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Issue: Gunsmoke Western #77

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Publication Date: July 1963

Issue #77
- Western Tales of Black Rider
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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: Flag

Marvel

Brand:

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):

Notes: On-sale date from 1963 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

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Format

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

Format Notes:

Variants2

2 Gunsmoke Western #77 [U.S. Cover Price]

Gunsmoke Western #77 [UK Cover Price]

Reprinted In1

1 Content Item
- Don't Draw Against Drago! [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.

Reprinted From1

1 Content Item
- The Tenderfoot [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

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Title Page

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Cover, Front

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Content Items (6 total)

He Can't Out-Draw Drago!

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: western

Character(s): Kid Colt; Don Drago

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Don't Draw Against Drago!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: western

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: Flag

Sheriff Classics #946 published January 1965
as De dreiging van Don Drago [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 7

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.

The Tenderfoot

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: western

Reprinting

From Content Item: Flag

Western Tales of Black Rider #30 published September 1955
was The Tenderfoot [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Job Number: [G-532]

Guns Bark in the Badlands

Story on Interior Page(s)

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

Gunman!

Story on Interior Page(s)

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.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 5

Job Number: X-314

They Call Him... Dude!

Story on Interior Page(s)

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.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 5

Notes: Retold from "The Dude" from Gunsmoke Western #34.