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Issue: Gunsmoke Western #77
Publication Date: July 1963
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Issues: #77 of 46 Issues (58 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
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Indicia Publisher: Newsstand Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/02/1963
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1963 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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He Can't Out-Draw Drago!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Kid Colt
Character(s): Kid Colt; Don Drago
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Don't Draw Against Drago

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (signed)
Penciller(s): Jack Keller (signed)
Inker(s): Jose Delbo ?; Jack Keller ?
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Martin Epstein
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Kid Colt
Character(s): Kid Colt; Don Drago (first appearance; villain); Jeb Smithers; Steel
Synopsis: Kid Colt sees how dangerous Drago is. At the behest of a sheriff's wife, he engages Drago in combat to protect her husband from danger; although Drago outdraws Colt and injures him, Colt beats Drago.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSheriff Classics #946 published January 1965
as De dreiging van Don Drago [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Nick Caputo doubts the inking is the work of Jose Delbo. His Biblio on his website lists no credits for Atlas and his earliest stateside work is all for Dell.
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The Tenderfoot

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Maneely (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Maneely (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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From Content Item: FlagWestern Tales of Black Rider #30 published September 1955
was The Tenderfoot [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: [G-532]
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Guns Bark in the Badlands

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (signed)
Penciller(s): Al Hartley (signed)
Inker(s): Al Hartley (signed)
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Hank Porter; Clem; Mr. Carter
Synopsis: Hank ferries his passengers through the Badlands and fights off hijackers. When they arrive in Cheyenne, Mr. Carter claims all the credit for Hank's heroics.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Gunman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (signed)
Penciller(s): Paul Reinman (signed)
Inker(s): Paul Reinman ?
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Joel Cravel
Synopsis: Joel trains hard to be a fast draw but he becomes such a dangerous gunfighter that everyone is afraid of him.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: X-314
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They Call Him Dude

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (signed)
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby (signed)
Inker(s): Paul Reinman (signed)
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): The Dude; Dusty; The Clagton Brothers
Synopsis: Because of his reputation people challenge the Dude to gunfights, but his sloppy sidekick Dusty is the actual quick-draw who does all the fighting.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Retold from "The Dude" from Gunsmoke Western #34.

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