Gang Busters #49 (1955) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Hero for a Day!	cover	1	pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira
2	The Mystery That Edgar Allan Poe Solved	comic story	8	pencils: John Prentice; inks: John Prentice
4	How a Nation Is Born	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer
5	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
6	The Case of the Genuine Counterfeits	comic story	6	pencils: Sam Citron; inks: Sam Citron	Thomas J. Conn; “The Big Man”; Agent Mazzi; Agent Troy; Chief Treasury Agent Troy
7	-	comic story	0.75	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
10	-	cartoon	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
11	Popular Prison	text article	2	letters: typeset
12	The Case of the Canny Canine	comic story	2	pencils: Jim McArdle; inks: Jim McArdle	Harry Dirkson; Lt. John Mason
13	Hero for a Day	comic story	6	pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Sheldon Moldoff	Officer Mike Faraday

Plus 7.25 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Detective Comics #417	1971	On eBay ›

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