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81February-March 1955
$0.10

All Star Western #81

DC · February-March 1955 · on sale 1954-12-05

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Series
All Star Western (DC, 1951 series)
Issue
#81
Publication date
February-March 1955
Key date
1955-02-00
On-sale date
1954-12-05
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Sign of the Flaming Arrow!cover1pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Joe GiellaTrigger Twins
1My Greatest Adventurepromo (ad from the publisher)1
2The Sign of the Flaming Arrow!comic story6script: Ed Herron; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Joe GiellaTrigger Twins
4Binky's Special Christmas Quiz "Christmas in Many Lands!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira; letters: Ira Schnapp
5Prisoner of the Magic Horn!comic story6script: Ed Herron; pencils: Jerry Grandenetti; inks: Jerry Grandenetti
6-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
8Ridin' and Ropin'comic story1script: Irwin Hasen; pencils: Irwin Hasen; inks: Irwin Hasen; letters: Irwin Hasen
9The Blue-and-the-Gray and the U.S.A.!comic story6script: Ed Herron; pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman
10The Phantom Gold Minetext article2script: Jack Miller; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry
11Silver Badge of Courage!comic story1script: Julius Schwartz; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Tommy Nicolosi
12Johnny Thunder vs the Tarantula!comic story5.67script: Robert Kanigher; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Joe GiellaJohnny Thunder [John Tane]; Tarantula
13Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912statement of ownership0.33letters: typeset

Plus 4.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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