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Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 720A

  • Issue #720A
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 720A

    Indicia title is "GUNSMOKE, No. 720." Based on the "Gunsmoke" TV series. Cover photo of Matt Dillon (as played by James Arness). Intro to series with six photos. The Hot Spell, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Jim McLaughlin; In the midst of a spell of hot weather, Matt has to deal with a gunman he saved from a lynching for horse-stealing. Evidence proves the man innocent of that crime, but he hangs around Dodge and draws trouble. The Buffalo Hunter, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Jim McLaughlin; Jase Murdock, nicknamed "Long Arm," a half-crazed man who has been hunting buffalo for 30 years, is poaching on Indian territory; Matt Dillon must track Murdock down when he again crosses the boundary after being warned not to. Illustrated ad for Wrigley's Juicy Fruit chewing gum with Bill Wisdom. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.