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54October-November 1956
$0.10

Gang Busters #54

DC · October-November 1956 · on sale 1956-08-07

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Identification plate

Series
Gang Busters (DC, 1947 series)
Issue
#54
Publication date
October-November 1956
Key date
1956-10-00
On-sale date
1956-08-07
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Prison on Wheels!cover1pencils: Bill Ely; inks: Bill Ely
2Public Enemy of the Highwaycomic story6pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Howard Purcell
4-text article1.75letters: typeset
5The Case of the Finders Keeperscomic story5.67pencils: John Prentice; inks: John PrenticeJim Welk; Mr. White; Harry Harper; Johnson; Terry
7Here Are the Prizespromo (ad from the publisher)3letters: typeset
8The Unseen Clue!comic story4pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Howard PurcellSam Hook
9Binky Shows "How to Spend a Summer Week!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
13The Prison on Wheelscomic story6pencils: Bill Ely; inks: Bill Ely

Plus 7.58 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 sequences, as published.

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