Big Town #27 (1954) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

Identification plate

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Joe Giella
1	Binky Says: "Welcome Amigo!"	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer
2	The Crime Laboratory!	comic story	7.67	script: John Broome; pencils: Manny Stallman; inks: John Giunta
5	-	comic story	0.5
6	Newspaper Circulation Boosters!	comic story	1
7	Big Town Jungle!	comic story	8	script: Ed Herron; pencils: Manny Stallman; inks: John Giunta	Steve Wilson; Mike; Arnie Case; Big Joe Paxton; Harry the Hack; Lorelei Kilbourne
8	Johnny Barron, Edna Hancock, Joe Sands, Gay Canion	cartoon	1	pencils: Stookie Allen; inks: Stookie Allen
10	Locating the Missing	text article	2	pencils: ? (header); inks: ? (header); letters: typeset
11	-	comic story	0.5
12	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset
13	Death Takes the Stage!	comic story	7.67	script: John Broome; pencils: Manny Stallman; inks: John Giunta	Steve Wilson; Lorelei Kilbourne; Alan Haines; Fred Keller; Elsa Wile; Ed Torber; Paul Hungerford; John Jay Peters; Inspector Callahan
14	Three Exciting New Adventures of the One and Only Superman	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33
15	The Line of Stars Presents Tomahawk	promo (ad from the publisher)	1

Plus 3.83 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Showcase #9	1957	On eBay ›

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