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40July-August 1956
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Big Town #40

DC · July-August 1956 · on sale 1956-05-13

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Series
Big Town (DC, 1951 series)
Issue
#40
Publication date
July-August 1956
Key date
1956-07-00
On-sale date
1956-05-13
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Steve Wilson's Dangerous Day!cover1pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Joe GiellaSteve Wilson
2Steve Wilson's Dangerous Day!comic story8script: John Broome; pencils: Manny Stallman; inks: John GiuntaSteve Wilson
4Do-It-Yourself Safety Rules!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira
5The House of Strange Secretscomic story8script: Ed Herron; pencils: Manny Stallman; inks: John GiuntaSteve Wilson
9-promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset
10The Casebook of Unsolved Mysteries!comic story9.67script: John Broome; pencils: Manny Stallman; inks: John Giunta

Plus 7.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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