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5January-February 1959
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The New Adventures of Charlie Chan #5

DC · January-February 1959 · on sale 1958-11-06

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Series
The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (DC, 1958 series)
Issue
#5
Publication date
January-February 1959
Key date
1959-01-00
On-sale date
1958-11-06
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Challenge of the Crimson Clown!cover1pencils: Sid Greene; inks: Sid GreeneBarry Chan, Charlie Chan, Number One Son
2The Monarch of Menace!comic story15.34script: John Broome; pencils: Sid Greene; inks: Sid GreeneBarry Chan, Charlie Chan
5Formula for Success!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown
7Strange Chinese Beliefscomic story1script: Julius Schwartz; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Tommy Nicolosi
8Henry W. Gradycomic story0.5script: Mort Drucker; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker; letters: Mort DruckerHenry Grady
10Challenge of the Crimson Clown!comic story9.67script: John Broome; pencils: Sid Greene; inks: Sid GreeneBarry Chan, Charlie Chan, Number One Son

Plus 7.49 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 sequences, as published.

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