Big Town #34
(July-August 1955)

DC, 1951 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1955-05-17
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.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Big Town / cover / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
crime
Characters
Steve Wilson

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

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

Behind the Locked Door! (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
Reprints

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

Odd Newspaper Items! / cartoon / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In 1858, the New York Ledger placed an ad...
Genre
non-fiction

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

Fearless Fosdick; Wildroot Cream Oil / advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

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

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

The Mental Marvel of Big Town! (Table of Contents: 6)

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

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

Genre
crime
Reprints

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

The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis; Leave It To Binky / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Binky Says "Family Projects Can Be Fun!" (Table of Contents: 8)

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

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

Genre
advocacy; teen
Characters
Allergy; Binky

The Mystery of the Millionaire G.I.! (Table of Contents: 9)

Big Town / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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

Genre
crime
Reprints

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

Newspaper Flashes! / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In the early 1800's, the Boston News printed...
Genre
non-fiction

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

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

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

Charles Atlas / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Daisy Air Rifle / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Big Town
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Stephens Credit Sales
  3. 2. Behind the Locked Door!
    Big Town
  4. 3. ["In 1858, the New York Ledger placed an ad..."]
    Odd Newspaper Items!
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Fearless Fosdick; Wildroot Cream Oil
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Good Luck Oleomargarine
  7. 6. The Mental Marvel of Big Town!
    Big Town
  8. 7. ["To the boys and girls of America..."]
    The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis; Leave It To Binky
  9. 8. Binky Says "Family Projects Can Be Fun!"
    Binky
  10. 9. The Mystery of the Millionaire G.I.!
    Big Town
  11. 10. ["In the early 1800's, the Boston News printed..."]
    Newspaper Flashes!
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Littleton Stamp Co.
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Charles Atlas
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Air Rifle
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Peter Croome
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore