
<TABLE> <S> <C>

<ARTICLE> 5
<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial data extracted from the Consolidated
Financial Statements of Comstock Resources, Inc. for the Nine Months ended
September 30, 1995 and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such
financial statments.
</LEGEND>
       
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<PERIOD-END>                               SEP-30-1995
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<ALLOWANCES>                                         0
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<PP&E>                                     174,101,028
<DEPRECIATION>                            (42,393,496)
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<BONDS>                                     56,978,250
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<SALES>                                     49,493,888
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