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21March 1951
$0.10

Western Comics #21

DC · March 1951 · on sale 1951-01-17

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Series
Western Comics (DC, 1948 series)
Issue
#21
Publication date
March 1951
Key date
1951-03-00
On-sale date
1951-01-17
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman
1Tops in Comics!promo (ad from the publisher)1
2Two Trails to Gold Gulch!comic story10pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman
5Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
6The Storming of Cassoway's Roost!comic story10script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Tom Cooke; inks: Tom Cooke
7-comic story0.75script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
9Buzzy Scores One for the Handicapped!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
10Rattlesnake Hollow!comic story8script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Leonard Starr; inks: Leonard Starr; letters: Ira Schnapp
11-activity0.75
13-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
14The Peaceful Hopistext article2letters: typeset
15Sixguns for Sale!comic story10script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Ed Smalle Jr.; inks: Ed Smalle Jr.; letters: Milt Snapinn
16Strange Adventurespromo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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