CREATOR

Name: Bastei Verlag (German comics corporation).
Personal dates: Founded in Germany in 1953 by Gustav Heinrich Lübbe (1918-1995). Ongoing.
Other creations: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under Bastei in the Creators section.
Successors: None.
Comments: The name Bastei is a German word for Bastion. The corporation's main line is the publishing of colourful novels.

 

 

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1977*. Stopped in 1978 after 32 issues.

The series consists of diverse independent Western stories based on the American TV series Gunsmoke.

* The first German series was issued by another publisher from 1969 to 1971 (15 issues).

 

 

MAIN CHARACTERS

None.

 

 

GALLERY
(presenting the front covers from 6 random issues)

#1 - 1977
#8 - 1977
#16 - 1977

#21 - 1977
#28 - 1978
#32 - 1978

 

 

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