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Issue Details

Issue	#14
Published	April-May 1959
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Notes	Photo cover of James Arness as Matt Dillon.

Cover Details - "Troopers Beware"

Characters	James Arness (as Matt Dillon)
Genre	western
Pencils	photograph
Notes	Photo cover of James Arness as Matt Dillon.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Travel-O"

Letters	typeset
Notes	Promo for subscriptions to Dell Comics. Premium is "Travel-O" game. Twelve issues for $1.20. "Dell's Pledge to Parents" is included in promo.

14 page Gunsmoke story "Trooper, Beware!"

Characters	Matt Dillon; Chester
Synopsis	Clay Kenton, former Confederate officer, comes to Dodge City; but old resentments return when a group of Calvary soldiers cause a fight in a bar.
Genre	western
Script	[Paul S. Newman]
Notes	Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records.

4 page Dodge City Days story "Eat 'em Up Jake"

Synopsis	Card shark Jake gets caught cheating at a card game and has to pay an unusual penalty.
Genre	western
Script	[Paul S. Newman]
Pencils	Marvin Stein
Inks	Marvin Stein
Notes	Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records.

1 page text story "The Feud"

Synopsis	Deputy Frank Cullen has to prevent a shoot-out over water rights between Bud Denver and Chet Morrow.
Genre	western
Letters	typeset
Notes	Text story with 1/4 page illustration.

12 page Gunsmoke story "The Flash of a Knife"

Characters	Matt Dillon; Chester
Synopsis	Bristol hires gunmen and hardcases as buffalo hunters, but soon finds he's not in charge any more.
Genre	western
Script	[Paul S. Newman]
Notes	Last page of last page is "Dell's Pledge to Parents." Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records.

Half page advertisement "Ready...get set...Go-Man!"

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

1 page filler "Poison Grasses"

Synopsis	Facts about poisonous western prairie grasses.
Genre	western; fact
Script	[Paul S. Newman]
Notes	Inside back cover; black & white. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records.

1 page advertisement "Kraft Candies"

Pencils	Whitney Darrow, Jr. (signed)
Inks	Whitney Darrow, Jr. (signed)
Notes	Back cover. Ad for Kraft Fudgies candy with illustration by Darrow and photographs of product. One of a series.