<ARTICLE>                  5
<LEGEND>
This schedule  contains  summary  financial data extracted from the Consolidated
Financial Statements of Comstock Resources,  Inc. and Subsidiaries for the three
months  ended March 31, 2000 and is  qualified  in its  entirety by reference to
such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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