Hermes press adds yet another important title to its lineup of classic comic book and comic strip reprints with roy rogers. Hermes press did a reissue of the comic strips in 2011 as a hard cover collectors edition, which quickly sold out. Dell western cowboy roy rogers trigger comics paint book lot. I even saw him this week, in a good part, as a loyal ranch foreman, when i rewatched tall man riding1955, and a small part in. Each story was hand picked by roys son, dusty and include his favorite tales. Photo cover of the famous singing cowboy, plus interior photos. He even played roy rogers father in saga of death valley1939 and had roles in three more. The comics revue collected those too, but the whole thing has been sitting in limbo ever since.
Please enter search termssearch terms must be less than 50 characters long. This listing is for a vintage full color sunday comic page featuring roy rogers, king of the cowboys by al mckimson mike arens. Roy rogers comics comic books from dell atomic avenue. An interesting oddity in republics bwestern series but certainly not the first or only time the studio used a movie set as the backdrop of a plot line.
Roy rogers archives volume 1 archive editions graphic novels i remember the first week of each month i couldnt wait for my father to come home from work. With monte hale, lorna gray, robert blake, john dehner. In the 1950s, the sears catalog carried more than 400 roy rogers licensed products. The comic was published between 2 december 1949 and may 1953 under the collective pseudonym al mckimson. Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits.
Description hi mankin attributed roy rogers daily comic strip original art dated 750 king features syndicate, 1950. One hundred episodes of the 30minute roy rogers show were broadcast on cbs between 1951 and 1957. Eager consumers also snapped up two million copies of the comic books, and there was a syndicated strip, too. Roy rogers had become king of the cowboys in 1940s hollywood, and his makebelieve reign extended into the comics. Huge 18 western comics lot gene autry, roy rogers more dell gd to fn. Together with his other brother, charles aka chuck mckimson, he worked in bob mckimsons unit at warner brothers animation studio throughout the 1940s and early 1950s. The quote below is from the opening panel of the very first comic strip as shown in the graphic above. Roy rogers on the side chuck and tom mckimson worked on the daily roy rogers newspaper comic 19491953, based on the popular cowboy movie star of the same name. Read the comics, dive into the books, and grab some free comic strips all in the new roy of the rovers app. Combination of black and white and color sunday strips.
Preston of the yukon rin tin tin and rusty gunsmoke tex granger range busters. Find the value of the dell comic roy rogers comics volume 2. Graveyard of stagecoaches a comic book story featuring roy rogers. This nice thirdpage size comic is from may 27, 1951. Rogers and collins left after the strips first arc and william messnerloebs and carmine infantino took things from there, through the strips end in 1991. In the world of western tv and film comic book and comic strip heroes, the illustrations of roy rogers actually look like roy rogers in the comic books and in this collection of strips. Roy rogers, who was known as the king of the cowboys was at the height of his popularity in the 1950s, and this volume presents a representative sampling of the strips 12year run including all the art that the talented alex toth produced for the roy rogers comic along with the work of other key artists including mike arens, pete. Tom mckimson was an american animator and comics artist. A fantastic history of the strip can be found here.
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 by mike arens western hero color sunday. As well, the roy rogers newspaper comic strips were in print up until 1961. Graveyard of stagecoachesa comic book story featuring. The collected daily and sunday newspaper strips comics, published by hermes press. Hermes press presents the comic book adventures of roy rogers, king of the comics, originally published by dell. Tom and chuck also drew the roy rogers comic strip between 1949 and 1954 and. Graveyard of stagecoachesa comic book story featuring roy rogers. The roy rogers show is an american western television series that. The double r ranch featured the king of the cowboys roy, his smartest horse in the movies trigger. Color, posedforcomics photo, from wellused series, has roy standing behind post, sixshooter drawn. Keep up to date with all things roy of the rovers on your tablet or phone. In the evolution of buck rogers through the various media and incarnations his background history grew, mostly from others than nowlan. Sure enough, every month he brought home my favorite cowboys adventures.
Mankin rode herd on the dailies, though seldom with a byline and often assisted or ghosted by such artists as john. Roy rogers comic story 36 pages report information script gaylord du bois pencils albert micale inks albert micale colors. When checking out please state childs name, godmothergodfather or anything else you prefer and whether you would like a bead attached. See the adventures of roy rogers, dale evans, and trigger in both blackandwhite daily strips and twelve complete full color continuities of the sundays. See the adventures of roy rogers, dale evans, and trigger in both blackandwhite daily strips and twelve complete full color continuities of the sundays, including the complete work of silver age master. Hi mankin atttibuted roy rogers daily comic strip dated. This volume also includes, original artwork, documentary material, an introduction by roy dusty rogers, jr. In 1957, 2 million copies of each comic book were sold. Perhaps memories of the show are now fading, but nellybelle ii is still a hell of a conversation piece. Unfollow comic roy rogers to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Until you earn points all your submissions need to be vetted by other comic vine users. Home books calendars comic prints your cart checkout gocomics. However, in the beginning, like i say, initially it was rather thin.
Vintage 1955 rare roy rogers and the other christmas tree comic book sears roebuck and co. Two bounty hunters are after an innocent man, and roy must track them down before they kill the man. This book provides a welcome companion to hermes press definitive reprint of the roy rogers newspaper strip. Trigger horse synopsis roy helps a young lad find his dads murderer, and comes close to a necktie party himself. His brother was the famed looney tunes director bob mckimson. The title ran for 853 issues, until 20 march 1993 industrial action prevented publication of 3 issues in december 1978 and a further 5 in may and june 1980, and included other football.
Values of roy rogers comics free comic book values. The man hunter starring roy rogers, art by nat edson. Roy rogers in the secret of thunder river, script by gaylord dubois, art by albert micale. Roy rogers part 3 by boyd magers western clippings. A related comic strip was syndicated to 186 newspapers. Hi mankin atttibuted roy rogers daily comic strip dated 61450 original art king features syndicate, 1950. Install now to read the free roy of the rovers strip that ran in match of the day magazine. Although the contents changed five times over the course of the comics six and a half year run, roy was the only cowboy star to survive al 25 issues. This book, as with all hermes press comic book and strip reprints, presents a detailed essay about the strips history, written by comics historian tim. Unfollow roy rogers comic books to stop getting updates on your ebay feed.
Roy rogers comic books sold more than 25 million copies each year, and his newspaper comic strip reached more than 65 million readers each. This fun thirdpage comic is 14 inch by 6 12 inch and is in very goodfine condition. Best of through the years with editorial cartoonist rob rogers the gocomics team. The roy of the rovers comic was launched as a weekly on 25 september 1976, named after the established comic strip of the same name that first appeared as weekly feature in the tiger on 11 september 1954. Hermes press adds yet another important title to its lineup of classic comic book and comic strip reprints with roy rogers king of the cowboys. Bill hillman visit our thousands of other sites at. The show was merchandised for the juvenile market with comic books, playsets, cowboy and cowgirl costumes, toy pistols, longbows, and many other items. In the world of western tv and film comic book and comic strip heroes, the illustrations of roy rogers actually look like roy rogers in the comic books and in.
Cowboy troubadour and tv star roy rogers got his own actionpacked comic strip that ran from 194961. Roy rogers in trucolor and uncut home theater forum. This edit will also create new pages on comic vine for. Rogers was second only to walt disney in the number of items featuring his name. 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. Marshall rogers batman strip needs to be reprinted th. During the 1950s roy rogers was one of the most widely read newspaper comic strips in america and this volume presents a representative sampling covering the entire 12year run of the title. Roy s comic books originally sold at an average of 1,300,000 per issue sold in multiple languages. W d l roy rogers comic volume no1 comic no3 in fine condition. Values of roy rogers comics free comic book price guide.
Roy rogers golden age westerns comics for sale ebay. The friendly cowpoke starring dale evans, art by russ manning. Long running british comic strip, roy of the rovers, finally got its own publication in 1976 when fleetway introduced the new weekly publication, roy of the rovers. Roy rogers born leonard franklin slye november 5, 1911 july 6, 1998 was an american singer and cowboy actor who was one of the most. Nice sunday comic for this famous movie and tv western hero.
This was an anagram of their names and main writer al stoffel. The best of alex toth and john buscemas roy rogers comics. This best of collection exclusively features the work of comic book masters alex toth and john buscema. Newcomer monte hale is tying to just get a job in western films when he meet young danny mccoy and his sister gloria.
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