarado, Randy Steffen and Andrew Bensen by Robert W Phillips. See Roy Rogers #24 Silver Spider, #25 Trades Lead, #26 Jerkline Feud, #27 Mustang Mountain, and #28 Apache Blood.
The art may vary a bit since several of them worked on the same story (also by R W Phillips)

Al McKimson was a pen name for several artists. First the brothers Chuck and Tom McKimson. Others were Pete Alvarado, John Ushler, Randy Steffen, Andrew Bensen, Hi Mankin, Mike Arens, Alex Toth.
Art identification by Steinar Ådland December 2010.
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Highway Robbery

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Hardy Macklin; Blanket Joe (roadagent); Danny Bell
Synopsis: Danny uses a slingshot to knock out a stagerobber.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Killer of Cougar Mountain

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Roy Rogers; Trigger (horse); Bullet (dog); Laughton Grayves; Sheriff Jim; Jerry Parks; Charley Parks; FBI Agent Ken Brant
Synopsis: Jerry Parks and his dad have found a skeleton of a murdered man up on Cougar Moutain. When they investigate further, they are shot at.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: Art identification by Steinar Ådland December 2010
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The Choice of Rory O'Hara

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (2 panels)
Inker(s): ? (2 panels)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Rory O'Hara
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Writing credit from "Roy Rogers: A Biography..." by Robert W. Phillips, 1995.
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High Wind and Gun Smoke

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Roy Rogers
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Creative credits from "Roy Rogers: A Biography..." by Robert W. Phillips, 1995.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Roy Rogers; native American
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Rear endpapers showing Roy Rogers with gun in hand in outdoor setting with a native American, tomahawk in hand, creeping up behind him.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Roy Rogers; Trigger
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Photo of Roy holding Trigger by his bridle.

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