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
Gene Autry was raised into Freemasonry in 1927 at Catoosa Lodge No. 185, Catoosa Oklahoma. He later became a 33rd degree Master Mason, as recorded on his headstone. On November 16, 1941, the town of Berwyn, Oklahoma, north of Ardmore, was renamed in honor of Gene Autry. In 1972, he was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Autry was a life member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Burbank Lodge No. 1497. His 1976 autobiography, co-written by Mickey Herskowitz, was titled "Back in the Saddle Again"