Red Ryder was a Western comic strip created by Stephen Slesinger and artist Fred Harman which served as the basis for a wide array of character merchandising. Syndicated by Newspaper Enterprise Association, the strip ran from Sunday, November 6, 1938, through 1965.
A page from Dell Comics' Red Ryder #25 (May–June 1945) reprinting 1943 comic strips by Fred Harman
Fred Harman's Red Ryder (December 27, 1942)
The first appearance of Red Ryder on Dell's Crackajack Funnies #9 (March 1939)
Stephen Slesinger was an American radio, television and film producer, and creator of comic strip characters. From 1923 to 1953, he created, produced, published, developed, licensed or represented several popular literary characters of the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s.
William George cover painting for Zane Grey's King of the Royal Mounted 13 (1953). George, who studied with Norman Rockwell, also did covers for Zane Grey novels.