Big Town #22
(July-August 1953)

DC, 1951 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1953-05-20
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.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Big Town / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
?
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Buzzy Says: "Get a Box-Seat to Nature's Wonders!" (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Win Mortimer
Inks
Win Mortimer
Letters
?
Genre
advocacy; teen
Characters
Buzzy Brown; Tom; Danny
Synopsis
Buzzy shows a pair of neighborhood kids that the new kid on the block isn't weird because he prefers watching nature to playing baseball.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Amazing Crime Camera! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

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

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

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

Bearcat Sets Basepath on Fire (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

A Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Famous Newspaper Firsts / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The first newspaper delivery train...
Genre
non-fiction
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Stewart-Warner Bike Speedometers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Mysterious "Mr. Mastermind"! (Table of Contents: 7)

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: 8) (Expand) /

Roadmaster / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Rinso / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Victory by Reflection (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Major Mars; Popsicle / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Dubble Bubble Gum / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

The Impossible Alibi! (Table of Contents: 13)

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

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

Superman Is on Television! (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

The Adventures of Superman / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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

Schwinn Traveler / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Giant Beach Ball / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Line of Stars (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Milky Way / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Big Town
  2. 1. Buzzy Says: "Get a Box-Seat to Nature's Wonders!"
    Buzzy
  3. 2. The Amazing Crime Camera!
    Big Town
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Wildroot Cream-Oil
  5. 4. Bearcat Sets Basepath on Fire
    A Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes
  6. 5. ["The first newspaper delivery train..."]
    Famous Newspaper Firsts
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Stewart-Warner Bike Speedometers
  8. 7. The Mysterious "Mr. Mastermind"!
    Big Town
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Roadmaster
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Rinso
  11. 10. Victory by Reflection
    Major Mars; Popsicle
  12. 11. ["It's stopped snowing at last!"]
    Dubble Bubble Gum
  13. 12. Editorial Advisory Board
  14. 13. The Impossible Alibi!
    Big Town
  15. 14. Superman Is on Television!
    The Adventures of Superman
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    Schwinn Traveler
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    Giant Beach Ball
  18. 17. The Line of Stars
  19. 18. [no title indexed]
    Milky Way
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