COMSTOCK RESOURCES, INC.
5005 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1000
Dallas, Texas 75244
Telephone:        (972) 701-2000
Contact:          Roland O. Burns
                  Sr. Vice President and
                  Chief Financial Officer


                                  NEWS RELEASE
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For Immediate Release


                       COMSTOCK RESOURCES, INC. TO ACQUIRE
                    OFFSHORE LOUISIANA OIL AND GAS PROPERTIES
                                FOR $205 MILLION

DALLAS,    TEXAS,    October   28,   1997   --    Comstock    Resources,    Inc.
("Comstock")(NYSE:CRK)  today  announced that Comstock has entered into a letter
of intent  to  acquire  interests  in  certain  offshore  Louisiana  oil and gas
properties for a cash purchase  price of $205 million from Bois d'Arc  Resources
and its partners.  Comstock is acquiring  interests in thirty-one (31) wells and
eight (8) separate  production  complexes located in the Gulf of Mexico offshore
of Plaquemines and Terrebonne  Parishes,  Louisiana.  The  acquisition  includes
interests in the Louisiana State and Federal  offshore areas of Main Pass Blocks
21 and 25,  Ship  Shoal  Blocks  66,  67,  68 and 69 and  South  Pelto  Block 1.
Twenty-eight  (28) of these wells are currently  producing  approximately  9,000
barrels  of oil  equivalent  per day,  net to the  interest  being  acquired  by
Comstock . Two  additional  wells are  expected to be  connected  to  production
facilities in early  November and one well at Main Pass Block 21 is currently in
the process of drilling.  Comstock  estimates that the properties being acquired
contain  twenty-one  (21)  proved  undeveloped  locations.  The  Company is also
acquiring interests in six undrilled prospects which have been delineated by 3-D
seismic.

The Company's  independent  petroleum  engineers  estimate  that the  properties
contain  proved oil and gas reserves as of November 1, 1997,  the effective date
of the  acquisition,  of  approximately  19.7 million barrels of oil equivalent.
Approximately  $30 million of the purchase  price is attributed to the undrilled
prospects.

The  acquisition  is  subject to the  parties  executing  a  mutually  agreeable
purchase and sale  agreement.  Comstock  expects to close the  transaction on or
about December 15, 1997.

"The $205 million  acquisition will be the largest  transaction in the Company's
history,"  stated M. Jay  Allison,  Chairman and  President  of  Comstock.  "The
acquisition will give the Company a major presence in the Gulf of Mexico,  which
has been a core  area for the  Company.  The  acquisition  also has  significant
developmental and exploration upside by continuing the exploration  program that
Bois d'Arc has proven to be successful."

Comstock  Resources,  Inc. is a rapidly growing  independent oil and gas company
based in Dallas, Texas and is engaged in oil and gas property acquisitions,  and
oil and gas  exploration,  development  and  production  primarily  in Texas and
Louisiana.