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23May 1951
$0.10

Western Comics #23

DC · May 1951 · on sale 1951-03-19

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Series
Western Comics (DC, 1948 series)
Issue
#23
Publication date
May 1951
Key date
1951-05-00
On-sale date
1951-03-19
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Medicine Pouchcover1pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman; letters: Ira Schnapp
1-promo (ad from the publisher)1
2The Medicine Pouch!comic story10script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman
4Indian Homescomic story0.75
6The Tenderfoot of Roaring Gulch!comic story8script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Tom Cooke; inks: Tom Cooke; letters: Joe Letterese
8Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
9Taming the Horse!comic story0.75
11Curtain Time in Calamity!comic story8script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Leonard Starr; inks: Leonard Starr
12Pecos Billcomic story0.5Pecos Bill
14Buzzy Says "Get It Off Your Chest!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer
15The Looting of Number Thirteen!comic story4script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Ramona Fradon; inks: Ramona Fradon; letters: Milt Snapinn
16Ride 'Im Cowboy!text article2letters: typeset
17The Outlaws of Sweetwater Creekcomic story9pencils: Ed Smalle; inks: Ed Smalle
18-promo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 4.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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