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Issue Details

Issue #927
Published August 1958
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "Luke Short's TOP GUN, No. 927." Code number is L.S.T.G. O.S. #927-588. Copyright 1958 by Frederick D. Glidden. Adapted from the 1939 novel "Test Pit" by Luke Short.

Cover Details - "Luke Short's Top Gun"

Genre western
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)
Letters typeset

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Top Gun"

Characters Max Goad; Deputy Bart Murray; Frank Lloyd; Jim Goad
Synopsis Introduction to the main characters of the story.
Pencils John Buscema
Inks John Buscema
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

32 page story "Luke Short's Top Gun"

Characters Max Goad; Deputy Bart Murray; Frank Lloyd; Jim Goad
Synopsis Jim Goad tries to keep his headstrong nephew from becoming an outlaw.
Genre western
Script Luke Short (original story); ? (adaptation)
Pencils John Buscema
Inks John Buscema
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Adapted from the 1939 novel "Test Pit" by Luke Short.

1 page filler "Cowtown Main Street"

Synopsis The development of a western boom town.
Genre fact; western
Pencils John Buscema
Inks John Buscema
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page filler "Desert Survival"

Synopsis Desert survival tricks.
Genre fact; western
Pencils John Buscema
Inks John Buscema
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover; panels with typeset text. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).