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Issue Details

Issue #8
Published April-May 1958
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Notes Photo cover of James Arness as Matt Dillon from the Gunsmoke TV series.

Cover Details - "Six Gun Fury"

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 Gunsmoke filler "There's three things a marshall should never lose..."

Characters James Arness (as Matt Dillon)
Genre western
Pencils photographs
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Four photos from Gunsmoke TV series; two of which feature James Arness as Matt Dillon.

13 page Gunsmoke story "The Taming of Bull Halloran"

Characters Matt Dillon; Chester
Synopsis Matt Dillon has to protect some crooked gamblers after they swindle a track-laying crew outside the Dodge City limits.
Genre western

4 page True Tales of Dodge City story "One Trick Too Many"

Synopsis Buffalo hunter Levi Richardson's fast shooting fails him in a showdown over a poker game.
Genre western
Script [Paul S. Newman]
Pencils [Al Williamson]
Inks [Al Williamson]
Notes Script ID from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records. Art ID from Jim Vadeboncoeur.

1 page text story "Gun Hand"

Synopsis Sherrif Hal Gordon has to face a gunman after suffering a severe rope burn on his gun hand.
Genre western
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with 1/8 page illustration.

14 page Gunsmoke story "Six-Gun Fury"

Characters Matt Dillon; Chester; Kitty (cameo)
Synopsis Hardcases Brace Duveen and Chip Younger harass a trapper and his Indian companion.
Genre western

1 page filler "The Track Gang"

Synopsis Facts about the crews who built the railroad tracks in the old west.
Genre western; fact
Notes Inside back cover; black and white.

1 page filler "The Fur Trapper"

Synopsis Facts about fur-trappers.
Genre western; fact
Notes Back cover. Last panel is Dell's "Pledge to Parents."