Four Color #986 - Restless Gun
(April-June 1959)

Dell, 1942 Series
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0.10 USD
Pages
36
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Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell
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Issue Notes

Indicia title is "RESTLESS GUN, No. 986." Code number is R.GUN.O.S. #986-594. Copyright 1959 by Window-Glen Production Company. Based on "The Restless Gun" TV series.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Restless Gun / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
typeset
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Vint Bonner (photo of John Payne)
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The Man They Call "The Six-Shooter" (Table of Contents: 1)

Restless Gun / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
? (photos)
Inks
? (photos)
Letters
typeset
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Vint Bonner (photo of John Payne)
Synopsis
Introduction to series.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white. Three photos and brief typeset text.

Border Search (Table of Contents: 2)

Restless Gun / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script
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Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
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Letters
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Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Vint Bonner
Synopsis
When a young boy's father is framed in a bank robbery, Bonner and the boy go to a town on the border to try and find Lobo Benson and his gang.

Trouble Train (Table of Contents: 3)

Restless Gun / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

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Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
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Letters
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Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Vint Bonner
Synopsis
Bonner is hired to guard a valuable diamond on a train trip to San Francisco.

Indexer Notes

The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."

Border Spanish (Table of Contents: 4)

activity / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils
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?
Letters
typeset
Synopsis
A quiz matching Spanish terms with their English counterparts.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white. Illustrations and typeset text.

[John Payne pinup] (Table of Contents: 5)

Restless Gun / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
?
Characters
Vint Bonner (photo of John Payne)
Synopsis
Waist-up photo of John Payne playing Vint Bonner, with an "autograph" by John Payne.

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Black and white photo with color border and color autograph insert.

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  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Restless Gun
  2. 1. The Man They Call "The Six-Shooter"
    Restless Gun
  3. 2. Border Search
    Restless Gun
  4. 3. Trouble Train
    Restless Gun
  5. 4. Border Spanish
  6. 5. [John Payne pinup]
    Restless Gun
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