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3February-March 1950
$0.10

The Adventures of Alan Ladd #3

DC · February-March 1950 · on sale December 21, 1949

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Series
The Adventures of Alan Ladd (DC, 1949 series)
Issue
#3
Publication date
February-March 1950
Key date
February 1950
On-sale date
December 21, 1949
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Alan Laddcover1pencils: Theda Hall, Emerson Hall; inks: Theda Hall, Emerson Hall
1National Comics Takes Top Place As the Choice of Parents and Childrenpromo (ad from the publisher)1script: Gertrude Nixson; letters: typeset
2The Girl Who Bought a Movie Starcomic story10pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben MoreiraAlan Ladd; Diana Sethridge; Wilson Baxter; Rita
4Miss Melody Lane of Broadwaypromo (ad from the publisher)1
5Alan Ladd -- Stunt Man!comic story10pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben MoreiraAlan Ladd; Batman (cameo); Robin (cameo); Tuss Baker; Taggert; Peg
7The Two Lives of a French Actresscomic story4pencils: Curt Swan; inks: John FischettiKay Kildare (narrator); Jeanne-Marie Fleurs; General Von Klepner
8My Favorite Role -- Whispering Smith!comic story4pencils: Ed Smalle; inks: Charles ParisAlan Ladd (as Whispering Smith); The Barton Brothers; Murray Sinclair; Marian; George McCloud
9Movie Mirthcomic story0.67script: Harry Lampert; pencils: Harry Lampert; inks: Harry Lampert; letters: Harry Lampert
11Lines by Laddtext article2script: Alan Ladd
12-comic story2script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
13Batman and Robin Stand Up for Sportsmanshippublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira SchnappBatman; Robin
14The Jet Pilot from Hollywood!comic story10pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben MoreiraAlan Ladd; Sharon Sloane; Johnny Wheeler
16Feature Filmspromo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 4.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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