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56August-September 1952
$0.10

Leading Screen Comics #56

DC · August-September 1952 · on sale 1952-06-23

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Series
Leading Screen Comics (DC, 1950 series)
Issue
#56
Publication date
August-September 1952
Key date
1952-08-00
On-sale date
1952-06-23
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Otto Feuer; inks: Otto FeuerPeter Porkchops; Wolfie
1Superman Says: "It's Smart to Check-- And Doublecheck!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
2-comic story5.75script: Sy Reit; pencils: Otto Feuer; inks: Otto FeuerPeter Porkchops; Wolfie
5-comic story5script: Sy Reit; pencils: Rube Grossman; inks: Rube GrossmanRoly; Poly
6Message to Parentspublic service announcement0.5letters: typeset
8Peter Porkchops Fun Shopactivity2script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel; letters: Martin Naydel
9-comic story4pencils: Rube Grossman; inks: Rube GrossmanHarry Hare; Throckmorton Tortoise
11-activity0.5script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel; letters: Martin Naydel
12-comic story5.75script: Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon Mayer; letters: Sheldon MayerDizzy Dog; McSnurtle the Turtle; Amster the Hamster
13Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.25letters: typeset
14The Goat Gettertext story2pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry
15-comic story4pencils: Otto Feuer; inks: Otto FeuerNip; Chip
16Some of Superman's Best Friends Are Squirrels!promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: Ira SchnappSuperman; Nutsy Squirrel

Plus 3.25 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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