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Illustration on Cover, Front

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Genres: western

Character(s): Red Ryder; Little Beaver

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Pages: 1

Notes: Fred Harman used ghost artists on the Red Ryder comic book: his signature does not guarantee the artwork is his.

Big Snow, Cattle, Astride, Brands, Bulldozer

Photo Story on Interior Page(s)

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Penciller(s): ? (photos)

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Feature(s): Red Ryder Ranch News

Character(s): Fred Harman; Little Beaver; L.W. McOllough

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Pages: 2

Notes: Here the credit is Fred Harman, as he wrote the letter and made drawings. Photos by unknown. Inside front and back covers.

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Genres: western

Character(s): Red Ryder; Little Beaver; Baldy Derris; Duchess; Mary Gray

First Line: Baldy Derris follows the old wagon trail west to Rimrock in search of a missing heir...

Synopsis: Baldy Derris comes to Rimrock in search of a missing heir who stands in his way to a large inheritance.

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Pages: 16

Job Number: R.R.C. #69-494

Notes: © 1949 by Stephen Schlesinger, Inc.

Since Fred Harman used ghost artists on the Red Ryder comic book, this one could be by John Hampton. The horses seem similar to some in a Gene Autry Whitman book. The heavy inking may be an imitation of Fred Harman. He is credited to Red Ryder in Jerry Bails' Who's Who in the late 1940s.

Red Ryder's Corral of Western Lingo

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Genres: informational, non-fiction, western

Synopsis: Drawings and text explaining many western words and expressions.

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Pages: 2

Notes: Fred Harman used ghost artists on the Red Ryder comic book, so the signing might be like Walt Disney.

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Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Telecomics; King of the Royal Mounted

Character(s): Janie (Telecomics girl); Slatsy (Telecomics boy); King; Kid; Igor [Headless Hermit] (wrestler); Toby (society girl); Dr. Jay; Grant

First Line: Hello, Romeo!

Synopsis: The Telecomics Kids is an introduction to King of the Royal Mounted on TV. Second page begins with the girl Toby, bound and gagged in a burning garage, as King is fighting with Igor on a nearby roof. To be coninued...

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Pages: 6

Little Beaver's Wolf Pups

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Genres: western

Feature(s): Little Beaver

Character(s): Little Beaver; Po-ko

First Line: Lightning crackled over the bald, brown heads of the Twin Buttes.

Synopsis: Little Beaver and Po-ko are trying to save the stampeding sheep from the storm and heavy rainfall. Po-ko rescues four coyote pups from drowning. The kids nurse the little prairie wolves for six weeks, but Po-ko wearies of Little Beaver's spoiling them, and wants them gone. On the way to drown them, Little Beaver has an inspiration. He sets up a booth alongside the new state highway: "PURE BRED NAVAJO WOLF HOUNDS--$ APIECE." They sell quickly to passing tourists. The sheriff pulls up in his sedan, demanding to see one of these purebreeds, but he's too late.

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Pages: 2

Notes: Gaylord Du Bois (rhymes with "to voice") writer credit per page 91, Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott (Michigan State University Libraries 1985) 203 leaves ; 28 cm. -- Photocopy of computer printout. -- Call no.: PN6727.D77 A2S35 1985, which states: "Little Beaver's Wolf-Pups. text for Red Ryder Comics #68. Sent October 16, 1948."

Escape!

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Genres: western

Feature(s): The Kiyotee Kids

Character(s): Ted Lucas (Kiyotee kid); Billy Haynes (Kiyotee kid); Andy Parks; Silk Selden (outlaw); Selden's man1; Selden's man2; Selden's man3; Star (horse); Outlaw Guard (a Selden man)

First Line: Get up!

Synopsis: Ted, Billy and Andy, held prisoner by the outlaws led by Silk Selden, break free, take all the outlaws' horses the which were stolen from Ted's dad's horse ranch, and escape. The outlaws are spooked, stymied, bemused. To be continued...

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Pages: 6

Notes: Gaylord Du Bois (rhymes with "to voice") writer credit per page 91, Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott (Michigan State University Libraries 1985) 203 leaves ; 28 cm. -- Photocopy of computer printout. -- Call no.: PN6727.D77 A2S35 1985, which states: "Kyotee Kids. 6p. For Red Ryder Comics #69. Sent August 16, 1948."

Art is signed "Harry Parks" in last panel.

Fast Moving Adventure

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Character(s): Fred Harman; Red Ryder; Little Beaver

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Pages: 1

Notes: Since Fred Harman used ghost artists on the Red Ryder comic book, this one could be by John Hampton. The horses seems very similar to some in a Gene Autry Whitman book. The inking may be an imitation of Fred Harman. He is credited to Red Ryder in Jerry Bails' Who's Who.