Issue | #27 |
Published | June-July 1961 |
Frequency | bi-monthly |
Cover Price | 0.15 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Characters | Jim Arness (as Marshal Matt Dillon) |
Genre | western |
Pencils | ? (photo) |
Inks | ? (photo) |
Colors | ? (photo) |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | Marshal Matt Dillon; Doc Adams |
Synopsis | Table of contents page with previews of the two main stories. |
Genre | western |
Pencils | ? (photo); Mike Sekowsky |
Inks | ? (photo); Frank Giacoia |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | Marshal Matt Dillon; Kitty; Chester; |
Synopsis | Kitty accidentally pulls off the tarpaulin of a wagon and starts Matt on a search for the wagon driver's secret. Later, Dodge City is covered with blinding smoke as bold outlaws carry off a fantastic scheme amid whining bullets. |
Genre | western |
Pencils | Mike Sekowsky |
Inks | Frank Giacoia |
Notes | Synopsis taken from inside cover. |
Synopsis | Description of Dell Comics Contest and the available prizes. |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Contest rules require top strips of DELL COMIC Covers as proof that comics were purchased. This feaure appears between pages two and three of the first story in this issue. |
Synopsis | Instructions on trading the top 1/4 covers of comics for prizes. |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | This actually competes with the contest that appears earlier in the issue. |
Characters | Sheriff Dan Brewer; Hake Matrin; Gil Dean |
Synopsis | A sheriff locates evidence of a robbery in a fence post hole. |
Genre | western |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | James H. Kelley; Archie Keech; Simpson |
Synopsis | A rancher buys the runt of a greyhound litter and trains it as a champion racer. |
Genre | western |
Pencils | Mike Sekowsky |
Inks | Frank Giacoia |
Characters | Marshal Matt Dillon; Kitty; Doc Adams |
Synopsis | Doc Adams' sleep is disturbed one night by a most unusual thief whose interest in literature leaves Doc baffled. The thief's trail leads Matt Dillon into a dangerous cross fire, as he becomes the target of a gold-greedy man. |
Genre | western |
Pencils | Mike Sekowsky |
Inks | Frank Giacoia |
Notes | Synopsis taken the contents page. |
Characters | Commander Jet |
Synopsis | Ad for Red Ball Jets sports shoes. |
Synopsis | A short story about the perils of prairie fires. |
Genre | western |
Pencils | Mike Sekowsky |
Inks | Frank Giacoia |
Notes | inside back cover |
Synopsis | Schwinn bicycle advertisement. |
Letters | ?; typeset |
Notes | Back cover. |