Issue Details

Issue	#17
Published	October-November 1959
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Notes	Photo cover of James Arness as Matt Dillon from the Gunsmoke TV series.

Cover Details - "Daniel Drew's Last Act"

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 promo (ad from the publisher) "Free! Ball point pen and 3 extra issues"

Letters	typeset
Notes	Inside front cover; color. Promo for subscriptions to Dell comics. Premium is free ball point pen. 15 issues for $1.20.

14 page Gunsmoke story "Daniel Drew's Last Act"

Characters	Matt Dillon; Chester; Kitty (cameo)
Synopsis	Traveling actor Daniel Drew gets in trouble by courting Jimmy Gunn's girl.
Genre	western
Script	[Paul S. Newman]
Notes	Script ID from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records.

4 page Dodge City Days story "Indian Bill"

Synopsis	A cowpoke's story of Indian war scouts near Dodge causes a commotion.
Genre	western
Script	[Paul S. Newman]
Notes	Script ID from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records.

1 page text story "A Trick of the Trade"

Synopsis	Doc Forest, a traveling medicine show man, uses trickery to avoid a showdown with a troublemaking cowpoke.
Genre	western
Letters	typeset

12 page Gunsmoke story "No Choice for Matt Dillon"

Characters	Matt Dillon; Chester; Doc Adams; Kitty
Synopsis	Bank robbers shoot Chester and then kidnap Doc Adams to tend an injured gang member.
Genre	western
Script	[Paul S. Newman]
Notes	Last panel is Dell's "Pledge to Parents." Script ID from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records.

Half page advertisement "The Call for Fall!"

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

1 page advertisement "Win This Life-Size Aerojet Training Space Ship!"

Notes

Inside back cover; color. Illustrated ad for a contest sponsored by Kraft Marshmallows. First prize is an Aerojet-General Training Space Ship. (29 ft. long and 7 ft. in diameter.)

1 page "Fresh Up" Freddie says: advertisement "How does a star football player get a fresh, clean taste?"

Characters	Fresh Up Freddie
Synopsis	Fresh Up Freddie is a star football player.
Genre	funny animal; sports
Notes	Back cover. Ad in comic strip form for 7-Up soft drink. One of a series.