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Issue: Big Town #31
Publication Date: January 1955
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Issues: #31 of 50 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/14/1954
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U. S.; later standard Silver Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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One Minute to Live

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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
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Genres: crime
Feature(s): Big Town
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: No title on cover but the drawing is related to the story "One Minute to Live."
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You Can Become an Amazing New 3-D He-Man Like We Did

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Character(s): Jim Norman; Ken Grimm; R. Hirsch
Synopsis: Body-building ad.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The House of Doomed Men!

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Genres: crime
Feature(s): Big Town
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Pages: 8
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Tootsie Rolls Will Be on Television in the Tootsie Land Float

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Synopsis: Ad for Tootsie Rolls and Tootsie Pops.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This ad appears in most DC monthlies dated January 1955 and most bi-monthlies dated January-February 1955.
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[untitled]

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Genres: childrens
First Line: Look - there's Ruffy!
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Disclose Notes: Adventures of the Dubble Bubble Kids bubble gum ad.
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[untitled]

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Newspaper Flashes!
Character(s): Joseph Pulitzer; Arthur McEwen
First Line: When the circulation of the New York World...
Synopsis: Odd facts about the New York World, The San Francisco Examiner, and The Chicago Times.
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The Mystery of the Missing Eye-Witness!

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Genres: crime
Feature(s): Big Town
Character(s): Jeffry Kendall; Mona Scott; Ed Sapper; Inspector Callahan
First Line: What connection was there between the startling disappearance of Mona Scott and the return to civilization of her fiancé Jeffry Kendall, after a long exploratory journey across the Antarctic wastelands?
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Now More Than Ever --

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Feature(s): Superman DC National Comics
Synopsis: Generic ad for all comics with the Superman DC National Comics bullet.
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Casey
First Line: C'mon - Get moving!
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #149 published July 1949
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Hey Kids! Match Your Wits with the Smith Brothers!

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Synopsis: How many rhymes can you find for cherry?
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New Aluminum Package

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Feature(s): Good Luck Oleomargarine
Synopsis: Ad for oleomargarine.
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Jungle Cinderella!

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Genres: drama
Feature(s): Untold Tales of Filmland
Character(s): Kay Kildare
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From Content Item: FlagThe Adventures of Alan Ladd #5 published June 1950
was Jungle Cinderella! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Script credit from Evans' estate (Comics Buyers Guide June 15, 1990)
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Yippee! Ride It Cowboy!

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Synopsis: Ad for the new Schwinn Corvette bicycle.
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One Minute to Live!

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Genres: crime
Feature(s): Big Town
Character(s): Magnifico - Master of Illusion; Peters; Inspector Callahan
First Line: Steve! At Twelve O’clock -- in exactly sixty seconds, the hidden bomb will go off!
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Hey Kids!! Send for the New Howdy Doody Color Television Set

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Character(s): Howdy Doody; Clarabell; Mr. Bluster; Flub-a-Dub; Dilly Dally
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for a miniature filmstrip viewer from Josely Company.
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Here Is the Game of Games

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Feature(s): The Electric Game Co., Inc.
Synopsis: Ad for an electric baseball game.
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Interesting part of text: The game operates from floor plug or light socket.
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New Daisy Lightning Loader Red Ryder Carbine

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Genres: western
Character(s): Red Ryder; Little Beaver
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Disclose Notes: Ad for two new Daisy Air Rifles from Daisy Manufacturing Company.
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