(October 1956)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- Dell
- Editing:
- ?
- Format:
- Color; standard Golden Age and later Silver Age formats; saddle-stitched; newsprint; was an On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "Luke Short's Bounty Guns." Code number is B.G. O.S. #739-5610. Copyright 1956 by Frederick D. Glidden.
[Cast of Characters]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Mort Drucker
- Inks:
- Mort Drucker
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Sheriff Ball; Tip Woodring; Buck Shields; Rig Holman
- Synopsis:
- Introduction of main characters in the story.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Four illustrations with brief typeset text. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
Luke Short's Bounty Guns
comic story / 32.67 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Luke Short (original story); ? (comic adaptation)
- Pencils:
- Mort Drucker
- Inks:
- Mort Drucker
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Sheriff Ball; Tip Woodring; Buck Shields; Rig Holman
- Synopsis:
- After losing his ranch and stock to a drought, Tip Woodring comes to the cow town of Hagen, where he is hired to find out which of two feuding clans killed a prospector for his gold strike.
Indexer Notes
Story concludes on inside back cover in black and white. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Adapted from the 1939 novel "Bounty Gun" by Luke Short. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Silvertip and the Fighting Four
Silvertip / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Silvertip (cameo)
Indexer Notes
Promo for "Max Brand's Silvertip and the Fighting Four" (Four Color #731 (October 1956)). Line-drawn version of painted cover of the comic is depicted.
The Bounty Hunter
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western; fact
Indexer Notes
Back cover. This sequence is replaced by an ad in some issues. See sequence 5.
The Happy Cereal
Trix; General Mills / advertisement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- children
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Illustrated ad for Trix breakfast cereal. This ad replaces Sequence 4 in some issues.
Table of Contents
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1.
[Cast of Characters]
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2.
Luke Short's Bounty Guns
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3.
Silvertip and the Fighting Four
Silvertip -
4.
The Bounty Hunter
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5.
The Happy Cereal
Trix; General Mills
- Merlin Haas
- Gene Reed
- Roger A. Budnick
- John P. Selegue
- Merlin Haas
- Ken Lemons
- Chris Launder
- Jim Walls
- Terry Vraspir
- Gary Perlman
- Jerry Hillegas
- Craig Delich
- James Ludwig
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Kenneth Blair
- Mike Nielsen
- David Porta
- Matthew Torrance
- Ken Kwilinski
- Gary L. Watson
- Gregg Whitmore
- Max Capp
- Tony R. Rose
- Lou Mazzella
- Rodney Hinkle
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Donald Dale Milne
- Karl Wilcox
- Darrel McCann
- Peter Croome
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