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Issue Details

Issue #17
Published October-November 1959
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Notes Photo cover of James Arness as Matt Dillon from the Gunsmoke TV series.

Cover Details - "Daniel Drew's Last Act"

Characters James Arness (as Matt Dillon)
Genre western
Pencils photograph
Notes Photo cover of James Arness as Matt Dillon from the Gunsmoke TV series.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Free! Ball point pen and 3 extra issues"

Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; color. Promo for subscriptions to Dell comics. Premium is free ball point pen. 15 issues for $1.20.

14 page Gunsmoke story "Daniel Drew's Last Act"

Characters Matt Dillon; Chester; Kitty (cameo)
Synopsis Traveling actor Daniel Drew gets in trouble by courting Jimmy Gunn's girl.
Genre western
Script [Paul S. Newman]
Notes Script ID from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records.

4 page Dodge City Days story "Indian Bill"

Synopsis A cowpoke's story of Indian war scouts near Dodge causes a commotion.
Genre western
Script [Paul S. Newman]
Notes Script ID from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records.

1 page text story "A Trick of the Trade"

Synopsis Doc Forest, a traveling medicine show man, uses trickery to avoid a showdown with a troublemaking cowpoke.
Genre western
Letters typeset

12 page Gunsmoke story "No Choice for Matt Dillon"

Characters Matt Dillon; Chester; Doc Adams; Kitty
Synopsis Bank robbers shoot Chester and then kidnap Doc Adams to tend an injured gang member.
Genre western
Script [Paul S. Newman]
Notes Last panel is Dell's "Pledge to Parents." Script ID from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records.

Half page advertisement "The Call for Fall!"

Letters typeset
Notes One-half page ad for Jumping Jacks shoes, (Vaisey-Bristol Shoe Co., Monett, Mo.)

1 page advertisement "Win This Life-Size Aerojet Training Space Ship!"

Notes Inside back cover; color. Illustrated ad for a contest sponsored by Kraft Marshmallows. First prize is an Aerojet-General Training Space Ship. (29 ft. long and 7 ft. in diameter.)

1 page "Fresh Up" Freddie says: advertisement "How does a star football player get a fresh, clean taste?"

Characters Fresh Up Freddie
Synopsis Fresh Up Freddie is a star football player.
Genre funny animal; sports
Notes Back cover. Ad in comic strip form for 7-Up soft drink. One of a series.