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52June-July 1956
$0.10

Gang Busters #52

DC · June-July 1956 · on sale 1956-04-10

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Series
Gang Busters (DC, 1947 series)
Issue
#52
Publication date
June-July 1956
Key date
1956-06-00
On-sale date
1956-04-10
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Prizefight the Fans Never Saw!cover1pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira
2The Cop Who Lost the $80,000 Questioncomic story6pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Howard Purcell
3-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
5Binky Presents "Pioneers of 1976!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
6I Escaped from 100 Prisonscomic story6pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard BailyMr. Bragan; William Bean; Frankie Cullen; Joey “The Fox” Parker
7A New Star Has Been Added to the Superman-DC "Line of Stars"!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Mike RoyJackie Gleason; Art Carney
8-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
9The Invisible Burglarscomic story6pencils: Bill Ely; inks: Bill ElyJohn R. Trent; Roger T. Wilson; Lieutenant Rader; Ralph Harwell; Alfred Dell; Jason Flint
10Offstage Tragedytext article2letters: typeset
11How Prisons Began!comic story0.5pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Morris Waldinger; letters: Morris Waldinger
13The Prizefight the Fans Never Sawcomic story6pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira

Plus 4.83 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

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