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17August-September 1950
$0.10

Gang Busters #17

DC · August-September 1950 · on sale 1950-06-07

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Series
Gang Busters (DC, 1947 series)
Issue
#17
Publication date
August-September 1950
Key date
1950-08-00
On-sale date
1950-06-07
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Dead Man's Beat!cover1pencils: Nick Cardy; inks: Nick Cardy; letters: Ira Schnapp
1The Kind of Stories You Like Best!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Frank GiacoiaKing Faraday
2Dead Man's Beat!comic story8pencils: Nick Cardy; inks: Sy BarryPatrolman Joseph Matrocci; Patrolman Frank Lennen; Commissioner Bradshaw; Detective Sergeant Harry Grogan
4Message to Parentspublic service announcement0.5letters: typeset
5Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
6I Wrecked the Cattle Rustlers!comic story8script: Philip Evans; pencils: Frank Frazetta; inks: Frank FrazettaF. S. Krull; Steve Orrin; Tex Griffin; Zeb Comstock; George Farnsworth
7Thundering Out of America's Most Danger-Filled Days...promo (ad from the publisher)1
8Never Off-Dutycomic story0.67pencils: Stookie Allen; inks: Stookie Allen
10The Case of the Phantom Shot!comic story4
11The World's Most Dangerous Safecrackers!comic story10script: Phil Evans; pencils: Allen Ulmer; inks: Allen UlmerCaptain Victor Ragoni; Mike Kroger and his gang; Ned Dalton
12-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
14Bad Speller, Bogus Antiquescartoon0.5
16-text article2
17My Beat Is Davy Jones' Locker!comic story8script: Phil Evans; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: John FischettiHerb Gillis; Jerry Cirello
18Galloping G-Mancomic story0.75script: Stookie Allen; pencils: Stookie Allen; inks: Stookie Allen
20Job Counselorpublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Win Mortimer

Plus 4.58 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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