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10October 1951
$0.10

Big Town #10

DC · October 1951 · on sale 1951-08-22

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Series
Big Town (DC, 1951 series)
Issue
#10
Publication date
October 1951
Key date
1951-10-00
On-sale date
1951-08-22
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Crime Rides the Skies!cover1pencils: Alex Toth; inks: Alex TothSteve Wilson; Lorelei Kilbourne
1Lost -- A Free Education!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
2Crime Rides the Skies!comic story8script: Dave Wood; pencils: John Lehti; inks: Bernard SachsSteve Wilson; Lorelei Kilbourne; Sandy
3Adolph Simon Ochscomic story0.67script: Mort Drucker; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker; letters: Mort DruckerAdolph Ochs
6The Strange Story of Tomorrow's Newspaper!comic story10script: Miriam Hecht; pencils: John Lehti; inks: Bob LanderSteve Wilson; Lorelei Kilbourne
9Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
10The Thousand-to-One-Chance!comic story4pencils: Irwin Hasen; inks: Bob LanderJohnny Law
13Waterfront Sleuthstext story2script: Marie Sarafianos
14The Alibi King of Big Town!comic story7.67script: Dave Wood; pencils: John Lehti; inks: John GiuntaSteve Wilson; Lorelei Kilbourne
16Big Townerscartoon0.67script: Stookie Allen; pencils: Stookie Allen; inks: Stookie Allen; letters: Stookie AllenChester Conrad; Carmen Dell; Jane Dall

Plus 8.49 pages of advertisements and other matter across 11 sequences, as published.

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