(November 1959-January 1960)
- 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 "RESTLESS GUN, No. 1045." Code number is R.G.O.S. #1045-5911. Copyright 1959 by Window-Glen Production Company. Third of five Restless Gun Four Colors. Based on the 1957-59 NBC TV series "The Restless Gun."
The Little Giant
Restless Gun / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (photo)
- Inks:
- ? (photo)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Vint Bonner (as played by John Payne, photo)
- Synopsis:
- Preview of first story.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Two photos with typeset text.
The Little Giant
Restless Gun / comic story / 16 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Nat Edson
- Inks:
- Nat Edson
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Vint Bonner
- Synopsis:
- Vint Bonner helps Danny Barnes learn to shoot a rifle so that he can join his father and other men on a hunt for a cattle-killing mountain lion.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
Gunfight Trail
Restless Gun / comic story / 16 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Nat Edson
- Inks:
- Nat Edson
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Vint Bonner
- Synopsis:
- Vint Bonner visits an old friend, Tom Temple, who has taken a job as a guard on a freight company. When his gun jams during a stage hold-up, Temple is suspected of being part of the gang and Bonner has to help prove his innocence.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
Double-Duty Guns
Restless Gun / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Sparky Moore
- Inks:
- Sparky Moore
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact; western
- Characters:
- Vint Bonner (cameo)
- Synopsis:
- Facts about guns designed to be used for dual purposes, like Vint Bonner's pistol that converts into a rifle.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
Range Enemies...Large and Small
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Sparky Moore
- Inks:
- Sparky Moore
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact; western
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Pencils, inks, and letter credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) This sequence was replaced by an ad in some copies. See sequence 6.
What's a famous chef's secret for making food taste better?
"Fresh up" Freddie says; Seven-Up / advertisement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animal
- Characters:
- "Fresh up" Freddie
- Synopsis:
- Freddie is chief chef at the Hot Dog Palace.
Indexer Notes
Back cover; color. Ad in comic form for Seven-Up soft drink. Part of "Fresh up" Freddie says: "Right now you're probably asking yourself-" series based on animated TV commercials. This ad replaces sequence 5 in some copies.
Table of Contents
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1.
The Little Giant
Restless Gun -
2.
The Little Giant
Restless Gun -
3.
Gunfight Trail
Restless Gun -
4.
Double-Duty Guns
Restless Gun -
5.
Range Enemies...Large and Small
-
6.
What's a famous chef's secret for making food taste better?
"Fresh up" Freddie says; Seven-Up
- 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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