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Issue Details

Issue #720
Published August 1956
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "GUNSMOKE, No. 720." Code number is GUNSMOKE O.S. #720-568. Copyright 1956 by Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. Second of five Gunsmoke Four Colors. Based on the "Gunsmoke" TV series.

Cover Details - "The Hunter"

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

1 page Gunsmoke foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Intro"

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

17 page Gunsmoke story "The Hot Spell"

Characters Matt Dillon; Chester; Kitty
Synopsis In the midst of a spell of hot weather, Matt has to deal with a gunman he saved from a lynching for horse-stealing. Evidence proves the man innocent of that crime, but he hangs around Dodge and draws trouble.
Genre western
Pencils Alberto Giolitti
Inks Alberto Giolitti
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

16 page Gunsmoke story "The Buffalo Hunter"

Characters Matt Dillon; Chester; Kitty
Synopsis Jase Murdock, nicknamed "Long Arm," a half-crazed man who has been hunting buffalo for 30 years, is poaching on Indian territory. Matt Dillon must track Murdock down when he again crosses the boundary after being warned not to.
Genre western
Pencils Alberto Giolitti
Inks Alberto Giolitti
Notes Story concludes on the inside back cover in black and white. Dell's "A Pledge to Parents" is the second panel of the inside cover, in the middle of the story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page Bill Wisdom Says; Wrigley's Juicy Fruit Gum advertisement "Your Vacation is So Short..."

Characters Bill Wisdom
Synopsis Safety rules for summer activities.
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover. Illustrated ad for Wrigley's Juicy Fruit chewing gum. Part of "Bill Wisdom Says" series.