...was the singing cowboy star of several Movies and a TV Show.

Would you believe that he also had several series of comic books from both Fawcett and Dell Comics??

The Fawcett comic book series ran for 12 issues from January 1942 to February 1944.

The Dell series 'Gene Autry Comics' ran for 101 issues from June 1946 to July 1955, when it changed to 'Gene Autry and Champion' from #102 to #121, ending in 1959. (Dell had earlier printed some 'Four Color Comics before giving Gene his own title.) 

Gene and his horse Champion were so popular in the 1950's, that Champion even had his own series, 'Gene Autry's Champion' for 19 issues from 1951 to 1955 ! 

I was born in the early 1950's so caught a lot of westerns on the television set during their heyday and later in the theatrical movies in the 1960's. .

Of all the singing cowboys my favorite was Roy Rogers and his troupe, but Gene ran a close second.  I was in the Orange County area when Gene owned the California Angels and really rooted for them to make it to the World Series while he was still alive... to no avail.  I even stayed at the Gene Autry Hotel in Palm Desert one time.... when the Angels were at Spring Training. 

So far there are not too many Gene Autry comics submitted for third party grading. It appears that only the comics thought to be in high grade are being submitted... so this would be a title or genre that is still affordable and readable since they would not be encapsulated!!

For those interested in Gene Autry Comics we have several unslabbed  comics listed in our eBay Featured Store.

Thanks for reading this pop culture / comicbook blog post, and feel free to comment !

Michael