JIMMY WAKELY COMICS (Image courtesy of Bill McCann) Above, Wakely comic #7 Thx to Lansing Sexton for the following info on the comic book series of Jimmy Wakely: 1949 was a big year for Jimmy Wakely. He released six pictures, starting with GUN RUNNER. He had a big hit duet with Margaret Whiting - "Slippin' Around" - and after more than five years as a western star, he finally began a comics career. Jimmy began by appearing as a backup feature in issue #20 of Tim McCoy Western Movie Stories, published by Charlton Comics, dated June 1949. The very next month, Jimmy graced the photo cover of Romance Trail #1, published by National Periodical Publications (DC) dated July-August 1949. Then, with issue #1 dated September-October 1949, DC began publication of Jimmy Wakely Comics. Each issue referred to him as Hollywood's sensational cowboy star. The first seven issues have photo covers. Issue #2 shows Jimmy and a small boy sitting on a saddle atop a fence, accompanied by the following copy: "Is a Western Movie Star a Real-Life Hero to His Own Son? You'll find the Exciting Answer in 'The Prize Pony." By contrast, the drawn covers, beginning with issue #8, stress pure action. After 1949, Jimmy's movie series ended, but his comic continued until issue #18 dated July-August 1952. You can see all 18 covers of Jimmy Wakely Comics at the Great Comics Database Project website: http://www.comics.org/covers.lasso?SeriesID=609 They also have an image of Jimmy and Wanda McKay on the cover of Romance Trail issue #1: http://www.comics.org/covers.lasso?SeriesID=612