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Illustration on Cover, Front

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Subject Matter

Genres: western

Feature(s): Red Ryder

Character(s): Red Ryder (photograph of Jim Bannon); Little Beaver (photograph of Don K. Reynolds)

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Pages: 1

Red Ryder Ranch

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Fred Harman (signed)

Penciller(s): Fred Harman (signed); ? (photos)

Inker(s): Fred Harman (signed); ? (photos)

Letterer(s): Fred Harman (signed)

Subject Matter

Character(s): Fred Harman; Jim Stanger; Donna Telinde; Harvey Telinde; Martin Stanger; Red Sisson; Dick Valzonis; Angelo Viana; Governor Dan Thornton; Charlie Headlee

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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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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Mike Arens

Inker(s): Mike Arens

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: western

Feature(s): Red Ryder

Character(s): Red Ryder; Little Beaver; Thunder (horse); Sheriff Newt; Sandy McTavish; Ben Griner (villain); Griner (twin)

First Line: Make-um hurry-up, Red Ryder!

Synopsis: A stranger accuses Red Ryder of having stolen Thunder, Red's own horse. It ends with a fistfight and a trip to the sheriff.

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Pages: 12

Job Number: R.R.C. #101-5112

Notes: The ghost artist here is Mike Arens. He is not credited to Red Ryder in Jerry Bails' Who's Who, but it is him. The horses at the bottom on page two, and the scenery is sure Arens. On page nine we have some of his small silhouettes, and on page ten is to notice the angular gun holster with one strap across. As only Arens makes them. Both layout and inking is Arens, but a little imitation of Harman on faces.

Always a Lady

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Pete Alvarado

Inker(s): Pete Alvarado

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Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: western

Feature(s): Auntie Duchess

Character(s): Auntie Duchess; Old-timer; Sheriff Newt; Alf Slade; George (robber)

Synopsis: The stage has been held up by a masked rider, and the Duchess helps the sheriff catch him by throwing a rock at his head.

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Pages: 4

Notes: Pete Alvarado is credited as ghost artist to Red Ryder in Jerry Bails' Who's Who for 1955. This is one of the stories. The faces with peering, small eyes, awkward hands and movement. Even the heads of the horses points to him. The panel where Duchess throws the rock is almost an exact copy of Gene Autry from an illustration in a Whitman book by Alvarado. The inking is more marked here, but rendering of the hands is similar, so he must have inked it too.

The Indians Holy Land

Text Article on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Genres: informational, western

Feature(s): The West That Lives Forever

Synopsis: The folklore story of the Indians Holy Land.

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Pages: 2

Notes: © 1951 by Telecomics, Inc. N.Y.

Story signed Fred Harman, but he used ghost writers as well as artists.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Hi Mankin ?

Inker(s): Hi Mankin ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: western

Feature(s): Little Beaver

Character(s): Little Beaver; Po-ko; Larkin (mail driver); Kitts (outlaw); Joker (outlaw); Gilly (outlaw)

First Line: Get-um up, Little Beaver!

Synopsis: Little Beaver and Po-ko are given a lift with the mail wagon and are aboard when it is held up by three outlaws.

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Pages: 12

Notes: This artwork reminds me of Hi Mankin. The horses with heads very wide across the eyes, and their lively leg movement could point to Hi Mankin, as the arm swinging of the mail driver. The inking can be an imitation of Harman. He is not credited as ghost to Red Ryder by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. Neither is Arens in the first story. Could it really be Mankin?

Northland Indians

Filler on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Genres: informational, western

Feature(s): Wigwam Ways

Synopsis: The life and times of the Naskapi Indians in Labrador, and the Cree of Northwest Manitoba.

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Pages: 2

A Welcome Gift!

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

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Penciller(s): ? (photo)

Inker(s): ? (photo)

Colorist(s): ? (photo)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Character(s): Red Ryder; Little Beaver

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Pages: 1

Notes: Subscription form and photo of Red Ryder and Little Beaver from front cover.