Gang Busters #27 (1952) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

Identification plate

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	I Hunted My Own Son!	cover	1	letters: Ira Schnapp
1	Buzzy Says "Be Sure of Your Facts!"	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Buzzy Brown
2	I Hunted My Own Son!	comic story	9.67	pencils: John Lehti; inks: John Lehti
5	Enter Here - If You Dare!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Ray Burnley; letters: Ira Schnapp
6	Twenty Floors of Felony!	comic story	7.67	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Ray Burnley	A.K. Sparling; Chief of Detectives Mulvaney; Mr. Holt; Slug Conroy; Mr. Wood; Harry Haynes
9	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
10	Fingerprint Oddities!	comic story	1
11	The Crime of the Century	comic story	3.75	pencils: Ed Robbins; inks: Ed Robbins
13	-	text article	2	letters: typeset
14	The Machine That Haunts Men!	comic story	10	pencils: Ralph Mayo; inks: Ralph Mayo
15	Law Curios!	cartoon	0.67

Plus 5.74 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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