Gunsmoke #18
(December 1959-January 1960)

Dell, 1957 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1959-10-22
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell Western Adventure
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 © 1959, Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. Designed and produced by Western Printing & Lithographing Co. On-sale date from 1960 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

[Indian Trouble] (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
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Kraft Candies (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Indian Trouble (Table of Contents: 2)

Gunsmoke / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Alberto Giolitti
Inks
Alberto Giolitti
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
Gunsmoke#18-5912
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Matt Dillon; Chester; Kitty
Synopsis
An Indian, Hawk Feather, is cheated by a buffalo hide trader who pays him in Confederate money.
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Indexer Notes

Script ID from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records. Art is same as Gunsmoke #15, which is credited to Giolitti; Ticci. Art ID by Steinar Ådland December 2010. New inks identification by Alberto Becattini (December 2010).

Night Ambush (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
western-frontier
Synopsis
Sheriff Macroy has to protect his prisoner Hardesty from being ambushed by his former partner Borrell.

Indexer Notes

Text story with 1/4 page illustration.

The Taming of Dutch Henry (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Alberto Giolitti
Inks
Alberto Giolitti
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Synopsis
A sheriff tricks horse thief Dutch Henry into revealing the location of a band of stolen horses.

Indexer Notes

Script ID from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records. Art is same as Gunsmoke #15, which is credited to Giolitti; Ticci. Art identification by Steinar Ådland December 2010. New inks identification by Alberto Becattini (December 2010).

The Bunco Artist (Table of Contents: 5)

Gunsmoke / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Alberto Giolitti
Inks
Alberto Giolitti
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Matt Dillon; Doc Adams; Kitty; Chester (cameo)
Synopsis
A traveling patent medicine peddler kipnaps Doc Adams after Doc debunks his "Natural Rock Oil" and ruins his sales.

Indexer Notes

Last panel of story is Dell's "Pledge to Parents." Script ID from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records.
Art identification by Steinar Ådland December 2010. Art is same as Gunsmoke #15, which is credited to Giolitti; Ticci. New inks identification by Alberto Becattini (December 2010).

New! "Rocket Club" Movie! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Tru-Vue 3-D Fun Set (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Send for New Free Shooting Books! (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Indian Trouble]
    Gunsmoke
  2. 1. Kraft Candies
  3. 2. Indian Trouble
    Gunsmoke
  4. 3. Night Ambush
  5. 4. The Taming of Dutch Henry
    Dodge City Days
  6. 5. The Bunco Artist
    Gunsmoke
  7. 6. New! "Rocket Club" Movie!
  8. 7. Tru-Vue 3-D Fun Set
  9. 8. Send for New Free Shooting Books!
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