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1April 1970
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The Hardy Boys #1

Western · April 1970

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Identification plate

Series
The Hardy Boys (Western, 1970 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
April 1970
Key date
1970-04-00
Indicia publisher
Western Publishing Company Inc.
Price
$0.15
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0On the Beat!cover1pencils: Dan Spiegle; inks: Dan Spiegle
2Secret of the Orinda Starcomic story14script: Don R. Christensen; pencils: Dan Spiegle; inks: Dan SpiegleJoe Hardy; Frank Hardy; Chubby; Pete; Wanda Kay
3Gold Key Comics Club Newspromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Joe Certa; inks: Joe Certa
4Airplanesletters page1letters: typeset
6Gold Key Comics Club Mini-comicscomic story0.5
7Gold Key Club Comics Jokes on Youletters page1letters: typeset
8The Dart-Riddle Rumblecomic story11script: Don R. Christensen; pencils: Dan Spiegle; inks: Dan SpiegleJoe Hardy; Frank Hardy; Chubby; Pete; Wanda Kay; Farnum Garnum; Zangor
9Be an Island Detectivetext story1letters: typeset

Plus 5.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

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