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39May-June 1953
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Western Comics #39

DC · May-June 1953 · on sale 1953-03-18

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Identification plate

Series
Western Comics (DC, 1948 series)
Issue
#39
Publication date
May-June 1953
Key date
1953-05-00
On-sale date
1953-03-18
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Death to Fort Danger!cover1pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman; letters: Ira Schnapp
1Buzzy Gets Tips on Choosing a Profession!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
2Death to Fort Dangercomic story8script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman
3-activity0.5
6Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
7The Man Who Killed Nighthawk!comic story6script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira
8The Magic Medicine Treecomic story5.67script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Tom Cooke; inks: Tom Cooke
10The Dream of the Dutchman Minetext article2letters: typeset
11The Line of Starspromo (ad from the publisher)1
12The Girl Sheriff of Gila Gapcomic story5.67pencils: Ed Smalle Jr.; inks: Ed Smalle Jr.; letters: Morris Waldinger

Plus 4.66 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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