(February 1956)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- Dell
- Editing:
- ?
- Format:
- Color; standard Golden Age and later Silver Age formats; saddle-stitched; newsprint; was an On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "GUNSMOKE, No. 679." Code number is GUNSMOKE O.S. #679-562. Copyright 1955 by Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. First of five Gunsmoke Four Colors. Based on the CBS-TV series "Gunsmoke."
[Introduction]
Gunsmoke / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (photos)
- Inks:
- ? (photos)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Characters:
- Matt Dillon (as played by James Arness, photos)
- Synopsis:
- Introduction to series.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Two photos plus typeset text.
The Decoy
Gunsmoke / comic story / 17 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
- Pencils:
- Jim McDonald
- Inks:
- Jim McDonald
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Matt Dillon; Chester
- Synopsis:
- A stranger seems to save Matt Dillon's life in a bar fight, but later he makes an excuse to take Dillon out of Dodge so that his gang can rob the bank.
Indexer Notes
Chester's appearance is not that of Dennis Weaver, who played the character on the TV series. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
Colts for Hire
Gunsmoke / comic story / 17 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
- Pencils:
- Jim McDonald
- Inks:
- Jim McDonald
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Matt Dillon; Chester
- Synopsis:
- Thinking Matt Dillon is too soft on troublemakers in their businesses, the owners hire four gunslingers to act as private police. The gunslingers eventually take over and the businessmen beg Dillon to get rid of them.
Indexer Notes
Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on the back cover in color. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Chester's appearance is not that of Dennis Weaver, who played the character on the TV series. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
- Merlin Haas
- Gene Reed
- Roger A. Budnick
- John P. Selegue
- Merlin Haas
- Ken Lemons
- Chris Launder
- Jim Walls
- Terry Vraspir
- Gary Perlman
- Jerry Hillegas
- Craig Delich
- James Ludwig
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Kenneth Blair
- Mike Nielsen
- David Porta
- Matthew Torrance
- Ken Kwilinski
- Gary L. Watson
- Gregg Whitmore
- Max Capp
- Tony R. Rose
- Lou Mazzella
- Rodney Hinkle
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Donald Dale Milne
- Karl Wilcox
- Darrel McCann
- Peter Croome
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