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45May-June 1954
$0.10

Western Comics #45

DC · May-June 1954 · on sale 1954-03-15

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Series
Western Comics (DC, 1948 series)
Issue
#45
Publication date
May-June 1954
Key date
1954-05-00
On-sale date
1954-03-15
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Ira SchnappPow-Wow Smith
1Binky Says: "Welcome, Amigo!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Peril of the Pueblo Panther!comic story6script: Ed Herron; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Carmine Infantino; letters: Gaspar Saladino
4Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
5The Booby-Trap Bandits!comic story5.67script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Bernard Sachs; letters: Gaspar Saladino
7Amazing Hunter of the West!comic story2script: Alvin Schwartz; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker
8Rodeo Luck!cartoon1
9The Daredevil Dude!comic story5.67script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Ed Smalle Jr.; inks: Ed Smalle Jr.; letters: Milt Snapinn
10Supermanpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33
11King of Riderstext article2letters: typeset
12Riders of the Range!cartoon1
13Secret of the Runaway Saddle!comic story6script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman; letters: Gaspar Saladino
14The Line of Stars Presents Tomahawkpromo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 2.83 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

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