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49January-February 1955
$0.10

Western Comics #49

DC · January-February 1955 · on sale 1954-11-14

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Series
Western Comics (DC, 1948 series)
Issue
#49
Publication date
January-February 1955
Key date
1955-01-00
On-sale date
1954-11-14
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Trap at Fort Vault!cover1pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Trap at Fort Vault!comic story5.67script: Ed Herron; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Gaspar Saladino
3Now More Than Ever-promo (ad from the publisher)0.33
6The Night of Vengeance!comic story6script: Ed Herron; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Gaspar Saladino
7-cartoon0.5script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel; letters: Martin Naydel
10Western News-Trails!cartoon0.5script: Julius Schwartz; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Tommy Nicolosi; letters: Milt Snapinn
11The Teen-Age Rodeo!comic story6script: Ed Herron; pencils: Ed Smalle Jr.; inks: Ed Smalle Jr.; letters: Gaspar SaladinoRafe Bannister
12Indian Horsestext article2script: Jack Miller; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry
13The Lawman Who Lost Himself!comic story6script: Ed Herron; pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman; letters: Ira Schnapp

Plus 8 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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