8-K

                                  UNITED STATES
                       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): May 3, 2004

                            COMSTOCK RESOURCES, INC.

               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

      STATE OF NEVADA                 000-16741               94-1667468
      (State or other         (Commission File Number)       (I.R.S. Employer
jurisdiction incorporation)                               Identification Number)

                         5300 Town And Country Boulevard
                                    Suite 500
                               Frisco, Texas 75034
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                                 (972) 668-8800
                          (Registrant's Telephone No.)



Item 5.     Other Exhibits

Item 7.     Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

      The following Exhibit is hereby filed as part of this Current Report on
Form 8-K:

            Exhibit 99.1 Press Release dated May 3, 2004 regarding the
                         Registrant's completion of the redemption of its 11
                         1/4% Senior Note Due 2007.

      The information in this Form 8-K and the Exhibit attached hereto shall not
be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Act of 1934, nor
shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities
Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in
such filing.

      On May 3, 2004, Comstock Resources, Inc. ("Comstock") announced that it
had completed the repurchase of its remaining 11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2007. A
copy of the press release announcing Comstock's repurchase is attached hereto as
Exhibit 99.1.


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SIGNATURES

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

                                  COMSTOCK RESOURCES, INC.

Dated: May 3, 2004                By: /s/ M. Jay Allison
                                      -------------------------------------
                                      M. Jay Allison
                                      President and Chief Executive Officer


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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Item Number  Description
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99.1         Press Release dated May 3, 2004 regarding the Registrant's
             completion of the repurchase of its 11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2007.

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EX-99.1

                                                                    Exhibit 99.1

Comstock Resources, Inc. Repurchases Remaining 11 1/4% Senior Notes

    FRISCO, Texas, May 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Comstock Resources, Inc.
(NYSE: CRK) ("Comstock" or the "Company") announced today that it has
repurchased the remaining $22,300,000 in principal amount of its 11 1/4%
Senior Notes due 2007 (the "Notes") (CUSIP #205768AE4).  The repurchase was
made on the first available call date for $1,056.25 per $1,000.00 principal
amount of Notes, plus accrued interest.  Comstock repurchased $197,700,000 in
aggregate principal amount of the Notes pursuant to a tender offer made in
connection with a public offering of $175.0 million of new 6 7/8% Senior Notes
due 2012, which closed on February 25, 2004.

    As a result of the early retirement of the Notes, Comstock's first quarter
2004 financial results will include a pretax charge of $19.6 million relating
to the premium paid to repurchase the Notes, together with the write-off of
unamortized debt issuance costs relating to the Notes.

    Comstock also announced that beginning in the first quarter of 2004, the
Company planned to adopt a fair value-based method of accounting for its
stock-based employee compensation plans and, accordingly, will begin recording
an expense for employee stock options in 2004.  The Company estimates that its
stock-based compensation expense in 2004 will be approximately $4.6 million,
including $1.2 million that is charged in the first quarter.

    This press release may contain "forward-looking statements" as that term
is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Such
statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to a
number of factors and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ
materially from those described herein.  Although the Company believes that
the expectations in such statements to be reasonable, there can be no
assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct.

    Comstock Resources, Inc. is a growing independent energy company based in
Frisco, Texas and is engaged in oil and gas acquisitions, exploration and
development primarily in Texas, Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico.  The
company's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CRK.



SOURCE  Comstock Resources, Inc.
    -0-                             05/03/2004
    /CONTACT:  Roland O. Burns, Sr. Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
of Comstock Resources, Inc., +1-972-668-8800/
    /Web site:  http://www.comstockresources.com /
    (CRK)

CO:  Comstock Resources, Inc.
ST:  Texas
IN:  OIL
SU:  ERP