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20February 1951
$0.10

Western Comics #20

DC · February 1951 · on sale 1950-12-13

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Series
Western Comics (DC, 1948 series)
Issue
#20
Publication date
February 1951
Key date
1951-02-00
On-sale date
1950-12-13
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman
1Big Townpromo (ad from the publisher)1
2The Man Who Made Maps!comic story10pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman; letters: Milt Snapinn
5The Steer with the Golden Horns!comic story8script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Tom Cooke; inks: Tom Cooke
8Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
9The Mystery Mail from Defender Dip!comic story8script: Paul Talbot; pencils: Leonard Starr; inks: Leonard Starr; letters: Ira Schnapp
10Kangaroo Hamcomic story0.5Bob Miles
12-promo (ad from the publisher)0.67
13-statement of ownership0.33letters: typeset
14A Rifleman's Rifletext story2script: David Kahn
15The Pueblo Indianscomic story0.75
17The World of Adventure in Bookspublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappGreen Arrow; Tomahawk; Shining Knight
18The Cowboy Who Stole a Crime!comic story10pencils: Ed Smalle; inks: Ed Smalle; letters: Ira Schnapp
19Cowboy Lorecartoon0.75
21The Origin of the Spur?comic story1

Plus 6.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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