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53June-July 1950
$0.10

All-Star Comics #53

DC · June-July 1950 · on sale 1950-04-24

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Identification plate

Series
All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series)
Issue
#53
Publication date
June-July 1950
Key date
1950-06-00
On-sale date
1950-04-24
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Gun That Dropped Through Time!cover1pencils: Art Peddy; inks: Bernard Sachs; colors: Jack AdlerJustice Society of America [Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]]
1-promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset
2The Gun That Dropped Through Time! [Part I]comic story10script: John Broome; pencils: Art Peddy; inks: Bernard SachsJustice Society of America [The Atom [Al Pratt]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]]; Ted Weldon (reporter for the Civic City Press); Dr. Alvin Swanley [aka Stanley] (
5The Gun That Dropped Through Time! [Part II]comic story8script: John Broome; pencils: Art Peddy; inks: Bernard SachsJustice Society of America [The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]]; Tamurlane, The Khan (villain, Asian leader and Conqueror); Ackman (villain, the Khan's servant); Attila the Hun (villain); the Huns (villains)
8The Gun That Dropped Through Time! Part IIIcomic story8script: John Broome; pencils: Art Peddy; inks: Bernard SachsJustice Society of America [The Atom [Al Pratt]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]]; Hadrin (a gladiator); Spartacus (a gladiator); Julius Caesar (villain, Roman ruler); Queen Atlanta of Atlantis (villain, death)
11The Gun That Dropped Through Time! Part IVcomic story4script: John Broome; pencils: Art Peddy; inks: Bernard SachsJustice Society of America [Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]]; unnamed Governor; unnamed prison Warden; Ted Weldon (cameo
13-activity0.67script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin NaydelPencils
15Little Known Facts About Little Known Islandstext article2script: Julius Schwartz
17-cartoon0.5script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel
19The Race of Wheel and Keelcomic story3script: Gardner F. Fox; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Harry Lazarus
20"X-Ray" Photos!activity0.67pencils: Art Peddy; inks: Bernard SachsThe Flash, Jay Garrick
24A Salute to the Boy Scouts of Americapublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappBatman, Dick Grayson, Clark Kent, Robin, Superman, Bruce Wayne

Plus 12.16 pages of advertisements and other matter across 14 sequences, as published.

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CollectionYear
Showcase #81957On eBay ›
All Star Comics Archives #11
ISBN 1-4012-0403-1
2005On eBay ›

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