Issue: #17
Published: February-April 1955, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: George T. Delacorte, Jr. (president); Helen Meyer (vice-president); Albert P. Delacorte (vice-president)
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was On-going Series
Notes: Copyright, 1954, by Gene Autry.
Designed and produced by Western Printing & Lithographing Co.
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| Cover (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Champion |
| Synopsis: |
Champion, center, running toward the reader, on a rocky snow-covered slope, is chased by two wolves, one on either side. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Sam Savitt (painting); ? (photo) | Inks: Sam Savitt (painting); ? (photo) | Colours: Sam Savitt (painting); ? (photo) |
| Genre: |
Animal |
| Characters: |
Champion Gene Autry (photo, Inset) |
| Text Article (1 page) |
Old Whitey, Warhorse in Three Armies |
| Synopsis: |
Whitey served on both sides in the Mexican-American War (for Gen. Zachary Taylor on the U.S. side), and for the Union Army in the Civil War. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: ? (illustration) | Inks: ? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Comic Story (17 pages) |
Champion and The Trap |
| Featuring: |
Champion |
| Synopsis: |
Ricky, Champion, and Rebel thwart horse thieves who use an old-fashioned water trap (pen-up a water-hole with cut trees, and a narrow opening) to capture horses. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Morris Gollub | Inks: Morris Gollub |
| Genre: |
Animal |
| Characters: |
Champion |
| Comic Story (17 pages) |
Champion and Trouble at Coyote Ridge |
| Featuring: |
Champion |
| Synopsis: |
Bank robbers on the run waylay a stranger, leaving him unconscious in the brush. Ricky and Champ rescue him, and recover incriminating evidence. The robbers assume the stranger's reservation at a dude ranch; they are found out. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Morris Gollub | Inks: Morris Gollub |
| Genre: |
Animal |
| Characters: |
Champion |
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