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29September-October 1954
$0.10

Big Town #29

DC · September-October 1954 · on sale 1954-07-14

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Identification plate

Series
Big Town (DC, 1951 series)
Issue
#29
Publication date
September-October 1954
Key date
1954-09-00
On-sale date
1954-07-14
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Crime Goes to the Fair!cover1pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Joe Giella
1Buzzy Says: "Work Can Be Fun!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
2Steve Wilson's Night Beat!comic story8script: John Broome; pencils: Manny Stallman; inks: John Giunta
5Newspaper Business!comic story0.5
6Publicity News Stuntscomic story1
7Crime Goes to the Fair!comic story7.67script: John Broome; pencils: Manny Stallman; inks: John Giunta
8Three Exciting New Adventurespromo (ad from the publisher)0.33
10-comic story1
11-comic story1
12The Riddle of the Roving Reporter!comic story7.67script: John Broome; pencils: Manny Stallman; inks: John Giunta
13Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
14Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsenpromo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 5.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

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