(April 2016)

Fantagraphics, 2016 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
24.99 USD
Pages
80
On-sale Date
2016-05-18
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Brand
FB
ISBN
978-1-60699-914-1 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781606999141 52499
Editing
Gary Groth (editor); Michael R. Heck (designer); Paul Baresh (production); Eric Keaton (proofreader)
Color
Color Cover; Black & White Interior with Some Color
Dimensions
11.75" x 8.25"
Paper Stock
Bond
Binding
Hardcover
Publishing Format
One-Shot

Issue Notes

Includes work from Wallace Wood, Nicola Cuti, Howard Chaykin and Dave Cockrum. Originally appeared in the Overseas Weekly.
Printed from the original art instead of the previously published versions.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Shattuck / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Howard Chaykin; Nicola Cuti
Inks
Wally Wood
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Merle Shattuck

[Title Page & Credits] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 3 pages (report information)

Pencils
Dave Cockrum
Inks
Jack Abel; Wally Wood
Letters
typeset

Characters
Merle Shattuck

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Shattuck / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Nicola Cuti; Wally Wood
Pencils
Howard Chaykin; Nicola Cuti
Inks
Wally Wood
Letters
?

Job Number
W1
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Those cowboys are really whooping it up tonight, Sheriff.
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Merle Shattuck; Luke; Sarah
Synopsis
While Shattuck spends the night with his lady, some other cowboys stir up trouble and the sheriff begins shooting them in the streets.
Keywords
Sundown

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Shattuck / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Nicola Cuti; Wally Wood
Pencils
Howard Chaykin; Nicola Cuti
Inks
Wally Wood
Letters
?

Job Number
W2
First Line of Dialogue or Text
A group of cowboys on a spree are mercilessly cut down...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Merle Shattuck; Sarah
Synopsis
Shattuck sees the sheriff slaughter his fellow cowboys so sets out into the street to kill the sheriff. The sheriff shoots Shattuck in the right hand.
Keywords
Sundown

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Shattuck / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Nicola Cuti; Wally Wood
Pencils
Howard Chaykin; Nicola Cuti
Inks
Wally Wood
Letters
?

Job Number
W3
First Line of Dialogue or Text
My right hand! It's busted!
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Merle Shattuck; Minnie; Sarah; The Kid
Synopsis
Shattuck kills the sheriff left-handed and recuperates at the brothel and rapes Minnie, but before Shattuck can leave town he hears Duke Tyler is coming to get him.
Keywords
Sundown

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Shattuck / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Nicola Cuti; Wally Wood
Pencils
Howard Chaykin; Nicola Cuti
Inks
Wally Wood
Letters
?

Job Number
W4
First Line of Dialogue or Text
After killing the sheriff, Shattuck is about to leave town, when...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Merle Shattuck; The Kid; Minnie; Duke Tyler
Synopsis
A young gunfighter challenges Shattuck to a gunfight, but Shattuck isn't interested. Minnie asks Shattuck to take her with him, but he refuses. When Shattuck meets Duke Tyler, who wants to kill the man who shot the sheriff, Shattuck tells Duke the Kid is
Keywords
Sundown

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Shattuck / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Nicola Cuti; Wally Wood
Pencils
Howard Chaykin; Nicola Cuti; Alan Kupperberg (background)
Inks
Wally Wood
Letters
?

Job Number
W5
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Damn straight, I'm the fastest gun!
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Merle Shattuck; The Kid; Duke Tyler; Laureen
Synopsis
Duke's men catch the Kid and torture him. Shattuck meets Laureen aboard a stagecoach.
Keywords
Sundown

Indexer Notes

Alan Kupperberg described his work on the background of this sequence in an online interview.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Shattuck / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Nicola Cuti; Wally Wood
Pencils
Howard Chaykin; Nicola Cuti
Inks
Wally Wood
Letters
?

Job Number
W6
First Line of Dialogue or Text
My name's Laureen... just Laureen...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Merle Shattuck; Laureen; Pete; The Kid; Duke Tyler
Synopsis
Shattuck and Laureen have sex aboard the stagecoach. Duke realizes the Kid is the wrong man and orders him to bring in Shattuck alive.
Keywords
Sundown

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Shattuck / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Nicola Cuti; Wally Wood
Pencils
Howard Chaykin; Nicola Cuti
Inks
Wally Wood
Letters
?

Job Number
W7
First Line of Dialogue or Text
This is Rendezvous... once a year all the mountain men have one big fling...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Merle Shattuck; Rene; Laureen; The Kid
Synopsis
Shattuck arrives in Rendezvous. Rene steals Laureen away from Shattuck. The Kid is robbed and loses all his clothes.
Keywords
North Dakota; Rendezvous

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Shattuck / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Nicola Cuti; Wally Wood
Pencils
Howard Chaykin; Nicola Cuti
Inks
Wally Wood
Letters
?

Job Number
W8
First Line of Dialogue or Text
You folks sure have been kind giving me these clothes...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Merle Shattuck; The Kid; Rene; Laureen
Synopsis
When Shattuck wonders if Rene could lift a horse, Rene obliges – only to develop a hernia. Shattuck and Laureen flee. The Kid obtains new clothes.
Keywords
North Dakota; Rendezvous

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Shattuck / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Nicola Cuti; Wally Wood
Pencils
Howard Chaykin; Nicola Cuti
Inks
Wally Wood
Letters
?

Job Number
W9
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Shattuck relaxes in the festive atmosphere of Rendezvous, North Dakota...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Merle Shattuck; Laureen; The Kid
Synopsis
The Kid tries to get the drop on Shattuck, but Shattuck outwits him, then confronts him outside of town to have a private showdown.
Keywords
North Dakota; Rendezvous

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Shattuck / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Nicola Cuti; Wally Wood
Pencils
Howard Chaykin; Nicola Cuti
Inks
Wally Wood
Letters
?

Job Number
W10
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Draw!
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Merle Shattuck; The Kid
Synopsis
Shattuck defeats the Kid in a gun duel, but afterwards the Kid knocks Shattuck out with a rock.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Shattuck / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Nicola Cuti; Wally Wood
Pencils
Howard Chaykin; Nicola Cuti
Inks
Wally Wood
Letters
?

Job Number
W11
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Kid brings Shattuck in to stand trial...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Merle Shattuck; The Kid; Sheriff Clay McCall; Duke Tyler
Synopsis
The Kid brings Shattuck back to Duke Tyler, but the town's new sheriff Clay McCall is a wild man. Duke orders the Kid to kill Clay.
Keywords
Sundown

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Shattuck / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Nicola Cuti; Wally Wood
Pencils
Howard Chaykin; Nicola Cuti
Inks
Wally Wood
Letters
?

Job Number
W12
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Can I see the prisoner, big boy?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Merle Shattuck; The Kid; Sheriff Clay McCall; Sarah
Synopsis
Clay kills the Kid. Shattuck is freed from his cell by Sarah but intends to avenge the Kid.
Keywords
Sundown

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Shattuck / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Nicola Cuti; Wally Wood
Pencils
Howard Chaykin; Nicola Cuti
Inks
Wally Wood
Letters
?

Job Number
W13
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Kid wasn't much, but he didn't deserve to die like that!
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Merle Shattuck; Sarah; Sheriff Clay McCall; The Kid
Synopsis
Shattuck collects a group of allies against Clay, then provokes Clay by setting out to bury the Kid.
Keywords
Sundown

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Shattuck / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Nicola Cuti; Wally Wood
Pencils
Howard Chaykin; Nicola Cuti
Inks
Wally Wood
Letters
?

Job Number
W14
First Line of Dialogue or Text
You're going to die slowly, very slowly!
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Merle Shattuck; Sarah; Sheriff Clay McCall; The Kid
Synopsis
Shattuck's allies kill Clay's gang while Shattuck kills Clay himself. Shattuck buries the Kid having never learned his actual name.
Keywords
Sundown

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Shattuck / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Nicola Cuti; Wally Wood
Pencils
Dave Cockrum; Nicola Cuti
Inks
Jack Abel; Wally Wood
Letters
?

Job Number
W15
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mr. Shattuck, I'm Mayor Holmquist...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Merle Shattuck; Mayor Holmquist; Sarah; Lisa Jean
Synopsis
The mayor of Sundown asks Shattuck to become their new sheriff. Shattuck refuses until he hears how he'll get a cut of all the local businesses.
Keywords
Sundown

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Shattuck / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Nicola Cuti; Wally Wood
Pencils
Dave Cockrum; Nicola Cuti
Inks
Jack Abel; Wally Wood
Letters
?

Job Number
W16
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey, Chink! There's something a-following ya!
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Merle Shattuck; Calahan; Mayor Holmquist; Miss Henderson; Karen Schneider; Sarah
Synopsis
Sheriff Shattuck begins bringing law to Sundown. The mayor introduces Shattuck to the local schoolmarm, but in defiance of the trope she's unattractive. However, the daughter of the general store's owner proves to be a beauty and Shattuck finds himself fa
Keywords
Sundown

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

Shattuck / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Nicola Cuti; Wally Wood
Pencils
Dave Cockrum; Nicola Cuti
Inks
Jack Abel; Wally Wood
Letters
?

Job Number
W17
First Line of Dialogue or Text
How are things going, Henry?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Merle Shattuck; Henry; Karen Schneider
Synopsis
Shattuck has coffee with Karen and thinks she's propositioned him but is in error.
Keywords
Sundown

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

Shattuck / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Nicola Cuti; Wally Wood
Pencils
Dave Cockrum; Nicola Cuti
Inks
Jack Abel; Wally Wood
Letters
?

Job Number
W18
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Waaa—hoo!
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Merle Shattuck; Max; Jimmy; Sarah
Synopsis
Shattuck beats up a cowboy named Jimmy, earning the man's enmity.
Keywords
Sundown

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

Shattuck / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Nicola Cuti; Wally Wood
Pencils
Dave Cockrum; Nicola Cuti
Inks
Jack Abel; Wally Wood
Letters
?

Job Number
W19
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Miss Karen, I hope you'll forgive my crudeness when we first met...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Merle Shattuck; Karen Schneider; Sarah; Jimmy
Synopsis
Karen begins to reconsider spurning Shattuck while Jimmy plots revenge.
Keywords
Sundown

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Shattuck / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Nicola Cuti; Wally Wood
Pencils
Dave Cockrum; Nicola Cuti
Inks
Jack Abel; Wally Wood
Letters
?

Job Number
W20
First Line of Dialogue or Text
This sure is a nice place you have here, Miss Karen!
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Merle Shattuck; Karen Schneider; Max; Jimmy
Synopsis
Shattuck has a date with Karen but while he restrains his lust, Karen is frustrated by his reserve. Jimmy and his friends burst into town, looking for Shattuck.
Keywords
Sundown

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

Shattuck / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Nicola Cuti; Wally Wood
Pencils
Dave Cockrum; Nicola Cuti
Inks
Jack Abel; Wally Wood
Letters
?

Job Number
W21
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Sheriff, there's a wild crowd over at the saloon!
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Merle Shattuck; Max;Karen Schneider
Synopsis
Shattuck and his friend Max find Jimmy's cowboy friends running wild in the saloon. Shattuck gets the cowboys to temporarily quiet down.
Keywords
Sundown

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

Shattuck / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Nicola Cuti; Wally Wood
Pencils
Dave Cockrum; Nicola Cuti
Inks
Jack Abel; Wally Wood
Letters
?

Job Number
W22
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Why can't we cross into the other section of town?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Merle Shattuck; Jimmy; Max
Synopsis
Jimmy and his allies raise trouble and Shattuck delivers an ultimatum. The cowboys think he's bluffing.
Keywords
Sundown

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

Shattuck / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Nicola Cuti; Wally Wood
Pencils
Dave Cockrum; Nicola Cuti
Inks
Jack Abel; Wally Wood
Letters
?

Job Number
W23
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Yee ha!
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Merle Shattuck; Mayor Holmquist; Karen Schneider; Jimmy
Synopsis
Shattuck is afraid that by shooting up the cowboys he'll be just like the sheriff who did the same to his friends. Shattuck discards his star and leaves Sundown. Jimmy is killed by another cowboy.
Keywords
Sundown

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

Shattuck / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Nicola Cuti; Wally Wood
Pencils
Dave Cockrum; Nicola Cuti
Inks
Jack Abel; Wally Wood
Letters
?

Job Number
W24
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Can you use another hand?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Merle Shattuck
Synopsis
Shattuck tries to resume being a cowboy but no longer enjoys toiling every day.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26)

Shattuck / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Nicola Cuti; Wally Wood
Pencils
Dave Cockrum; Nicola Cuti
Inks
Jack Abel; Wally Wood
Letters
?

Job Number
W25
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Karen... I didn't know I'd miss her so much.
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Merle Shattuck
Synopsis
Shattuck loses his job as a cowboy. He sees his name on a wanted poster but as those are the only words he knows how to read, doesn't realize he's wanted for murder.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

Shattuck / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Nicola Cuti; Wally Wood
Pencils
Dave Cockrum; Nicola Cuti
Inks
Jack Abel; Wally Wood
Letters
?

Job Number
W26
First Line of Dialogue or Text
This must be an old poster from that trouble...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Merle Shattuck; Rosalita
Synopsis
Shattuck arrives in a new town but is recognized and arrested.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28)

Shattuck / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Nicola Cuti; Wally Wood
Pencils
Dave Cockrum; Nicola Cuti
Inks
Jack Abel; Wally Wood
Letters
?

Job Number
W27
First Line of Dialogue or Text
How much for that one?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Merle Shattuck; Billy Bob Barlow
Synopsis
A gang of robbers led by Billy Bob Barlow break Shattuck out of jail to join their gang. Barlow's next target is Sundown's bank.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

Shattuck / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Nicola Cuti; Wally Wood
Pencils
Dave Cockrum; Nicola Cuti
Inks
Jack Abel; Wally Wood
Letters
?

Job Number
W28
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Sundown...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Merle Shattuck; Billy Bob Barlow; Tim; Keech; Karen Schneider
Synopsis
Shattuck joins the robbery attempt in Sundown but even with a bandana over his face, Karen recognizes him.
Keywords
Sundown

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30)

Shattuck / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Nicola Cuti; Wally Wood
Pencils
Dave Cockrum; Nicola Cuti
Inks
Jack Abel; Wally Wood
Letters
?

Job Number
W29
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey! What the hell --?!
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Merle Shattuck; Karen Schneider; Billy Bob Barlow
Synopsis
Barlow's gang completes the robbery and escape with Karen as a hostage.
Keywords
Sundown

Shattuck: The Rarest Strip of the Wood (Table of Contents: 31)

Shattuck / text article / 8 pages (report information)

Script
J. David Spurlock
Pencils
various
Inks
various
Colors
various
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; western-frontier
Synopsis
The history of Shattuck and the people who worked on the strip.

Legacies (Table of Contents: 32)

Shattuck / text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Howard Chaykin; Nicola Cuti
Inks
Wally Wood
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; biography; western-frontier
Synopsis
Biographies of the creators featured in this book.

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Shattuck / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Shattuck
  2. 1. [Title Page & Credits]
  3. 2. ["Those cowboys are really whooping it up tonight, Sheriff."]
    Shattuck
  4. 3. ["A group of cowboys on a spree are mercilessly cut down..."]
    Shattuck
  5. 4. ["My right hand! It's busted!"]
    Shattuck
  6. 5. ["After killing the sheriff, Shattuck is about to leave town, when..."]
    Shattuck
  7. 6. ["Damn straight, I'm the fastest gun!"]
    Shattuck
  8. 7. ["My name's Laureen... just Laureen..."]
    Shattuck
  9. 8. ["This is Rendezvous... once a year all the mountain men have one big fling..."]
    Shattuck
  10. 9. ["You folks sure have been kind giving me these clothes..."]
    Shattuck
  11. 10. ["Shattuck relaxes in the festive atmosphere of Rendezvous, North Dakota..."]
    Shattuck
  12. 11. ["Draw!"]
    Shattuck
  13. 12. ["The Kid brings Shattuck in to stand trial..."]
    Shattuck
  14. 13. ["Can I see the prisoner, big boy?"]
    Shattuck
  15. 14. ["The Kid wasn't much, but he didn't deserve to die like that!"]
    Shattuck
  16. 15. ["You're going to die slowly, very slowly!"]
    Shattuck
  17. 16. ["Mr. Shattuck, I'm Mayor Holmquist..."]
    Shattuck
  18. 17. ["Hey, Chink! There's something a-following ya!"]
    Shattuck
  19. 18. ["How are things going, Henry?"]
    Shattuck
  20. 19. ["Waaa—hoo!"]
    Shattuck
  21. 20. ["Miss Karen, I hope you'll forgive my crudeness when we first met..."]
    Shattuck
  22. 21. ["This sure is a nice place you have here, Miss Karen!"]
    Shattuck
  23. 22. ["Sheriff, there's a wild crowd over at the saloon!"]
    Shattuck
  24. 23. ["Why can't we cross into the other section of town?"]
    Shattuck
  25. 24. ["Yee ha!"]
    Shattuck
  26. 25. ["Can you use another hand?"]
    Shattuck
  27. 26. ["Karen... I didn't know I'd miss her so much."]
    Shattuck
  28. 27. ["This must be an old poster from that trouble..."]
    Shattuck
  29. 28. ["How much for that one?"]
    Shattuck
  30. 29. ["Sundown..."]
    Shattuck
  31. 30. ["Hey! What the hell --?!"]
    Shattuck
  32. 31. Shattuck: The Rarest Strip of the Wood
    Shattuck
  33. 32. Legacies
    Shattuck
  34. 33. ["Chock full of gun-toting femmes fatale..."]
    Shattuck
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