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Issue: Red Ryder Comics #70
Publication Date: May 1949
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Issues: #70 of 139 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: A Dell ComicView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: K. K. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 8 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Oskar Lebeck
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Red Ryder
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Fred Harman used ghost artists on the Red Ryder comic book, so his signature is no guarantee that the artwork is his.
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Colorado State Fair

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Red Ryder Ranch News
Character(s): Fred Harman; Little Beaver; Ralph Jr.; Suzanne Taylor
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Pages: 2
Disclose 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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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Red Ryder; Little Beaver; Mr. Keene; Little Beaver; Buckskin; Poker (tinhorn); Miss Della
First Line: Your cattle are all loaded, Mr. Keene!
Synopsis: Red Ryder has been paid for some cattle. When returning home, he is robbed and staked out by a tinhorn gambler and a girl. He sends his horse for help.
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Pages: 16
Job Number: R:R:C: # 70-495
Disclose 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.
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"Me show you Po-ko..."

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Little Beaver; Po-ko
Synopsis: Little Beaver is bragging, and catches a burro.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Fred Harman used ghost artists on the Red Ryder comic book, so the signing might be like Walt Disney.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous
Feature(s): King of the Royal Mounties; Telecomics
Character(s): Janie (Telecomics girl); Slatsy (Telecomics boy); King; Kid; Dr. Jay; Clint (villain)
First Line: What's that?
Synopsis: The Telecomics Kids is an introduction to King of the Royal Mounted on TV. Doc Jay has come to King for protection. He fears his partner is going to kill him. To be continued...
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: © 1949 by Telecomics, Inc. N.Y. King is © 1944 by King Features Syndicate Inc.
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Little Beaver's Prospect Hunch

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Little Beaver; Red Ryder; Old Timer (prospector); false partner
First Line: 'Hi-yah, Red Ryder!' exclaimed Little Beaver, pulling up his pony.
Synopsis: Red Ryder is off to the prospect holes on Crow Mesa to hunt gold to keep the ranch afloat. Little Beaver comes with; he has a hunch. Little Beaver hears an old prospector; they rescue him from the hole he was tossed in by his new partner who has robbed him of his gold and burro. Red rides after the crook as Little Beaver. Little Beaver takes Old Timer to Aunt Duchess back at the ranch, bolts for a shortcut to Long Canyon, the thief flees, Little Beaver recovers the gold dust and burro, Red arrives late, Old Timer gives him the gold, for saving his life. (He has $35,000 in the bank, anyway.)
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Pages: 2
Disclose 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 Prospect Hunch. text for Red Ryder Comics #69. Sent October 22, 1948." Ely art i.d. by David Porta, September, 2021.
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First, Locate Sandy---Second, Stop Those Crooks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Outlaw Guard (a Selden outlaw); Ted Lucas (Kiyotee); Billy Haines (Kiyotee); Andy Packer; Dr (Harry) Rivers (Sandy's father); Sandy Rivers (Kiyotee); Oakey (a Selden outlaw); Rocker1 (a grizzled Selden outlaw); Rocker2 (a whiskered Selden outlaw)
First Line: Escaping from Robber's Roost...
Synopsis: After escaping Selden's gang, Ted, Billy and Andy return to their claim, spooking the outlaw guard who bolts. To better protect their claim they return to town to get their dads' help. Dr Rivers informs them Sandy left for the claim: they just missed her. The boys turn back, to find Sandy. Selden's men, Oakey, Rocker and a third man abduct Sandy, wrap her in a blanket and toss her in the lean-to shack. Ted sends Andy for help; he and Billy light a grass fire that drives the outlaws away. Ted finds Sandy in the burning shack. To be continued...
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Pages: 6
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Adventure at it's Best!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Red Ryder
Character(s): Red Ryder; Little Beaver; King; The Kiyotee Kids
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover, three small drawings and subscription form.

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