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Issue: Gunsmoke #23
Publication Date: October 1960
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Issues: #23 of 22 Issues (28 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: Dell Exciting AdventureView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/18/1960
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1961 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was ongoing
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Gunsmoke
Character(s): James Arness (as Matt Dillon)
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In Content Item: FlagAventura #289 published ?
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Alibi

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul S. Newman
Penciller(s): Giovanni Ticci
Inker(s): Alberto Giolitti
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Gunsmoke
Character(s): Matt Dillon; Chester
Synopsis: A trio of bank robbers pose as a sheriff and his prisoners in order to have a "perfect alibi."
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
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The Banner Kid

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Synopsis: Fourteen-year-old Davy Banner has to decide whether to side with the sherif or a bank robber.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Text story with 1/4 page illustration.
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The Hide Buyer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul S. Newman
Penciller(s): Giovanni Ticci
Inker(s): Alberto Giolitti
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Dodge City Days
Synopsis: Lecompt, buffalo hide buyer, gets tricked into a rigged card game.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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The Toll Takers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul S. Newman
Penciller(s): Giovanni Ticci
Inker(s): Alberto Giolitti
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Gunsmoke
Character(s): Matt Dillon; Chester; Kitty (cameo)
Synopsis: A gang makes cattle drivers pay a toll to cross the river.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Free "KE" Puzzle

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside back cover; black and white; Promo for subscriptions to Dell Comics. Premium is "KE" puzzle game. One-year subscriptions to four different titles (26 issues) for $2.00.
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This is a Kangarooseal

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kraft Caramels
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover; color; Illustrated ad for Kraft Caramels candy. One of a series.
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ads

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): various
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Ads for commercial art instruction (Art Instruction, Inc., Minneapolis, Minn), inside front cover, black and white; Jumping Jacks shoes (Vaisey-Bristol Shoe Co., Monett, Mo.) one-half page; Bundy Band Instruments (Selmer, Elkhart, Ind.), one-half page.

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