Comstock Resources Inc. announced that in connection with closing the recently completed contribution by Arkoma Drilling, L.P. and Williston Drilling, L.P., entities owned by Jerry Jones and his family, that its Board of Directors is being reduced from the current nine members to five members.  M. Jay Allison, Roland O. Burns, Elizabeth B. Davis, Morris E. Foster and Jim L. Turner, will continue to serve on the Company's Board of Directors.  Cecil E. Martin, David W. Sledge, David K. Lockett and Frederic D. Sewell are retiring from the Board of Directors.  Jay Allison will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Jim Turner will assume the role of Lead Director.