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Issue: Four Color #844
Publication Date: August 1957
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Issues: #844 of 1333 Issues (1484 Printings)
Title: Gunsmoke
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: DellView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 1957
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 7 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "GUNSMOKE, No. 844." Code number is GUNSMOKE O.S. #844-578. Copyright 1957 by Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. Based on the "Gunsmoke" TV series.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
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Trail's End

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photo)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ?; ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Matt Dillon (photo of James Arness)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAventura #188 published August 1961
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover is collage of photo and drawings.
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Matt Dillon (photo of James Arness)
First Line: A marshal has to carry a gun...
Synopsis: Introduction to series.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; black and white. Two photos and brief typeset text.
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Trail's End

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Matt Dillon; Kitty; Chester
Synopsis: Matt and Kitty are on a train returning to Dodge City after a day of visiting friends when the train is attacked by robbers. After the train gets back to Dodge, Matt and Chester go after the robbers.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Disclose Notes: Jim McLaughlin (long faces, narrow jaw, etc.) worked at Ace before they folded.
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Check Your Guns

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Matt Dillon; Chester; Kitty
Synopsis: Matt Dillon has trouble with the storekeepers when he tries to impose an order requiring guns to be checked.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Disclose Notes: Jim McLaughlin (long faces, narrow jaw, etc.) worked at Ace before they folded.
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Western Pistols

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction, western
Synopsis: Types of pistols used in the Old West.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath.
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Western Theater

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction, western
Synopsis: Facts about theaters in the Old West.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. This sequence is replaced by an ad in some copies. See Sequence 6.
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Juicy Fruit Gum Safety Quiz

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wrigley's Juicy Fruit Gum
Synopsis: One large "find the mistakes" drawing.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Illustrated ad for Wrigley's Juicy Fruit chewing gum. Part of a "Summer Safety" series. This ad replaces Sequence 5 in some copies.

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