Modern Comics #71 (1948) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Blackhawk Destroys the Spawn of the Cobra!	cover	1	pencils: Reed Crandall; inks: Reed Crandall	Blackhawk; Chop Chop
1	The Spawn of the Cobra	comic story	13	pencils: Reed Crandall; inks: Reed Crandall	Cobra (first appearance; villain; death?)
2	The Apache Dance Gig	comic story	6	script: Bill Ward; pencils: Bill Ward; inks: Bill Ward
3	The Barbaric Barber	comic story	6	script: Bart Tumey; pencils: Bart Tumey; inks: Bart Tumey
4	-	comic story	1	script: Mike Senich; pencils: Mike Senich; inks: Mike Senich	Prudence; Sparky
5	The Cooking Class	comic story	7	script: Harry Sahle; pencils: Harry Sahle; inks: Harry Sahle
6	Lariat City	comic story	6	script: Gill Fox; pencils: Gill Fox; inks: Gill Fox
7	Crime Rats	text story	1	pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration); letters: ?; typeset	Blackhawk; Andre; Chuck; Hendrickson; Olaf; Stanislaus; Chop Chop; Louie; Ham; Ted; Jim
8	Sven the Lumberjack	comic story	6	script: Paul Gustavson; pencils: Paul Gustavson; inks: Paul Gustavson; letters: Paul Gustavson	Will Bragg

Collection	Year
Golden-Age Greats Spotlight #5	2011	On eBay ›
Men of Mystery Comics #105	2017	On eBay ›

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