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Issue Details

Issue #875
Published February 1958
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
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.

Cover Details - "Luke Short's Trumpets West"

Genre western
Pencils Sam Savitt (painting)
Inks Sam Savitt (painting)
Colors Sam Savitt (painting)
Letters typeset
Notes Pencils, inks, and colors credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Three Men Who Knew..One Who Didn't!"

Characters Lt. Burke Hanna; Corinne; Ponce; Captain Ervien
Synopsis Preview of the story.
Genre western
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white.

32 page story "Luke Short's Trumpets West"

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.
Genre western
Script Luke Short (original story); Paul S. Newman (comic adaptation)
Pencils ? (see notes)
Inks ? (see notes)
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. Art is apparently by several persons. Possibilities for pencils and inks include Joe Certa, Bill Fraccio, Bill Draut, Tony Tallarico, and/or Frank Springer. (GCD main list, December 2008)

1 page filler "The Cavalry Standard"

Synopsis Designs and uses of the flags in the cavalry in the Old West.
Genre fact; western
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath.

1 page filler "Cavalry Uniforms"

Synopsis Facts about the stylish, but uncomfortable cavalry uniforms in the Old West.
Genre fact; western
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover. Panels with text underneath. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."