Big Town
#8
(August 1951)
DC,
1951 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1951-06-27
- 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.
The Target of the Underworld!
Big Town / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Steve Wilson; Lorelei Kilbourne; Harry the Hack; Inspector Callahan
James Edmond Scripps
Headline Heroes / comic story / 0.67 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- James Scripps
- Synopsis
- Highlights of the journalistic career of James Scripps.
The Man Who Died Yesterday!
Big Town / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Steve Wilson; Lorelei Kilbourne; Inspector Callahan; Eddie Zuto
Captain Tootsie and His Vacation-Time Pals
Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page
Cornered in the Corral!
Another Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes / advertisement / 1 page
[no title indexed]
O'Malley of the 4th Precinct / comic story / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm tired of covering this beat, Commissioner!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- O'Malley
- Reprints
-
in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #232 (June 1956), #302 (April 1962) -
in Stålmannen (Williams Förlags AB, 1969 series) #4/1971 (9/2 - 1971)
-
The Case of the Stolen Face!
Big Town / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Steve Wilson; Lorelei Kilbourne; Vagrayeff; Jim Royce
[no title indexed]
Snapper / comic story / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Snapper, the rodeo is in town!
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #236 (January 1958)
-
Sweet Land of Liberty!
Peter Porkchops / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Target of the Underworld!
Big Town -
1.
Big Town Is Big Time on Television!
Big Town -
2.
The Target of the Underworld!
Big Town -
3.
The "Popsicle" Kids in Nevada Bad Lands
The Popsicle Kids -
4.
James Edmond Scripps
Headline Heroes -
5.
No More Goo!
Vitalis Hair Cream -
6.
The Man Who Died Yesterday!
Big Town -
7.
Captain Tootsie and His Vacation-Time Pals
Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll -
8.
["Step right up, folks..."]
Fleer's Dubble Bubble -
9.
Editorial Advisory Board
DC Comics -
10.
The Network of Crime
Johnny Law -
11.
Cornered in the Corral!
Another Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes -
12.
["I'm tired of covering this beat, Commissioner!"]
O'Malley of the 4th Precinct -
13.
Neat Treat!
Nestlé's Crunch -
14.
Parrot Fever
-
15.
The Case of the Stolen Face!
Big Town -
16.
["Snapper, the rodeo is in town!"]
Snapper -
17.
You Can Always Spot W-Men-
Charlie Wild; Wildroot Cream-Oil -
18.
Trouble Hits the City Room!
Steve Wilson; Lifebuoy -
19.
Sweet Land of Liberty!
Peter Porkchops -
20.
Now! Get Genuine Walt Disney Masks on Wheaties Boxes!
Wheaties
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Mike Nielsen
- John Pannozzi
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
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