(November 1957-January 1958)

Dell, 1957 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
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Quarterly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell
Editing
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Paid in Silver (Table of Contents)

Gunsmoke / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Matt Dillon (photo of James Arness)
Reprints

A Marshall in Dodge City... (Table of Contents: 1)

Gunsmoke / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photos)
Inks
? (photos)
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Matt Dillon (photo of James Arness)

Indexer Notes

Four photographs from the Gunsmoke TV series.

Enough Rope (Table of Contents: 2)

Gunsmoke / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Jim McLaughlin
Inks
Jim McLaughlin
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Matt Dillon; Chester; Kitty
Synopsis
Jackson Crater gets away with a bank robbery when he is released on a technicality but is caught after robbing a stage, and Matt Dillon must protect him from a lynch mob.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records.

"The Gunsmoke artist is Jim McLaughlin (long faces, narrow jaw, etc.). He worked at Ace before they folded..." from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

The Wild Russian (Table of Contents: 3)

Dodge City Days / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Jim McLaughlin
Inks
Jim McLaughlin
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Synopsis
"Russian Bill" tries to get a reputation as an outlaw and succeeds all too well.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Billed as a true story of Dodge City.

Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records.

"The Gunsmoke artist is Jim McLaughlin (long faces, narrow jaw, etc.). He worked at Ace before they folded..." from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

Secret Deal (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Synopsis
Don Carson captures some rustlers.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records.

Paid in Silver (Table of Contents: 5)

Gunsmoke / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Jim McLaughlin
Inks
Jim McLaughlin
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Matt Dillon
Synopsis
A pair of bandits frame Indian Hawk Arrow as a horse thief in order to force him to reveal the secret location of his tribe's silver mine.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records.

"The Gunsmoke artist is Jim McLaughlin (long faces, narrow jaw, etc.). He worked at Ace before they folded..." from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Settling the West / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Jim McLaughlin
Inks
Jim McLaughlin
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Many modern roads in America follow old trails.
Genre
non-fiction; western-frontier
Synopsis
Facts about the evolution of buffalo trails into modern highways.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white.

Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records.

"The Gunsmoke artist is Jim McLaughlin..." from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

Fences (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Jim McLaughlin
Inks
Jim McLaughlin
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; western-frontier
Synopsis
Facts about fences in the old West.

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

Last panel is "Dell's Pledge to Parents."

Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records.

Art credits from Steinar Ådland December 2010

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Paid in Silver
    Gunsmoke
  2. 1. A Marshall in Dodge City...
    Gunsmoke
  3. 2. Enough Rope
    Gunsmoke
  4. 3. The Wild Russian
    Dodge City Days
  5. 4. Secret Deal
  6. 5. Paid in Silver
    Gunsmoke
  7. 6. ["Many modern roads in America follow old trails."]
    Settling the West
  8. 7. Fences
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  • Steinar Ådland
  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Merlin Haas
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