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44March-April 1957
$0.10

Big Town #44

DC · March-April 1957 · on sale 1957-01-13

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Series
Big Town (DC, 1951 series)
Issue
#44
Publication date
March-April 1957
Key date
1957-03-00
On-sale date
1957-01-13
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Dreams That Baffled Big Town!cover1pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Joe GiellaSteve Wilson
2The Dreams That Baffled Big Town!comic story9.67script: John Broome; pencils: Manny Stallman; inks: John Giunta
3Superman on Television! Is Super-TVpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33
6The Amazing Newshound of the Illustrated Press!comic story8script: John Broome; pencils: Manny Stallman; inks: John Giunta
8Buzzy's Special Brotherhood Week Quizpublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira; letters: Ira Schnapp
9The Mark of a Reporter!comic story7.67script: John Broome; pencils: Manny Stallman; inks: John Giunta
10-promo (ad from the publisher)0.33

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

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