Four Color #875 - Luke Short's Trumpets West!
(February 1958)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
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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.

Luke Short's Trumpets West (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Sam Savitt (painting)
Inks
Sam Savitt (painting)
Colors
Sam Savitt (painting)
Letters
typeset
Genre
western-frontier
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pencils, inks, and colors credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

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Three Men Who Knew..One Who Didn't! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Mike Roy
Inks
Mike Peppe
Letters
typeset
Genre
western-frontier
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 (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 32 pages (report information)

Script
Paul S. Newman (comic adaptation); Luke Short (original story)
Pencils
Mike Roy
Inks
Mike Peppe
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
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.
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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.

The Cavalry Standard (Table of Contents: 3)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction; western-frontier
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 (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction; western-frontier
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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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Luke Short's Trumpets West
  2. 1. Three Men Who Knew..One Who Didn't!
  3. 2. Luke Short's Trumpets West
  4. 3. The Cavalry Standard
  5. 4. Cavalry Uniforms
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Alberto Becattini
  • Dwayne Best
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Jean-Francois Masse
  • Keith Alan Morgan
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