(April-June 1960)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- Dell TV Mystery
- Editing:
- ?
- Format:
- Color; standard Golden Age and later Silver Age formats; saddle-stitched; newsprint; was an On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "PETER GUNN, No. 1087." Code number is P.GUNN.O.S. #1087-604. Copyright 1960 by Spartan Productions. First and only Peter Gunn Four Color. Based on the 1958-61 NBC/ABC TV series.
[Previews]
Peter Gunn / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (photo); Mike Sekowsky
- Inks:
- ? (photo); Frank Giacoia
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- detective
- Characters:
- Peter Gunn (photo of Craig Stevens)
- Synopsis:
- Preview of the two stories in the issue.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Photo and four illustrations with typeset text. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
The Harmless Hobby
Peter Gunn / comic story / 16 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Paul S. Newman
- Pencils:
- Mike Sekowsky
- Inks:
- Frank Giacoia
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- detective
- Characters:
- Peter Gunn; Edie Hart; "Mother" (nightclub owner); Lt. Jacoby
- Synopsis:
- Peter Gunn's friend Doc Clipp has taken up a hobby in retirement, making counterfeits of old stamps for his own enjoyment. This draws the attention of both the Stamp Dealers Association, which offers him $10,000 to stop making the copies, and a counterfeiting gang, which abducts him and wants him to make fake stamps for them to peddle.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Script credit from "The Works of Paul S. Newman Part 25: 1960" by Robin Snyder in "The Comics" Vol. 19, No. 1 (January 2008).
The Purple Clue
Peter Gunn / comic story / 16 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Paul S. Newman
- Pencils:
- Mike Sekowsky
- Inks:
- Frank Giacoia
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- detective
- Characters:
- Peter Gunn; Edie Hart; "Mother" (nightclub owner); Lieutenant Jacoby
- Synopsis:
- Peter and Edie are on their way to see a client of Peter's when they are forced off the road by a purple car. Peter and Edie are picked up by Lt. Jacoby, who is then called to a big chemical plant fire. The plant's owner Jason Colby says his former partner Porter Brandon is responsible for the fire. A plant guard says a purple car was seen going from the plant right before the fire. Gunn checks out Brandon's car, but it's green, not purple. However Gunn catches Brandon in a lie while questioning him and has to find evidence linking him to the purple car.
Indexer Notes
Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents". Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Script credit from "The Works of Paul S. Newman Part 25: 1960" by Robin Snyder in "The Comics" Vol. 19, No. 1 (January 2008).
William J. Burns
Peter Gunn Private Eye Pioneers / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Mike Sekowsky
- Inks:
- Frank Giacoia
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Characters:
- William J. Burns
- Synopsis:
- Facts about the life of William J. Burns, late 19th and early 20th Century detective.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with text underneath. Peter Gunn logo is on feature, but character does not appear. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
Allen Pinkerton
Peter Gunn Private Eye Pioneers / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Mike Sekowsky
- Inks:
- Frank Giacoia
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Characters:
- Allen Pinkerton; Abraham Lincoln (cameo)
- Synopsis:
- Facts about Allen Pinkerton, 19th Century detective.
Indexer Notes
Back cover; color. Panels with text underneath. Peter Gunn logo is on feature, but character does not appear. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
Table of Contents
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1.
[Previews]
Peter Gunn -
2.
The Harmless Hobby
Peter Gunn -
3.
The Purple Clue
Peter Gunn -
4.
William J. Burns
Peter Gunn Private Eye Pioneers -
5.
Allen Pinkerton
Peter Gunn Private Eye Pioneers
- Katie
- Alan Hutchinson
- Gary L. Watson
- Merlin Haas
- Jim Stangas
- 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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