| Issue | #1087 |
| Published | April-June 1960 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | ? |
| 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 1956-61 NBC/ABC TV series. |
| Characters | Craig Stevens (as Peter Gunn, photo) |
| Genre | detective |
| Pencils | ? (photo) |
| Inks | ? (photo) |
| Colors | ? (photo) |
| Letters | typeset |
| 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 1956-61 NBC/ABC TV series. |
| Characters | Craig Stevens (as Peter Gunn, photo) |
| Synopsis | Preview of the two stories in the issue. |
| Genre | detective |
| Pencils | ? (photo); Mike Sekowsky |
| Inks | ? (photo); Frank Giacoia |
| Letters | typeset |
| 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) |
| 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. |
| Genre | detective |
| Script | Paul S. Newman |
| Pencils | Mike Sekowsky |
| Inks | Frank Giacioa |
| 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). |
| Characters | Peter Gunn; Edie Hart; "Mother" (nightclub owner); Lt. 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. |
| Genre | detective |
| Script | Paul S. Newman |
| Pencils | Mike Sekowsky |
| Inks | Frank Giacioa |
| 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). |
| Characters | William J. Burns |
| Synopsis | Facts about the life of William J. Burns, late 19th and early 20th Century detective. |
| Genre | fact |
| Pencils | Mike Sekowsky |
| Inks | Frank Giacoia |
| 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) |
| Characters | Allen Pinkerton; Abraham Lincoln (cameo) |
| Synopsis | Facts about Allen Pinkerton, 19th Century detective. |
| Genre | fact |
| Pencils | Mike Sekowsky |
| Inks | Frank Giacoia |
| 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) |