Gunsmoke #27
(June-July 1961)

Dell, 1957 Series
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Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1961-05-02
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1961 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Gunsmoke / cover / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Jim Arness (as Marshal Matt Dillon)

Smoked Out City/The Intruder (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Mike Sekowsky; ? (photo)
Inks
Frank Giacoia; ? (photo)
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Marshal Matt Dillon; Doc Adams
Synopsis
Table of contents page with previews of the two main stories.

Smoked Out City (Table of Contents: 2)

Gunsmoke / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mike Sekowsky
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Marshal Matt Dillon; Kitty; Chester;
Synopsis
Kitty accidentally pulls off the tarpaulin of a wagon and starts Matt on a search for the wagon driver's secret. Later, Dodge City is covered with blinding smoke as bold outlaws carry off a fantastic scheme amid whining bullets.

Indexer Notes

Synopsis taken from inside cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Dell Trading Post / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

The Buried Clue (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Sheriff Dan Brewer; Hake Matrin; Gil Dean
Synopsis
A sheriff locates evidence of a robbery in a fence post hole.

The Amazing Dog Race (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Mike Sekowsky
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
James H. Kelley; Archie Keech; Simpson
Synopsis
A rancher buys the runt of a greyhound litter and trains it as a champion racer.

The Intruder (Table of Contents: 7)

Gunsmoke / comic story / 9.5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mike Sekowsky
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Marshal Matt Dillon; Kitty; Doc Adams
Synopsis
Doc Adams' sleep is disturbed one night by a most unusual thief whose interest in literature leaves Doc baffled. The thief's trail leads Matt Dillon into a dangerous cross fire, as he becomes the target of a gold-greedy man.

Indexer Notes

Synopsis taken the contents page.

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

Space Map; Super Jets / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Prairie Fires (Table of Contents: 9)

Gunsmoke / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mike Sekowsky
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Synopsis
A short story about the perils of prairie fires.

Indexer Notes

inside back cover

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Arnold, Schwinn & Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Gunsmoke
  2. 1. Smoked Out City/The Intruder
    Gunsmoke
  3. 2. Smoked Out City
    Gunsmoke
  4. 3. ["Win Jet to Hollywood!"]
    Dell Comics Contest
  5. 4. ["Start trading now at the Dell trading post"]
    Dell Trading Post
  6. 5. The Buried Clue
  7. 6. The Amazing Dog Race
    Dodge City Days
  8. 7. The Intruder
    Gunsmoke
  9. 8. ["Commander Jet says..."]
    Space Map; Super Jets
  10. 9. Prairie Fires
    Gunsmoke
  11. 10. ["Never Before... such a bike... genuine Schwinn quality for so little money!"]
    Arnold, Schwinn & Co.
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Steve Coates
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Gene Reed (R.I.P.)