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. |
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. |
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. |
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). |
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). |
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). |