Big Town #29
(September-October 1954)

DC, 1951 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1954-07-14
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Julius Schwartz (actual editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Crime Goes to the Fair! (Table of Contents)

Big Town / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
detective-mystery

Buzzy Says: "Work Can Be Fun!" (Table of Contents: 1)

Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Win Mortimer
Inks
Win Mortimer
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
advocacy; teen

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Steve Wilson's Night Beat! (Table of Contents: 2)

Big Town / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Manny Stallman
Inks
John Giunta
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
detective-mystery

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Adventures of the Dubble Bubble Kids / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Newspaper Business! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction
Reprints

Publicity News Stunts (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction
Reprints

Crime Goes to the Fair! (Table of Contents: 7)

Big Town / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Manny Stallman
Inks
John Giunta
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
detective-mystery

Three Exciting New Adventures (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Good Luck Oleomargarine / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Famous Newspaper Firsts / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Auction Advertiser was the first newspaper...
Genre
non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Odd News Items! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
During the newspaper wars in Chicago...
Genre
non-fiction
Reprints

The Riddle of the Roving Reporter! (Table of Contents: 12)

Big Town / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Manny Stallman
Inks
John Giunta
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
detective-mystery

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Superman DC National Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Colonial Studios, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Insult That Turned a "Chump" Into a Champ (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Charles Atlas / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

How Chuck's Fineline Pen Got Him in the Movies! (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Fineline / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Crime Goes to the Fair!
    Big Town
  2. 1. Buzzy Says: "Work Can Be Fun!"
    Buzzy
  3. 2. Steve Wilson's Night Beat!
    Big Town
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie Roll
  5. 4. ["There's nothing I like better than a parade!"]
    Adventures of the Dubble Bubble Kids
  6. 5. Newspaper Business!
  7. 6. Publicity News Stunts
  8. 7. Crime Goes to the Fair!
    Big Town
  9. 8. Three Exciting New Adventures
    Batman
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Good Luck Oleomargarine
  11. 10. ["The Auction Advertiser was the first newspaper..."]
    Famous Newspaper Firsts
  12. 11. ["During the newspaper wars in Chicago..."]
    Odd News Items!
  13. 12. The Riddle of the Roving Reporter!
    Big Town
  14. 13. Editorial Advisory Board
    Superman DC National Comics
  15. 14. ["Here he is- the one and only Jimmy Olsen..."]
    Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    Colonial Studios, Inc.
  17. 16. The Insult That Turned a "Chump" Into a Champ
    Charles Atlas
  18. 17. How Chuck's Fineline Pen Got Him in the Movies!
    Fineline
This issue was modified by, among others
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  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore