Big Town #41
(September-October 1956)

DC, 1951 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1956-07-10
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
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.

Convict at Large! (Table of Contents)

Big Town / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
crime

Indexer Notes

Cover pencils and inks credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

DeLuxe Photo Service / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Mystery of the Invisible Mansion! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

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

Genre
crime

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

Kellogg's Corn Flakes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Garcelon Stamp Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Steve Wilson's Last Deadline! (Table of Contents: 6)

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

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

Genre
crime
Characters
Steve Wilson; Harding Ames; Mary; Lt. Greggory
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

The Big Dance (Table of Contents: 8)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
advocacy

Here Are the Prizes (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 3 pages (report information)

Convict at Large! (Table of Contents: 10)

Big Town / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

Genre
crime
Characters
Steve Wilson; Ted Tolan; Log Jenkins
Reprints

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

Odd News Items! / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In 1833, the New York Sun initiated...
Genre
non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Stephens Credit Sales / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Cheerful Card Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

The National Sports Council / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Schwinn Phantom / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Convict at Large!
    Big Town
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    DeLuxe Photo Service
  3. 2. Mystery of the Invisible Mansion!
    Big Town
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Kellogg's Corn Flakes
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Good Luck Oleomargarine
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Garcelon Stamp Co.
  7. 6. Steve Wilson's Last Deadline!
    Big Town
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Wildroot Cream-Oil
  9. 8. The Big Dance
  10. 9. Here Are the Prizes
  11. 10. Convict at Large!
    Big Town
  12. 11. ["In 1833, the New York Sun initiated..."]
    Odd News Items!
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Stephens Credit Sales
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Cheerful Card Company
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    The National Sports Council
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    Schwinn Phantom
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Mark Muller
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore