Publishers / Quality Comics / Torchy (1949) / #5
5July 1950
$0.10

Torchy #5

Quality Comics · July 1950 · on sale 1950

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Identification plate

Series
Torchy (Quality Comics, 1949 series)
Issue
#5
Publication date
July 1950
Key date
July 1950
On-sale date
1950
Indicia publisher
Comic Magazines
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Bill Ward; inks: Bill WardTorchy Todd
1The Terrible Tanglecomic story9script: Bill Ward; pencils: Bill Ward; inks: Bill WardTorchy Todd; Tess Parker; Ed Tracy
2-comic story6Tess Parker; Ed Tracy
3-comic story8pencils: Bill Ward; inks: Bill WardTorchy; Ed Tracy; Tess
4The Blonde Up Fronttext story1letters: typeset
5-comic story7pencils: Bill Ward; inks: Bill WardTorchy Todd [as Cleopatra]; Tess Parker; Ed Tracy

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Bill Ward's Torchy, the Blonde Bombshell #1
ISBN 1-56521-005-0
1992On eBay ›
Torchy #[1]
ISBN 1-56685-048-7
2009On eBay ›
Torchy Volume 2
ISBN 978-1544124636
2017On eBay ›
Torchy - The Bill Ward Stories
ISBN 978-1799273790
2019On eBay ›
Torchy - The Bill Ward Stories Readers Collection
ISBN 9781799274155
2016On eBay ›

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