Gunsmoke #13
(February-March 1959)

Dell, 1957 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell
Editing
George Delacorte (publisher); Helen Meyer (president); Paul R. Lilly (executive vice-president); Harold Clark (vice-president/advertising director); Albert P. Delacorte (treasurer)

Issue Notes

Copyright © 1958, Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.
Designed and produced by Western Printing & Lithographing Co.

Trick Shot (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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Trick Shot (Table of Contents: 2)

Gunsmoke / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

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

Job Number
Gunsmoke#13-592
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Matt Dillon; Chester; Kitty
Synopsis
A trick shot gunman challenges Matt Dillon to a shooting contest.

Indexer Notes

Script ID from Robin Snyder, from Paul S. Newman's personal records. Art ID from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. Also art credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

Barbed-wire Feud (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Synopsis
Len Spivin, the new owner of the K-G spread, fences off a water hole that had been shared with the Circle-Dot ranch.

A Losing Hand (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Marvin Stein
Inks
Marvin Stein
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Synopsis
A carefully planned train robbery goes astray when nothing goes as planned.

Indexer Notes

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

Lone Hand (Table of Contents: 5)

Gunsmoke / comic story / 12.67 pages (report information)

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

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Matt Dillon; Chester
Synopsis
Prospector Pete Doran is robbed by three bandits and plans to capture them without Matt Dillon's help.

Indexer Notes

Last panel is "Dell's Pledge to Parents." Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records. Art ID from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. Also art credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who

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

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
Helen Meyer
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of Ownership for Oct. 1, 1958. No circulation figures given.

Draw Lincoln (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Art Instruction, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

7up / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Trick Shot
    Gunsmoke
  2. 1. ["Free – this handsome wallet..."]
  3. 2. Trick Shot
    Gunsmoke
  4. 3. Barbed-wire Feud
  5. 4. A Losing Hand
    Dodge City Days
  6. 5. Lone Hand
    Gunsmoke
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
  8. 7. Draw Lincoln
    Art Instruction, Inc.
  9. 8. ["'Fresh up' Freddie says: 'Right now, you're probably asking yourself – How does a sporty sports car driver quench his thirst in a traffic jam?'"]
    7up
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  • Steinar Ådland
  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Merlin Haas
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Gene Reed (R.I.P.)