Gunsmoke Annual

A short-lived but visually distinctive annual from World Distributors, Gunsmoke Annual ran for just three issues between 1964 and 1974, adapting the classic television Western into comic form. The series is notable for its striking painted and photographic covers, which set it apart from the typical newsstand fare of the era. Though the primary artist remains undocumented, these oversized annuals captured the gritty, frontier atmosphere of the show for a young readership, making them a unique artifact of 1960s-70s licensed publishing.