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59September-October 1956
$0.10

Western Comics #59

DC · September-October 1956 · on sale 1956-07-03

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Identification plate

Series
Western Comics (DC, 1948 series)
Issue
#59
Publication date
September-October 1956
Key date
1956-09-00
On-sale date
1956-07-03
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Smoke-Signal Sheriff!cover1pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Ira Schnapp
2Smoke-Signal Sheriff!comic story6script: Ed Herron; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Carmine Infantino; letters: Gaspar Saladino
5The Man without a Mask!comic story6script: Ed Herron; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Ira Schnapp
6-promo (ad from the publisher)3letters: typeset
7The Silver Dollar Rodeo!comic story5.67script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Jerry Grandenetti; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Gaspar Saladino
9The Dead Shot!text article1letters: typeset
11The Big Dancepublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff
12The Secret of the Missing Spurs!comic story4script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman; letters: Ira Schnapp

Plus 8.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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