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. 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. Following the enormous success of the lone ranger on radio in 1933, the editors at king features decided to adapt fran strikers hit program into a comic strip which began on sept. Unfollow roy rogers comic books to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Bullet was never quite as famous as roy rogers horse trigger, but was an integral part of the many films, television shows, books and comics that were produced. Get the best deals on dell golden age westerns comics when you shop the largest online selection at. This dvd, of bells of coronado, was the only roy rogers movie, released on dvd, with a licensed print controlled by paramount, until the two kino releases, on dvd and bluray, sunset in the west and trigger, jr. Use our articles to identify and value the comic books in your collection, or let us do the hard work for you with a free appraisal. This 256 page collection exclusively features the work of two of the silver ages most important artists, alex toth and john buscema, each story hand picked by roys son, dusty. New listing 1950s lot of 22 roy rogers dell comic book front back covers only no. Comic books for saleold comic bookscomic book coversold comicsvintage comics. 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, republic pictures, 1951 the german shepherd bullet and his owner roy rogers on the set of the roy rogers show.
Roy rogers comics comic books from dell atomic avenue. Comics roy rogers rogers roy comics roy rogers rogers roy comics rogers. See more ideas about roy rogers, dale evans and western movies. I have a bunch of duplicate roy rogers golden age comics by dell that i am selling. Values of roy rogers comics free comic book price guide. Al micale attended the pratt institute and began his career illustrating for street and smith, popular pulps and juvenile books. The largest online source for comic book pricing in the world. Hermes press presents the comic book adventures of roy rogers, king of the comics, originally published by dell. Roy rogers golden age comics 19381955 for sale ebay. Roy rogers comics comic book by dell 145 issues, 145 covers jan 1948 to sep 1961. This shot belongs to series from which several were used for comics covers. So saddle up and get ready for some fun, courtesy of roy rogers, king of the cowboys. Photo cover of the famous singing cowboy, plus interior photos. Values of roy rogers comics free comic book values.
If youve stumbled across a treasure trove of comics, then sell my comic books is a great place to find out what you have. No copies available, gaylord du bois, albert micale, harry parks. The superhero archetype was created and many wellknown characters were introduced, including superman, batman, captain marvel, captain america, and wonder woman. Comic book covers presented at cover browser are republished within a fair use context. He also did advertising strips with the character and he additionally drew roy in the whitman better little book series. A cover gallery for the comic book roy rogers comics dell bow and arrow weapon november. 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. These were fat comics, with many more pages than ordinary comics most. Roy rogers and trigger comic books internet archive. Condition is good to very good, nice paper quality, light reading wear to covers. This age of western comic books were read front to back and. Roy rogers and trigger dell western comics sept 1955 rogers tv, roy rogers, old. Unfollow comic roy rogers to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Additional sergeant kirk stories were published into the early 1970s.
For a free download of comic books based on movie and tv western cowboy stars such as. The golden age of comic books describes an era of american comic books from 1938 to 1956. This is a vintage roy rogers chuck wagon and jeep set. Roy rogers in death warrant for five, script by gaylord dubois, art by albert micale. Get the best deals on golden age westerns comics when you shop the largest online. Color photos of roy adorn the covers and a photo article on the king of the cowboys, circa 1989 rounds out the contents. Just as tim holts rko postwar westerns were a cut above the other product of the day, so were his me magazine enterprises comic books, every one of them drawn by prolific artist frank bolle born 1924 who got better as he went along. Ken maynard coversbwestern film starvg old comic books, vintage. This 256 page collection exclusively features the work of two of the silver ages most important artists, alex toth and john buscema, and each story was hand picked by roy s son, dusty from his favorite tales. Upload the highest resolution cover scan you can find for this issue. Give our search a try, take a look at the menu to the left to see how you can help us improve the site, or use to track and manage your comic collection. Roy rogers comic read roy rogers comic online in high. With so much hollywood comic book action happening, even we can barely keep up.
Western comics is a comics genre usually depicting the american old west frontier usually anywhere west of the mississippi river and typically set during the late nineteenth century. Roy rogers comics comic book cover photos, scans, pictures. 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. Western comics guidebook from 1936 to the present western. Roys faithful horse, trigger, and his courageous dog, bullet, are always at his side, no matter the danger. Each story was hand picked by roys son, dusty and include his favorite tales. Rex allen comics comic book covers for all rex allen comics comic books for sale rex allen. This best of collection exclusively features the work of comic book masters alex toth and john buscema.
He was a versatile contributor to dell publishing, as a longtime contributor to their roy rogers comic book 1940s, 1950s. Founded in 1997, has become a leading book price comparison site. See more ideas about western comics, comic books and tv westerns. Color, outdoor shot, posedforcomics, of roy, lariat in hand, about to rope something. With an active marketplace of over 175 million items, use the alibris advanced search page to find any item you are looking for through the advanced search, you can find items by searching specific terms such as title, artist, song title, genre, etc or you can narrow your focus using our amazing set of criteria parameters. Comicconnect the online marketplace for comic buyers. Find the value of the dell comic roy rogers comics volume 2. Index status cover scan status 91 covers for 91 issues available.
This big, 44 page book brought roy rogers back to the comic book page at ac comics, and has been sold out and unavailable for some years. Condition is very good, yellowing paper quality, light reading wear to covers. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Comic book value guide how to value your comics in 3 easy steps. A beautiful full color front cover of roy on trigger and side photographs of trigger feeling frisky. Roys comic books originally sold at an average of 1,300,000 per issue sold in multiple languages.
Milliondollar comics collector of rare comic books at c2e2. Roy rogers comics comic books covers, scans of roy rogers comics comic books. Install now to read the free roy of the rovers strip that ran in match of the day magazine. Get the best deals on roy rogers comic book collections when you shop the largest online selection at. Learn more about the new features of our site here. The history of the western comic books of magazine enterprises.
These were fat comics, with many more pages than ordinary comics most or all were 84 pages selling for the high price of 25. There are dvd releases of bells of coronado in germany and spain. Featuring gunmans trail and roy ropes a tiger art on both by john buscema. 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 lasuita, accompanied by artwork, movie posters, advertising, and toys. The lone ranger comic book cowboys, by boyd magers. Other spanish western comics include sheriff king beginning in 1964, sunday 1968, and kelly hand 1971. The book also features a forward by roy rogers son, roy dusty rogers. Two hundred photographs, many in full color, highlight an account of the life and career of the greatest of hollywoods singing cowboys. During this time, modern comic books were first published and rapidly increased in popularity. The grand comics database gcd is a nonprofit, internetbased organization of international volunteers dedicated to building an open database covering all printed comics throughout the world.
Ted and roy are flying helicopter in idaho to catch poachers shooting elk out of season. Read the comics, dive into the books, and grab some free comic strips all in the new roy of the rovers app. Here is a partial listing of some of the items that were sold at auction. The roy rogers museum has closed its doors forever. A click on the cover leads to the large cover view. The term is generally associated with an american comic books genre published from the late 1940s through the 1950s though the genre had continuing popularity in europe, and persists in limited form in american.
New listing 1950s lot of 22 roy rogers dell comic book front back covers only no pages. Keep up to date with all things roy of the rovers on your tablet or phone. Rogers tv, roy rogers, western comics, western art, stuttgart arkansas. 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. King of the cowboys rogers, roy, morris, georgia, pollard, mark on. Roy receives kiss from lady in text, but this is omitted in artwork, trigger takes a bow. Roy rogers comic read roy rogers comic online in high quality. Roy rogers in the secret of thunder river, script by gaylord dubois, art by albert micale. A cover gallery for the comic book roy rogers comics. Here are covers for all fifty 3d comic books as released chronologically between july 3, 1953 and the spring of 1954. The covers featured head photos of gene autry and roy rogers with smaller shots of johnny mack brown, rex allen and wild bill.
Roy rogers comics jan dell, vf restored,photo cover for sale online. Get the best deals on golden age westerns comics when you shop the largest online selection at. The legend saddle, 2003 winner prescott resident wins roy rogers replica silver saddle. Hermes press did a reissue of the comic strips in 2011 as a hard cover collectors edition, which quickly sold out. Want to view a bunch of comic book covers in fairly large size. The comic book adventures of roy rogers, originally published by dell. 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. Hugo pratt and hector german oesterhelds sergeant kirk was a popular western comics title in argentina during the 1950s.
Herrick of prescott, az was the lucky winner in a drawing held recently for the legend saddle, a close replica of roy rogerss personal silver mounted saddle that he used on trigger in countless republic feature films and in all 100 episodes of the roy rogers tv show. Roy rogers and dale evans happy trail childrens foundation. Photo covers of the famous singing cowboy, plus interior photos. Of course, getting out of his many scraps would be a lot more difficult without his two sidekicks.