Four Color #927 - Luke Short's Top Gun
(August 1958)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1958
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Indicia title is "Luke Short's TOP GUN, No. 927." Code number is L.S.T.G. O.S. #927-588. Copyright 1958 by Frederick D. Glidden. Adapted from the 1939 novel "Test Pit" by Luke Short.

Luke Short's Top Gun (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (painting)
Inks
? (painting)
Colors
? (painting)
Letters
typeset
Genre
western-frontier
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Top Gun (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
?
Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
John Buscema
Letters
typeset
Characters
Max Goad; Deputy Bart Murray; Frank Lloyd; Jim Goad
Synopsis
Introduction to the main characters of the story.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

Luke Short's Top Gun (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 32 pages (report information)

Script
Luke Short (original story); ? (adaptation)
Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
John Buscema
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Max Goad; Deputy Bart Murray; Frank Lloyd; Jim Goad
Synopsis
Jim Goad tries to keep his headstrong nephew from becoming an outlaw.

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Adapted from the 1939 novel "Test Pit" by Luke Short.

Cowtown Main Street (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
John Buscema
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction; western-frontier
Synopsis
The development of a western boom town.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

Desert Survival (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
John Buscema
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction; western-frontier
Synopsis
Desert survival tricks.

Indexer Notes

Back cover; panels with typeset text. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Luke Short's Top Gun
  2. 1. Top Gun
  3. 2. Luke Short's Top Gun
  4. 3. Cowtown Main Street
  5. 4. Desert Survival
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  • Dwayne Best
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Keith Alan Morgan
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