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Issue Details

Issue	#6
Published	November 1957- January 1958
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Notes	Photo cover of James Arness as Matt Dillon from the Gunsmoke TV series.

Cover Details - "Paid In Silver"

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 "A marshall in Dodge City..."

Characters	James Arness (as Matt Dillon)
Genre	western
Pencils	photographs
Letters	typeset
Notes	Four photographs from the Gunsmoke TV series.

14 page Gunsmoke story "Enough Rope"

Characters	Matt Dillon; Chester; Kitty
Synopsis	Jackson Crater gets away with a bank robbery when he is released on a technicality; but is caught after robbing a stage and Matt Dillon must protect him from a lynch mob.
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 "The Wild Russian"

Synopsis	"Russian Bill" tries to get a reputation as an outlaw and succeeds all too well.
Genre	western
Script	[Paul S. Newman]
Notes	Billed as a true story of Dodge City. Script ID from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records.

1 page text story "Secret Deal"

Synopsis	Don Carson captures some rustlers.
Genre	western
Script	[Paul S. Newman]
Letters	typeset
Notes	Script ID from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records.

13 page Gunsmoke story "Paid in Silver"

Characters	Matt Dillon
Synopsis	A pair of bandits frame indian Hawk Arrow as a horse thief in order to force him to reveal the secret location of his tribe's silver mine.
Genre	western
Script	[Paul S. Newman]
Notes	Script ID from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records.

1 page Settling the West filler "Buffalo trails"

Synopsis	Facts about the evolution of buffalo trails into modern highways.
Genre	western; fact
Script	[Paul S. Newman]
Notes	Inside back cover; black and white. Script ID from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records.

1 page filler "Fences"

Synopsis	Facts about fences in the old West.
Genre	western; fact
Script	[Paul S. Newman]
Notes	Back cover. Last panel is "Dell's Pledge to Parents." Script ID from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records.