Publishers / Dell / Roy Rogers and Trigger (1955) / #132
132July-August 1959
$0.10

Roy Rogers and Trigger #132

Dell · July-August 1959 · on sale 1959-05-14

First appearance: BulletFirst appearance: Joe Mills
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Identification plate

Series
Roy Rogers and Trigger (Dell, 1955 series)
Issue
#132
Publication date
July-August 1959
Key date
1959-07-00
On-sale date
1959-05-14
Indicia publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Bullet - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Joe Mills - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Trail of the Kayakcover1pencils: ? (photo); inks: ? (photo); colors: ? (photo); letters: typesetRoy Rogers; Dusty Rogers
1Handy Pocket Printerpromo (ad from the publisher)1colors: ? (yellow/red/black); letters: typeset
2Trail of the Kayakcomic story13pencils: Nat Edson; inks: Nat EdsonRoy Rogers; Dusty (Roy Jr); Trigger (horse); Bullet (dog); Harpoon Harry Brill; Kaotak; Two-Face (furthief)
3Big Chief Roy Rogerstext article2pencils: ? (photo); inks: ? (photo); colors: ? (yellow/red/black); letters: typesetRoy Rogers; Dodie; Debbie; Ed LaPlante (Chippewa); Morris Wheelock (Oneida)
4The Voice of the Eaglecomic story4pencils: Russ Manning; inks: Russ ManningBullet First, Dale Evans, Joe Mills First
5Roping takes a lot of practicetext article1script: ? [Dusty Rogers]; pencils: ? (photo); inks: ? (photo); colors: ? (blue/red/black); letters: typesetRoy Rogers; Dusty Rogers
6Secret Messagecomic story11pencils: Nat Edson; inks: Nat EdsonRoy Rogers; Trigger (horse); Bill Brackett; Danny Hawk; Pete Yancy (killer)

Plus 3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

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Series context

Sources

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