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48November-December 1957
$0.10

Big Town #48

DC · November-December 1957 · on sale 1957-09-03

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Series
Big Town (DC, 1951 series)
Issue
#48
Publication date
November-December 1957
Key date
1957-11-00
On-sale date
1957-09-03
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Mystery of the Moon Man!cover1pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Joe Giella
2Find Witness X!comic story8script: John Broome; pencils: Manny Stallman; inks: John Giunta
3Our Army at War; Blackhawkpromo (ad from the publisher)1
4Teddy Roosevelt: Guardian of Naturepublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira; letters: Ira Schnapp
5-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
6The Dangerous Coat of Dan Brewster!comic story8script: John Broome; pencils: Manny Stallman; inks: John GiuntaDan Brewster; Steve Wilson; Wyn; Lt. Greggory
7-cartoon1
9Famous Newspaper Quotes!cartoon0.5
11Mystery of the Moon Man!comic story8script: John Broome; pencils: Manny Stallman; inks: John Giunta
12Charles Anderson Danacomic story1script: Mort Drucker; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker; letters: Mort Drucker

Plus 5.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

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