SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549



                                    FORM 8-K




                                 CURRENT REPORT
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



       Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):  January 22, 1996





                            COMSTOCK RESOURCES, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




       NEVADA                       0-16741             94-1667468
(State or other jurisdiction     (Commission        (I.R.S. Employer
  of incorporation)              File Number)     Identification Number)




               5005 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1000, Dallas, Texas  75244
                    (Address of principal executive offices)


                                 (214) 701-2000
                          (Registrant's Telephone No.)




Item 5.    Other Events

     On January 22,  1996, Comstock  Resources, Inc.  ("the Company")  announced
that  the Company has entered into letters of  intent to acquire Black Stone Oil
Company  and  the interests  of additional  working  interest owners  in certain
producing oil and gas properties as well as interests in undeveloped oil and gas
leases located in  East Texas for total cash consideration of approximately $103
million.  Black Stone Oil  Company is a privately held company based in Houston,
Texas and is the operator of the oil and gas properties being acquired.  Closing
of  the acquisition  is anticipated  to occur  on or  about May  1, 1996  and is
subject  to  the   parties  executing  mutually  agreeable   purchase  and  sale
agreements, clearance by  certain governmental  authorities and  to the  Company
obtaining acceptable financing.

     The Company would be acquiring interests in 18 producing oil and gas wells.
The Company estimates  that the interests  attributable to the  interests to  be
acquired have proved oil and gas reserves of approximately 92 billion cubic feet
of  natural gas  and 5  million  barrels of  oil,  as of  January  1, 1996,  the
effective date of the acquisition.  


Item 7.    Financial Statements, Proforma Financial Information and Exhibits

     c.    Exhibits

        99 (a)   Press Release issued January 22, 1996.




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                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of  the Securities  Exchange  Act  of 1934,  the
registrant has  duly caused  this  report to  be signed  on  its behalf  by  the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                              COMSTOCK RESOURCES, INC.




Dated:  January 25, 1996      By:  /s/ROLAND O. BURNS
                              --------------------------
                                 ROLAND O. BURNS
                                 Senior Vice President,
                                 Chief Financial Officer,
                                 Secretary, and Treasurer
                                 (Principal Financial and
                                 Accounting Officer)



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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX



        Exhibit Number             Description

        99(a)                  Press Release issued January 22, 1996.


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