| Issue | #771 |
| Published | March 1957 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | ? |
| Notes | Indicia title is "Luke Short's BRAND OF EMPIRE, No. 771." Code number is B.ofE.O.S. #771-573. Copyright 1956 by Frederick D. Glidden. "Picturized edition adapted from "Red Trail to Black Treasure" by Luke Short, copyright, 1937, by Luke Short." |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | ? (painting) |
| Inks | ? (painting) |
| Colors | ? (painting) |
| Characters | Pete Yard; Matt Waranrode; Ben Mellish; Steve Trueblood |
| Synopsis | Teaser for story with head shots of four characters. |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | Mort Drucker |
| Inks | Mort Drucker |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
| Characters | Pete Yard; Matt Waranrode; Steve Trueblood; Ben Mellish |
| Synopsis | A senator plots a range war to draw attention away from his land acquisitions around a new dam near a Ute Indian reservation. A fortune in coal lies under the land the Senator wants. |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | Mort Drucker |
| Inks | Mort Drucker |
| Notes | Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on the back cover in color. Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Adapted from "Red Trail to Black Treasure" by Luke Short serialized in Street and Smith’s "Western Story Magazine," Vol. 159, No. 6; Vol. 160, No. 1-4; October 9, 1937-November 6, 1937. This serial was later collected and published under the title "Brand of Empire." Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |