Western Comics #42 (1953) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits
0	Mystery Man of the Black Hills!	cover	1	pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman; letters: Ira Schnapp
1	United Nations Day -- October 24th	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer
2	The Mystery Man of the Black Hills!	comic story	7.75	script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman
6	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset
7	The Gun-Fighting Statue!	comic story	6	script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira
8	The Vanishing Landmark!	comic story	6	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Ramona Fradon; inks: Ramona Fradon
9	Shave 'n' a Haircut	text article	2	letters: typeset
11	Desert Double-Cross!	comic story	5.67	pencils: Ed Smalle Jr.; inks: Ed Smalle Jr.; letters: Ira Schnapp

Plus 6.08 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Johnny Thunder #1	1973	On eBay ›
DC Super Stars #9	1976	On eBay ›

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