The Adventures of Champion (TV series) Wonder Horse!"<br> In 1991, the song was re-issued on Frankie Laine's album "On the Trail Again". During the years 1953 to 1960, comic annuals were published by World Distributors, Daily Mirror and Purnell. Second-hand copies of these may be obtained. 'Ricky North' became 'Ricky West' in these, as with the radio serial. Champion also had his own comic book, "Gene Autry's Champion", published by Dell Comics from 1951 to 1955, which continued as "Gene Autry and Champion" from 1955 to 1959. Starting from the issue dated 4 June 1966, "Champion the Wonder Horse" ran as a comic strip in the
Al Autry the major leagues. Al Autry Albert Autry (born February 29, 1952) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. Autry was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the fourth round of the 1969 amateur draft, and started playing minor league baseball with Winnipeg in the Northern League. On September 14, 1976, he was the starting pitcher for the Atlanta Braves against the Houston Astros at Atlanta's Fulton County Stadium. He pitched five innings, gave up four hits, three earned runs and struck out three and was credited with the win in a 4–3 Braves victory, in what would be his