Issue | #739 |
Published | October 1956 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | ? |
Notes | Indicia title is "Luke Short's Bounty Guns." Code number is B.G. O.S. #739-5610. Copyright 1956 by Frederick D. Glidden. |
Genre | western |
Pencils | Sam Savitt (painted) |
Inks | Sam Savitt (painted) |
Colors | Sam Savitt (painted) |
Notes | Pencils, inks, and colors credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
Characters | Sheriff Ball; Tip Woodring; Buck Shields; Rig Holman |
Synopsis | Introduction of main characters in the story. |
Genre | western |
Pencils | Mort Drucker |
Inks | Mort Drucker |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Four illustrations with brief typeset text. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
Characters | Sheriff Ball; Tip Woodring; Buck Shields; Rig Holman |
Synopsis | After losing his ranch and stock to a drought, Tip Woodring comes to the cow town of Hagen, where he is hired to find out which of two feuding clans killed a prospector for his gold strike. |
Genre | western |
Script | Luke Short (original story); ? (comic adaptation) |
Pencils | Mort Drucker |
Inks | Mort Drucker |
Notes | Story concludes on inside back cover in black and white. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Adapted from the 1939 novel "Bounty Gun" by Luke Short. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
Characters | Silvertip (cameo) |
Genre | western |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Promo for "Max Brand's Silvertip and the Fighting Four" (Four Color #731 (October 1956)). Line-drawn version of painted cover of the comic is depicted. |
Genre | western; fact |
Notes | Back cover. This sequence is replaced by an ad in some issues. See sequence 5. |
Genre | children |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Back cover. Illustrated ad for Trix breakfast cereal. This ad replaces Sequence 4 in some issues. |