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Issue Details

Issue #1012
Published July 1959
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "LAST TRAIN FROM GUN HILL, No 1012". Code number is L.T.GUNHILL O.S. #1012-597. Copyright 1959 by Paramount Pictures Corporation. Adapted from the 1959 movie "Last Train to Gun Hill". Photo cover is scene from the movie, with the background cropped out.

Cover Details - "Last Train From Gun Hill"

Characters Kirk Douglas (as Matt Morgan, photo); Anthony Quinn (as Craig Belden, photo); Carolyn Jones (as Linda, photo); Earl Holliman (as Rick Belden, photo)
Genre western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Notes Indicia title is "LAST TRAIN FROM GUN HILL, No 1012". Code number is L.T.GUNHILL O.S. #1012-597. Copyright 1959 by Paramount Pictures Corporation. Adapted from the 1959 movie "Last Train to Gun Hill". Photo cover is scene from the movie, with the background cropped out.

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Last Train from Gun Hill"

Characters Kirk Douglas (as Matt Morgan, photo); Anthony Quinn (as Craig Belden, photo)
Synopsis Preview of the story.
Genre western
Pencils ? (photos)
Inks ? (photos)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Five photos and a partial list of cast and credits from the movie. Craig Belden is misidentified as Clay Belden in the preview.

32 page story "Last Train From Gun Hill"

Characters Matt Morgan; Craig Belden; Rick Belden; Lee Smithers; Linda
Synopsis A search for the killer of his Cherokee wife takes Marshall Matt Morgan to Gun Hill. The town is run by Craig Belden, who used to be a partner with Morgan. Belden's son Rick Belden and his friend Lee Smithers are the two who caused Morgan's wife's death and Belden won't let Morgan take his son. With the help of Linda, who spurned Craig Belden's overtures to her, Morgan is able to take his captive, Rick Belden, to the train station. This leads to a showdown involving Morgan, Smithers, and Craig Belden.
Genre western
Script Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Notes Based on the 1959 movie "Last Train to Gun Hill", with some of the violence and all of the sexual situations of the original deleted. Script submitted January 31, 1959. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).

1 page filler "The West's Iron Men"

Characters Wyatt Earp (cameo); Pat Garrett (cameo); Bat Masterson (cameo)
Synopsis Facts about lawmen of the old West.
Genre western; fact
Script Gaylord Du Bois ?
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. A script for this sequence was submitted under the title "White Blood and Red" on February 14, 1959, but the content of the published page does not seem to match the title. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).

1 page illustration "Movie scenes"

Characters Kirk Douglas (as Matt Morgan, photo); Anthony Quinn (as Craig Belden, photo)
Synopsis An action photo from the movie; a posed (?) photo of Kirk Douglas drawing his handgun; and some promo text for the story.
Genre western
Script Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils ? (photos)
Inks ? (photos)
Colors ? (photos)
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover. Monochrome photos with typeset text. Photo of Douglas has background cropped out. Script sent February 14, 1959, under the title "Six Gun Showdown". Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).