Big Town (1951) comic books 1951
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Published Jan 1951 by National Periodical Publ.$105.00
View scans- Cover detached at one staple.
$49.00
View scans- 4" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Centerfold detached at one staple. Staple rust with migration.
Based on the TV and radio show of the same name, Big Town lasted 50 issues. This installment includes the following: "Deadly Nightmare!" ("fighting editor" Steve Wilson, making his DC debut, solves a food poisoning mystery); "Forgotten Men of Skid Row!"; "I Fight Crime with My Camera!"; and "The Flag of Doom!" Scripts by Dave Wood and France E. Herron, pencils by Dan Barry, inks by Sy Barry. Cover by Carmine Infantino and Frank Giacoia. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Apr 1951 by National Periodical Publ.$27.00
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Based on the TV and radio show of the same name, Big Town lasted 50 issues. This installment includes the following: "Steve Wilson's Manhunt!" (Steve faces killer Boxie Vincent); "Badge of Courage!"; "The Zero Hour!" (with Johnny Law); "Arrest Me?I'm a Murderer!"; and "The Hobby Man." Scripts by John Broome, Robert Kanigher and Miriam Hecht, pencils by John Lehti and J. Winslow Mortimer, inks by Sy Barry. Cover by John Lehti and Sy Barry. Cover price $0.10.
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Published May 1951 by National Periodical Publ.$23.00
View scan- Tape. 3" Cumulative spine split. Chipping.
Based on the TV and radio show of the same name, Big Town lasted 50 issues. This installment includes the following: "Stop the Presses!" (a wounded Policeman's wife resents her husband's profession); "Lost, Strayed or Stolen?One Million Dollars!"; "The Perfect Alibi!" (with Johnny Law); "The Stamp of Guilt!"; and "Custer's Last Fight." Scripts by John Broome, Miriam Hecht, and Dave Wood, pencils by John Lehti and J. Winslow Mortimer, inks by Sy Barry and Frank Giacoia. Cover by John Lehti and Sy Barry. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Sep 1951 by National Periodical Publ.$47.50
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Based on the TV and radio show of the same name, Big Town lasted 50 issues. This installment includes the following: "The Tin Hero of Big Town!" (Steve Wilson creates "Foster Father Week," which he tries to live up to); "Mystery Mansion!"; "Johnny Law vs. Johnny Lawless"; and "Beauty and the Bullets!" Scripts by Bill Finger and Dave Wood, pencils by John Lehti and Irwin Hasen, inks by Sy Barry, Bernard Sachs, and Frank Giacoia. Cover by Alex Toth. Cover price $0.10.