Get the best deals on roy rogers golden age comics 19381955 when you. Buck jones, cisco kid, durango kid, gene autry, hopalong cassidy, john wayne, johnny mack brown, lash larue, the lone ranger, rocky lane, roy rogers, tom mix, tim holt, zane grey, zorro, tv westerns, movie westerns and many more, go to this web site. The comic strips are illustrated by george truska, who drew the strip from 1959 until the end of its original run in 1967. In the 1950s, the sears catalog carried more than 400 roy rogers licensed products. I mean, how else is he going to feature in the following 68minute movie made in 1946. The legendary star of cowboy musicals leaves his mark on the fourcolor world of comics with these modernday wild west tales. Buck jones, cisco kid, durango kid, gene autry, hopalong cassidy, john wayne, johnny mack brown, lash larue, the lone ranger, rocky. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Buck rogers moved from the pages of books to comics to the silver screen in a 12 episode film serial in 1939 with rogers being portrayed by actor buster crabbe, known previously in his screen role as flash gordon. Vintage 1950 roy rogers cowboy annual comic book by. The golden age of comic books is ending, and the rise of crime comics, romance comics, western comics, horror comics, and science fiction comics signals the start of the new decade. Heck, the only thing you were allowed to do was watch a 67. Nature boy was a superhero, who only lasted three issues of a comic book in 1956. A cover gallery for the comic book roy rogers comics.
These types of books had a thin clear coating over their. Roy rogers comic books were printed in more than one language. If you take a close look at the bookcase in the background. Roy rogers comic books sold more than 25 million copies each year, and his newspaper comic strip reached more than 65 million readers each week. Featuring gunmans trail and roy ropes a tiger art on both by john buscema. Like many popular comic strips of the day, buck rogers was reprinted in big little books. The art may vary a bit since several of them worked on the same story also by r w phillips. Roy rogers comic book dell comic, western comics, old comic. Roys faithful horse, trigger, and his courageous dog, bullet, are always at his side, no matter the danger. This is a wonderful roy rogers book published by whitman in 1954. Comic book covers presented at cover browser are republished within a fair use context. Why my mother threw out my comic books part 1 of 3 webages by adam blatner reposted november 18, 2009 this is based on a talk given on 61209 to the summer session of the senior university georgetown. The proofs contain both the comic pages themselves and typewritten scripts for each strip. View market values for books, store your collection.
The golden age of comic books is ending, and the rise of crime comics, romance comics, western comics, horror comics, and science fiction comics signals the start of the new decade in the movies, destination moon is the first color science fiction film, and the first big budget science. So saddle up and get ready for some fun, courtesy of roy rogers, king of the cowboys. Gene autry 7 1947 and roy rogers 10 comic books very htf free shipping. Get the best deals on roy rogers comic book collections when you shop the largest online. Buck jones, cisco kid, durango kid, gene autry, hopalong cassidy, john wayne, johnny mack brown, lash larue, the lone ranger, rocky lane, roy rogers, tom mix, tim holt, zane grey. At its peak in 1934, buck rogers appeared in 287 u. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Roy rogers golden age comics 19381955 for sale ebay. Roy rogers comic book corral tin magazine rack vintage 1950s. Roy rogers comics comic books from dell atomic avenue. Now if you think about it for a moment or two, a cowboy needs to be able to sing properly if he want to be able to shoot properly. This collection consists of a number of proof pages for the buck rogers comic strip, december 14th, 1959 april 3, 1960. Roy receives kiss from lady in text, but this is omitted in artwork, trigger takes a bow.
Roy rogers comic books 42 44 57 59 82 104 golden age dell 10 cent western hero. Autographed in black marker by roy rogers on the front. A new world new stuff the 1950 s was an odd time for comic books. Unfollow roy rogers comic books to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Roy rogers golden age westerns comics for sale ebay. The medium was in its infancy in 1951 when his halfhour series. For a free download of comic books based on movie and tv western cowboy stars such as. Roy rogers comic books for sale collectibles online daily. Dell comics 1950s western comic books lot of 8 roy rogers. They served as lessons to be good, do good and that. Condition is very good, nice paper quality, some surface wear to covers.
Find the value of the dell comic roy rogers comics volume 2. Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your first box. View market values for books, store your collection, and meet fellow comic fans. The one on the left is in spanish and the one on the right is in english. This edit will also create new pages on comic vine for. Gaylord du bois script credit confirmed as per page 6, gaylord du boiss account books sorted by title compiled from the original account books by randall w. Roy rogers in sunset in the west 1950 david andrews. The double r ranch featured the king of the cowboys roy, his smartest horse in the movies trigger, queen of the west dale, her horse buttermilk, their dog bullet, and even pats jeep, nellybelle. Collection of 4 vintage roy rogers comic books from the 50s by dell comics. Its overwide pages lay flat when the book is open, and rather than sliding down into the pages gutter, the text and art are surrounded by clean, white space. This age of western comic books were read front to back and treasured by the 1950s youth boys and girls.
Get the best deals on roy rogers golden age westerns comics when you shop the largest online selection at. Reading room index to the comic art collection roy to roy vert back to the r index screen back to the a to z index screen back up the list roy. Fawcett and dell corralled all the big names leaving smaller publishers like fox features to sign up rights to old timers hoot gibson and will rogers. Back in the day there was no cussing, no bad manners, and no horse play either. Roy rogers in death warrant for five, script by gaylord dubois, art by albert micale. Roy rogers in song of arizona 1946 comic book and movie. First, a brief history of comic books from their origins to the late 1940s. Great for use or display in a retro home, age appropriate light wear and rust spots as shown in the photos.
Post sugar crisp cereal ad paddlewheel steamboat 1951. Get the best deals on roy rogers comic book collections when you shop the largest online selection at. Overall id say sunset in the west was a pretty nifty roy rogers film to watch. It was pure coincidence that two of my childhood heroes, captain midnight and buck rogers, albeit fiction, had similar backgrounds. They were suffering from after the boom of the 1940s. See more ideas about comics, comic books and vintage comics. In addition to this longrunning comic strip, buck rogers was popularized in books, a television serial and a computer game. Roy rogers dell golden age westerns comics not signed old comic books, vintage comic books. Buck rogers comic strip collection fully processed, 1959. Photo covers of the famous singing cowboy, plus interior photos. After this shindig sung for the saps, roy rogers starred in his next adventure, rainbow over texas. Photo cover of the famous singing cowboy, plus interior photos of roy rogers. Roy rogers in sunset in the west 1950 comic book and.
As the daring deputy of pronghorn, roys life is one exciting adventure after another, dealing with everything from stampeding buffaloes to stopping range wars. Roy rogers, gabby hayes, lyle talbot, with trigger. Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. By 1950 comic book publishers were rounding up every movie cowboy they could license for comic book adventures. A new world new stuff the 1950s was an odd time for comic books. The collected daily and sunday newspaper strips from hermes press is a is beautiful and wellputtogether collection of comic strips that ran between 1950 and 1958. Roy rogers collection books comic signed photo promotional article 5 pieces. Vintage 1950s roy rogers comic book corral tin magazine rack, in fairly good condition. Gabby hayes starred in the western, badmans territory. We buy everything from large modern collections to individual high value golden age and silver age books and everything in between. In the movies, destination moon is the first color science fiction film, and the first big budget science fiction film since things to come in 1936.
Values of roy rogers comics free comic book values. The largest foreign fan club was in london 70,000 plus members and the second largest was in brazil. Condition is very good, yellowing paper quality, light reading wear to covers. Oscar lebeck was the editor of this comic book series, and gaylord du boiss editor and collaborator for comics and juvenile novels. See more ideas about romance comics, comics and romance. The buck rogers theme gave rise to emulations such as flash gordon and other swashbuckling space heros. And all in all, yeah, i cant wait to see which rr movie i get to clap my eyes on next. By the time comic books based on movie and tv cowboys were extremely popular in the late 40s and 50s, hoot gibsons star had long faded at the box office so the big two of westernmovietv related comic publishers, dell and fawcett, were simply not interested in old hooter who wound up at fox features syndicate in 1950.