Issue | #720 |
Published | August 1956 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | ? |
Notes | Indicia title is "GUNSMOKE, No. 720." Code number is GUNSMOKE O.S. #720-568. Copyright 1956 by Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. Second of five Gunsmoke Four Colors. Based on the "Gunsmoke" TV series. |
Characters | Matt Dillon (as played by James Arness, photo) |
Genre | western |
Pencils | ? (photo) |
Inks | ? (photo) |
Colors | ? (photo) |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | Matt Dillon (as played by James Arness, photo) |
Synopsis | Intro to series. |
Genre | western |
Pencils | ? (photos) |
Inks | ? (photos) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Six photos with typeset text. |
Characters | Matt Dillon; Chester; Kitty |
Synopsis | 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. |
Genre | western |
Pencils | Alberto Giolitti |
Inks | Alberto Giolitti |
Notes | Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
Characters | Matt Dillon; Chester; Kitty |
Synopsis | 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. |
Genre | western |
Pencils | Alberto Giolitti |
Inks | Alberto Giolitti |
Notes | Story concludes on the inside back cover in black and white. Dell's "A Pledge to Parents" is the second panel of the inside cover, in the middle of the story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
Characters | Bill Wisdom |
Synopsis | Safety rules for summer activities. |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Back cover. Illustrated ad for Wrigley's Juicy Fruit chewing gum. Part of "Bill Wisdom Says" series. |