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Issue Details

Issue #769
Published February 1957
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
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.

Cover Details - "The Marshal's Gamble"

Characters James Arness (as Matt Dillon, photo)
Genre western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Letters typeset
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.

1 page [Gunsmoke] foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "intro"

Characters James Arness (as Matt Dillon, photos)
Synopsis Intro to series.
Genre western
Pencils ? (photos)
Inks ? (photos)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Four photos with typeset text.

17 page Gunsmoke story "The Marshal's Gamble"

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.
Genre western

17 page Gunsmoke story "Crossfire"

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.
Genre western
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.