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68January 1962
$0.12

Gunsmoke Western #68

Marvel · January 1962 · on sale 1961-11-02

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Series: Gunsmoke Western (Marvel, 1955 series)
Issue: #68
Publication date: January 1962
Key date: 1962-01-00
On-sale date: 1961-11-02
Indicia publisher: Canam Publishers Sales Corp.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Anatomy of a Gun-Fight!	cover	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek
1	The Anatomy of a Gun-Fight!	comic story	7	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Keller; inks: Jack Keller; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Caleb (villain); Crow (villain); Cragg Morgan (villain, intro)
2	The Silver Spurs	text story	2	pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration); letters: typeset	Kade Juniper; Carl Hardy; Carl Hardy, Jr.; Phil Hardy; Vince Merkin
3	To the Last Man!	comic story	6	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Don Heck; inks: Don Heck; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek
4	The Cowboy and the Soldier!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Paul Reinman; inks: Paul Reinman; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek
5	Rustler!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Dick Ayers; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Dick Ayers

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Edition	How to tell
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British	price 0-0-9 GBP

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