| Issue | #797 |
| Published | May 1957 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | ? |
| Notes | Indicia title is "GUNSMOKE, No. 797." Code number is GUNSMOKE O.S. #797-575. Copyright 1957 by Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. Fourth of five Gunsmoke Four Colors. Based on the CBS-TV series "Gunsmoke." |
| Characters | Matt Dillon (as played by James Arness, photo) |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | ? (photograph) |
| Inks | ? (photograph) |
| Colors | ? (photograph) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Matt Dillon (as played by James Arness, photo) |
| Synopsis | "I'm the man who wears the badge but sometimes only the gun will keep law and order." |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | ? (photograph); ? (art) |
| Inks | ? (photograph): ? (art) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Cropped photo of James Arness as Matt Dillon with drawn background. Four strips of typeset text are laid over the photo/drawing. |
| Characters | Matt Dillon; Chester; Kitty |
| Synopsis | Matt suspects that Curry, the area's largest freight hauler, is having his men sabotage his rivals' stages to put them out of business, but has to find evidence to make the charges stick. |
| Genre | western |
| Script | Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer |
| Pencils | Jim McDonald |
| Inks | Jim McDonald |
| Letters | Ben Oda |
| Notes | Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
| Characters | Matt Dillon; Chester; Kitty |
| Synopsis | Greg Thorne and his father Tad both confess to robbing a stage, but Matt is certain neither one did the deed and tracks down the real robbers. |
| Genre | western |
| Script | Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer |
| Pencils | Jim McDonald |
| Inks | Jim McDonald |
| Letters | Ben Oda |
| Notes | Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
| Synopsis | Facts about the founding and early days of Dodge City. |
| Genre | fact; western |
| Script | Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer |
| Pencils | Jim McDonald |
| Inks | Jim McDonald |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
| Synopsis | Facts about the early days of the Wells Fargo stage line. |
| Genre | fact; western |
| Script | Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer |
| Pencils | Jim McDonald |
| Inks | Jim McDonald |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. Panels with typeset text underneath. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |