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55January-February 1956
$0.10

Western Comics #55

DC · January-February 1956 · on sale 1955-11-13

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Series
Western Comics (DC, 1948 series)
Issue
#55
Publication date
January-February 1956
Key date
1956-01-00
On-sale date
1955-11-13
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe GiellaPow-Wow Smith
2The Vanishing War Bonnet!comic story6script: Ed Herron; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Gaspar Saladino
4The Day Nighthawk Revealed His Secret Identity!comic story5.67script: Ed Herron; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Bernard Sachs; letters: Gaspar Saladino
7The Hard-Luck Rodeo!comic story6script: Bill Finger; pencils: Jerry Grandenetti; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Gaspar Saladino
8Colorful Western Namescomic story1
9Western Sights and Soundstext article2letters: typeset
10-comic story0.5
12The Wooden Horse Mystery!comic story6script: Bob Haney; pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman; letters: Gaspar Saladino
13The Best Present of All!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp

Plus 6.83 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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