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Issue: Western Comics #72
Publication Date: November 1958
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Issues: #72 of 85 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/02/1958
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Julius Schwartz (actual)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US, latter issues standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Rainbow Trail of Doom!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Joe Giella
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Pow-Wow Smith
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told #[nn] published May 1992
as Foreword - Joe Kubert [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]cover illustration
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Honor House Products Corp.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Rainbow Trail of Doom!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Carmine Infantino
Inker(s): Joe Giella
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Pow-Wow Smith
Character(s): Pow-Wow Smith
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11.67
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Superman
First Line: Do you know the legend of Superman?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Look to the Stars!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff
Penciller(s): Lou Cameron
Inker(s): Lou Cameron
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
Character(s): Bob; Ted
First Line: Gosh Bob, we're lost! What do we do now?
Synopsis: Bob and his friends are saved from being lost in the woods because Bob knows how to find Polaris, the North Star.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Appeared across a range of DC comics in November/December 1958.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Julius Schwartz
Penciller(s): Morris Waldinger
Inker(s): Tommy Nicolosi
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Milt Snapinn
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, western
Feature(s): Redman's Magic!
First Line: Chippewa Indians used to smoke the dried, powdered roots of aster flowers...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Riddle of the Crystal Ball!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Bernard Sachs
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Letterese
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, western
Feature(s): The Nighthawk
Character(s): Nighthawk [Hannibal Hawkes]; Lute; Jed
Synopsis: Nighthawk poses as a fortune teller to trap a pair of outlaws.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told #[nn] published January 1990
as The Riddle of the Crystal Ball! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told #[nn] published May 1992
as The Riddle of the Crystal Ball! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6.67
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll Pop
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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Night Guards!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Julius Schwartz
Penciller(s): Morris Waldinger
Inker(s): Tommy Nicolosi
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Milt Snapinn
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, western
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHopalong Cassidy #92 published August 1954
was Night Guards! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Miller (Hitching Post Editor)
Penciller(s): Morris Waldinger
Inker(s): Tommy Nicolosi
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): The Hitching Post
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Brad Hawley, Jimmy Ross, John Chester, and Bill Hutchens.
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Sioux, Yuma, Kwalhioqua

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Julius Schwartz
Penciller(s): Morris Waldinger
Inker(s): Tommy Nicolosi
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Milt Snapinn
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, western
Feature(s): Indian Tribal Names!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Palisades Amusement Park
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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The Mystery Lantern of Pinto Gap!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Howard Sherman
Inker(s): Howard Sherman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Morris Waldinger
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): The Wyoming Kid
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.67
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Stephens Credit Sales
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Charles Atlas
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): American Specialty Co.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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