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Issue Details

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.

Cover Details - "Trail's End"

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.

1 page [Gunsmoke] foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "A marshal has to carry a gun..."

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.

16 page Gunsmoke story "Trail's End"

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).

16 page Gunsmoke story "Check Your Guns"

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).

1 page filler "Western Pistols"

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).

1 page filler "Western Theater"

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.

1 page Wrigley's Juicy Fruit Gum advertisement "Juicy Fruit Gum Safety Quiz"

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.