Gang Busters #23 (1951) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The School for Crime-Fighters!	cover	1	pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily
1	Tops in Westerns!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
2	The Man with the Forged Identity!	comic story	10	pencils: Nick Cardy; inks: Nick Cardy
4	Death As Punishment...	cartoon	0.67
6	I Was a Big House Brain Doctor!	comic story	8	pencils: John Prentice; inks: John Prentice
9	-	cartoon	0.5
10	Highway Swindlers!	comic story	6	script: Philip Evans; pencils: Allen Ulmer; inks: Allen Ulmer
12	-	comic story	1
13	The Case of the Masquerade Murderer!	comic story	4	pencils: Bruno Premiani; inks: Bruno Premiani
14	-	cartoon	0.75
16	Message to Parents	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset
17	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset
18	-	text article	2	letters: typeset
19	School for Crime Fighters	comic story	8	pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily
20	Crime and Punishment	cartoon	0.75
23	Sweet Land of Liberty!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Otto Feuer; inks: Otto Feuer; letters: Ira Schnapp	Peter Porkchops; Wolfie

Plus 6.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Detective Comics #281	1960	On eBay ›

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