Form 8-K
                       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): August 12, 2002



                            COMSTOCK RESOURCES, INC.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)


     NEVADA                            000-16741                  94-1667468
(State or other jurisdiction of   (Commission file number)      (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                               Identification Number)


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


       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (972) 668-8800



                                 Not applicable
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)







Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure

     On August 12, 2002, Comstock Resources, Inc. (the "Company") submitted to
the Securities and Exchange Commission written certifications by each of the
chief executive officer and the chief financial officer of the Company for
purposes of 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, of the Company's Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended June 30, 2002. Copies of each statement are attached as Exhibits 99.1 and
99.2 to this report.


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

     (c)  Exhibits.

          99.1 Certification of Chief Executive Officer of Periodic Financial
               Information pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.

          99.2 Certification of Chief Financial Officer of Periodic Financial
               Information pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.


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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.

Date:  August 15, 2002

                                         COMSTOCK RESOURCES, INC.

                                         By:/s/ M. Jay Allison
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                                          M. Jay Allison
                                          President and Chief Executive Officer


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Exhibit 99.1
                                                                   Exhibit 99.1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     In connection with the Quarterly  Report of Comstock  Resources,  Inc. (the
"Company")  on Form 10-Q for the period  ending  June 30, 2002 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),  I, M. Jay
Allison,  Chief  Executive  Officer  of the  Company,  certify,  pursuant  to 18
U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, that:

     (1) The Report fully  complies  with the  requirements  of section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2)  The  information  contained  in the  Report  fairly  presents,  in all
material  respects,  the  financial  condition  and result of  operations of the
Company.

/s/M. Jay Allison
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M. Jay Allison
Chief Executive Officer
August 12, 2002




Exhibit 99.2

                                                                   Exhibit 99.2

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     In connection with the Quarterly  Report of Comstock  Resources,  Inc. (the
"Company")  on Form 10-Q for the period  ending  June 30, 2002 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),  I, Roland
O.  Burns,  Chief  Financial  Officer of the  Company,  certify,  pursuant to 18
U.S.C.§1350,  as adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, that:

     (1) The Report fully  complies  with the  requirements  of section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2)  The  information  contained  in the  Report  fairly  presents,  in all
material  respects,  the  financial  condition  and result of  operations of the
Company.

/s/Roland O. Burns
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Roland O. Burns
Chief Financial Officer
August 12, 2002