Big Town
#16
(July-August 1952)
DC,
1951 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1952-05-26
- 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.
Buzzy Scoffs at "That Deep, Dark Secret!"
Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; teen
- Characters
- Buzzy Brown; Margie; Tommy; Suzie
- Synopsis
- Teenagers try to cope with the social stigma of a relative suffering from mental illness.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Turns Terrific Clout Into Out!
Another Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- sports
The Case of the Superstitious Reporter!
Big Town / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Nothing can happen to me on this assignment, Steve!
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Steve Wilson; Dixon Williams; Lorelei Kilbourne; Mrs. Norris; Inspector Callahan
- Reprints
-
in Five-Score Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1961 series) #45 (January 1962?)
-
- Keywords
- Luck
[no title indexed]
Dubble Bubble Gum / advertisement / 0.5 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ray Thompson (signed as Ray T.)
- Inks
- Ray Thompson (signed as Ray T.)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Is the safari ready to start?
- Genre
- children
Editorial Advisory Board
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Includes a plug for a Date with Judy on ABC.
The Craziest Pair in History-
The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Crime Nobody Saw!
Big Town -
1.
Buzzy Scoffs at "That Deep, Dark Secret!"
Buzzy -
2.
The Crime Nobody Saw!
Big Town -
3.
[no title indexed]
Riddle Me This; Necco -
4.
[no title indexed]
Columbia -
5.
Turns Terrific Clout Into Out!
Another Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes -
6.
The Case of the Superstitious Reporter!
Big Town -
7.
Mission to the Moon
Major Mars; Popsicle -
8.
["Is the safari ready to start?"]
Dubble Bubble Gum -
9.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
10.
The Cross-Country Killer!
Johnny Law -
11.
[no title indexed]
Stewart-Warner Bike Speedometers -
12.
The Man Who Couldn't Be Killed!
Big Town -
13.
[no title indexed]
Wildroot Cream-Oil -
14.
[no title indexed]
Schwinn -
15.
[no title indexed]
Lifebuoy -
16.
The Craziest Pair in History-
The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis -
17.
Champion Larry Yogi Berra Sparks Yankees!
Wheaties
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Mark Muller
- Jim Stangas
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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