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21May-June 1953
$0.10

Big Town #21

DC · May-June 1953 · on sale 1953-03-18

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Identification plate

Series
Big Town (DC, 1951 series)
Issue
#21
Publication date
May-June 1953
Key date
1953-05-00
On-sale date
1953-03-18
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Bernard Sachs
1Buzzy Gets Tips on Choosing a Profession!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Strange Invasion of Big Town!comic story7.67script: John Broome; pencils: Manny Stallman; inks: John GiuntaMr. District Attorney; Len Harrington; Phillips Boynton; Quendro; Harry the Hack; Cholly; Inspector Callahan
4-cartoon0.5
7Half Way to Perilcomic story8script: John Broome; pencils: Manny Stallman; inks: John Giunta
9Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
10James Keeleycomic story1
11Police Reportertext article2letters: typeset
12Million Dollar Typewriter!comic story7.67script: Dave Wood; pencils: Manny Stallman; inks: John Giunta
14The Line of Starspromo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 5.66 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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