Big Town #45
(May-June 1957)

DC, 1951 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1957-03-05
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

Indexer Notes

Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

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

Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Case of the Lucky Gun! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

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

Genre
crime
Reprints

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

Newspaper Firsts / cartoon / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In 1826, the New York Evening Courier initiated...
Genre
non-fiction

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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

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

Theft of the Billion-Carat Diamond! (Table of Contents: 6)

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

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

Genre
crime

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

Zenith Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Casey the Cop / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff
Inks
Henry Boltinoff
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Casey! How did you let these cars get into such a tie-up?
Genre
humor
Reprints

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

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

Reporter for a Day! (Table of Contents: 10)

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: 11) (Expand) /

Honor House Products Corp. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

A Date with Effie (Table of Contents: 13)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Stan Kaye
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
advocacy

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

Jim and Betty Solve the "Flying Saucer" Mystery! (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Wilson Chemical Co. / 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]
    Jowett Institute of Physical Training
  3. 2. The Case of the Lucky Gun!
    Big Town
  4. 3. ["In 1826, the New York Evening Courier initiated..."]
    Newspaper Firsts
  5. 4. ["To the boys and girls of America..."]
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Good Luck Oleomargarine
  7. 6. Theft of the Billion-Carat Diamond!
    Big Town
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Zenith Co.
  9. 8. ["Casey! How did you let these cars get into such a tie-up?"]
    Casey the Cop
  10. 9. ["Here are some of the winners..."]
  11. 10. Reporter for a Day!
    Big Town
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Honor House Products Corp.
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Stephens Credit Sales
  14. 13. A Date with Effie
  15. 14. Jim and Betty Solve the "Flying Saucer" Mystery!
    Wilson Chemical Co.
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore