(February 1957)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- Dell
- Editing:
- George T. Delacorte, Jr. (president); Helen Meyer (vice- president); Albert P. Delacorte (vice- president)
- 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. 769." Code number is GUNSMOKE O.S. #769-572. Copyright 1956 by Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. Third of five Gunsmoke Four Colors. Based on the "Gunsmoke" TV series.
[intro]
Gunsmoke / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (photos)
- Inks:
- ? (photos)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Matt Dillon (as played by James Arness, photos)
- Synopsis:
- Intro to series.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Four photos with typeset text.
The Marshal's Gamble
Gunsmoke / comic story / 17 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jim McLaughlin
- Inks:
- Jim McLaughlin
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Matt Dillon; Chester; Kitty
- Synopsis:
- Matt Dillon catches gambler Dodd using a marked deck in a card game. Later Dodd is robbed of the casino's receipts by masked men who he identifies as members of the Bar W, the same outfit he was cheating with the marked cards. Dillon brings two Bar W men to jail, but isn't sure if Dodd is lying to him to get revenge on the Bar W men.
Indexer Notes
"The Gunsmoke artist is Jim McLaughlin (long faces, narrow jaw, etc.). He worked at Ace before they folded..." from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. Hames Ware says McLaughlin ID in the Who's Who of American Comic Books originally came from Lou Cameron.
Art ID by Steinar Ådland December 2010
Crossfire
Gunsmoke / comic story / 17 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jim McLaughlin
- Inks:
- Jim McLaughlin
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Matt Dillon; Chester; Kitty (cameo)
- Synopsis:
- When gunfighter Jim Jasps' brother is jailed for stealing a horse, Jasps threatens Matt Dillon with gunplay if he isn't released.
Indexer Notes
Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on back cover in color. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents.
Editing
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Steinar Ådland
- Merlin Haas
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- 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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