Big Town (1951) comic books 1955 or before
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Big Town (1951) #18Published Dec 1952 by National Periodical Publ.$33.00
View scans- .5" Spine split from top.
Based on the TV and radio show of the same name, Big Town lasted 50 issues. This installment includes the following: "Nightmare Town!" (Pickpocket Frisky Gates steals an atomic explosive, spurring Steve Wilson into action); "Target of the Underworld!"; "Crime Sheet"; and "Whispering Doom!" (with Johnny Law). Scripts John Broome and Dave Wood, pencils by Manny Stallman and Irwin Hasen, inks by John Giunta and Bernard Sachs. Cover by Gil Kane and Sachs. Cover price $0.10.
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Big Town (1951) #21Published May 1953 by National Periodical Publ.$16.00
View scan- Cover detached. 2" Cumulative spine split to cover.
$20.00
Based on the TV and radio show of the same name, Big Town lasted 50 issues. This installment includes the following: "The Strange Invasion of Big Town!" (alien invaders do their thing in this sci-fi tale); "Halfway to Peril"; "Million Dollar Typewriter!"; and "Police Reporter." Scripts John Broome and Dave Wood, pencils by Manny Stallman, inks by John Giunta. Cover by Gil Kane and Bernard Sachs. Cover price $0.10.
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Big Town (1951) #24Published 1953 by National Periodical Publ.$34.00
View scans- .5" Spine split.
Based on the TV and radio show of the same name, Big Town lasted 50 issues. This installment includes the following: "Last Stop?Murder!" (buses replace streetcars as the preferred mode of transportation, and criminals discover that a streetcar conductor has made a model of the streetcar system); "The Puzzle of the Burglar-Proof Bank"; "Appointment with Death!"; and "Promotion Stunt." Scripts Frances E. Heron and John Broome, pencils by Manny Stallman, inks by John Giunta. Cover by Gil Kane and Joe Giella. Cover price $0.10.
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Big Town (1951) #31Published Apr 1955 by National Periodical Publ.$19.50
View scan- Centerfold detached. 1 1/4" spine split from top. Chew.
Based on the TV and radio show of the same name, Big Town lasted 50 issues. This installment includes the following: "The House of Doomed Men" (While working on the 100th issue of The Illustrated Press, Steve and Lorelei solve a 100-year-old mystery); "Mystery of the Missing Eye-Witness"; "Untold Tales of Filmland: Jungle Cinderella"; and "One Minute to Live!" Scripts John Broom and Frances E. Heron, pencils by Manny Stallman and Nick Cardy, inks by John Giunta. Cover by Gil Kane and Joe Giella. Cover price $0.10.
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Big Town (1951) #33Published Jun 1955 by National Periodical Publ.$22.00
View scan- 3/4" Spine split from top.
Based on the TV and radio show of the same name, Big Town lasted 50 issues. This installment includes the following: "The Amazing Mr. Presto!" (Steve and Mr. Presto uncover the mystery of a vanishing act); "The Secret of the Stolen Statuettes!"; "The Mountain Trail of Mystery!"; "Amateur Inventors"; and "Why the Shoe Fits." Scripts John Broom, pencils by Manny Stallman, inks by John Giunta. Cover by Gil Kane and Joe Giella. Cover price $0.10.






