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Publishers / DC / Big Town (1951) / #45
45May-June 1957
$0.10

Big Town #45

DC · May-June 1957 · on sale March 5, 1957

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Identification plate

Series
Big Town (DC, 1951 series)
Issue
#45
Publication date
May-June 1957
Key date
May 1957
On-sale date
March 5, 1957
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Joe GiellaSteve Wilson
2The Case of the Lucky Gun!comic story6script: John Broome; pencils: Manny Stallman; inks: John Giunta
3Newspaper Firstscartoon0.67
4-promo (ad from the publisher)0.33
6Theft of the Billion-Carat Diamond!comic story10script: John Broome; pencils: Manny Stallman; inks: John Giunta
8-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
9-promo (ad from the publisher)3letters: typeset
10Reporter for a Day!comic story8script: John Broome; pencils: Manny Stallman; inks: John Giunta
13A Date with Effiepublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira Schnapp

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

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Series context

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