Issue | #844 |
Published | August 1957 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | ? |
Notes | Indicia title is "GUNSMOKE, No. 844." Code number is GUNSMOKE O.S. #844-578. Copyright 1957 by Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. Cover is collage of photo and drawings. Based on the "Gunsmoke" TV series. |
Characters | Matt Dillon (as played by James Arness, photo) |
Genre | western |
Pencils | ?; ? (photo) |
Inks | ?; ? (photo) |
Colors | ?; ? (photo) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Indicia title is "GUNSMOKE, No. 844." Code number is GUNSMOKE O.S. #844-578. Copyright 1957 by Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. Cover is collage of photo and drawings. Based on the "Gunsmoke" TV series. |
Characters | Matt Dillon (as played by James Arness, photo) |
Synopsis | Introduction to series. |
Genre | western |
Pencils | ? (photos) |
Inks | ? (photos) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Two photos and brief typeset text. |
Characters | Matt Dillon; Kitty; Chester |
Synopsis | Matt and Kitty are on a train returning to Dodge City after a day of visiting friends when the train is attacked by robbers. After the train gets back to Dodge, Matt and Chester go after the robbers. |
Genre | western |
Pencils | Jim MacDonald |
Inks | Jim MacDonald |
Notes | Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
Characters | Matt Dillon; Chester; Kitty |
Synopsis | Matt Dillon has trouble with the storekeepers when he tries to impose an order requiring guns to be checked. |
Genre | western |
Pencils | Jim MacDonald |
Inks | Jim MacDonald |
Notes | Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
Synopsis | Types of pistols used in the Old West. |
Genre | fact; western |
Pencils | Jim MacDonald |
Inks | Jim MacDonald |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
Synopsis | Facts about theaters in the Old West. |
Genre | fact; western |
Pencils | Jim MacDonald |
Inks | Jim MacDonald |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Back cover. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). This sequence is replaced by an ad in some copies. See Sequence 6. |
Synopsis | One large "find the mistakes" drawing. |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Back cover. Illustrated ad for Wrigley's Juicy Fruit chewing gum. Part of a "Summer Safety" series. This ad replaces Sequence 5 in some copies. |