(February 1958)
- 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 TRUMPETS WEST!, No. 875." Code number is T.WEST O.S. #875-582. Copyright 1957 by Frederick D. Glidden.
Three Men Who Knew..One Who Didn't!
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Lt. Burke Hanna; Corinne; Ponce; Captain Ervien
- Synopsis:
- Preview of the story.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white.
Luke Short's Trumpets West
comic story / 32 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Luke Short (original story); Paul S. Newman (comic adaptation)
- Pencils:
- ? (see notes)
- Inks:
- ? (see notes)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Lt. Burke Hanna; Corinne; Ponce; Captain Ervien
- Synopsis:
- Corinne, a corrupt Indian agent, is giving the Apaches bad meat and pocketing the difference. Lt. Hanna knows what is going on, but his oblivious commanding officer ignores the problem, which leads to an Indian uprising.
Indexer Notes
Adapted from the 1945 novel "Trumpets West!" by Luke Short. The exclamation point in the title only appears in the indicia. Script credit from "Who's Who in American Comic Books 1928-1999" website. Art is apparently by several persons. Possibilities for pencils and inks include Joe Certa, Bill Fraccio, Bill Draut, Tony Tallarico, and/or Frank Springer. (GCD main list, December 2008)
The Cavalry Standard
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact; western
- Synopsis:
- Designs and uses of the flags in the cavalry in the Old West.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath.
Cavalry Uniforms
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact; western
- Synopsis:
- Facts about the stylish, but uncomfortable cavalry uniforms in the Old West.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Panels with text underneath. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."
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- 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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