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20February-March 1951
$0.10

Gang Busters #20

DC · February-March 1951 · on sale 1950-12-04

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Series
Gang Busters (DC, 1947 series)
Issue
#20
Publication date
February-March 1951
Key date
1951-02-00
On-sale date
1950-12-04
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Armored-Car Smugglerscover1pencils: Curt Swan; inks: John Fischetti
1Big Townpromo (ad from the publisher)1
2The Rise and Fall of Gangster Roccocomic story10pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira
5The Prison Paper Editor!comic story10pencils: Nick Cardy; inks: Nick Cardy
8Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
9The Crimemobile Copcomic story6pencils: Leonard Starr; inks: Leonard Starr
10-comic story0.75script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
12The World of Adventure in Bookspublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win MortimerGreen Arrow; Tomahawk; Shining Knight
13-text article2letters: typeset
14Tomahawkpromo (ad from the publisher)0.67
15-statement of ownership0.33letters: typeset
16Scientific Police Methodscomic story0.75pencils: Al McLean; inks: Al McLean
18The Armored Car Smugglers!comic story10script: Phil Evans; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: John Fischetti
19Bygone Prisonscartoon0.5pencils: Al McLean; inks: Al McLean
21Police Truncheoncartoon1pencils: Al McLean; inks: Al McLean

Plus 6.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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