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Issue: Big Town #3
Publication Date: March 1951
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Issues: #3 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: 01/29/1951
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (7 stories, 1 cover)
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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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Feature(s): Big Town
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Tops in Comics!

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Feature(s): DC Comics
Synopsis: DC bullet with the skyline of a city, presumably New York, in the background.
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Pages: 1
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Phantom from the Past!

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Genres: crime
Feature(s): Big Town
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Collect Royal Stars of Sports and Movies

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Feature(s): Royal Desserts
Synopsis: Ad for Royal desserts. Each package features a picture of a sports star or movie star on the back.
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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Fleer's Dubble Bubble
First Line: We're holding her for ransom!
Synopsis: Bubble gum ad.
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Feature(s): DC Comics
Synopsis: A list of members of DC's advisory board plus a list of currenylt published comics. Thirty-four titles are listed.
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Steve Wilson's Disgrace!

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Genres: crime
Feature(s): Big Town
Character(s): Steve Wilson
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Crack Shot

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Genres: crime, informational, non-fiction
Character(s): Col. E. W. Starling
Synopsis: Brief story about the career of E. W. Starling, a Secret Service man assigned to guard the president in the early twentieth century.
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Be King of the Road with This Great Bike!

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Feature(s): Columbia Bicycles
Synopsis: Ad for bicycles made by The Westfield Manufacturing Company.
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Buzzy Scores One for the Handicapped!

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Genres: opinion, teen
Feature(s): Buzzy
Character(s): Buzzy; Susie; Wolfie
Synopsis: Buzzy teaches Wolfie a lesson on dealing with handicapped people.
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The Fearsome Film!

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Genres: crime
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Floyd Phillips Gibbons

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Headline Heroes
Character(s): Floyd Gibbons
Synopsis: A brief account of the career of journalist Floyd Gibbons.
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Our Bunch All Munch

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Feature(s): Nestlé's Crunch
Synopsis: Candy bar ad.
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The Magazine You Wanted!

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Penciller(s): ? [as Cresto]
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Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Strange Adventures
Synopsis: Ad for Strange Adventures #6.
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The Black Toothpick

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Genres: crime
Character(s): Inspector Bailey; Martin Maxwell
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The Cruelest Racket in the World!

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Genres: crime
Feature(s): Big Town
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Only Rinso Has Solium

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Feature(s): Rinso Detergent
Synopsis: Ad for laundry detergent.
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Wanted Boys & Girls to Get These Swell Prizes

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Feature(s): American Seed Company, Inc.
Synopsis: Ad to recruit salespeople for packets of flower and vegetable seeds.
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Be a Success as a Radio-Television Technician

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Feature(s): National Radio Institute
Character(s): J. E. Smith
Synopsis: Ad for correspondence school that teaches TV and radio repair.
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Shoot Safe Buddy!

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Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
Synopsis: Ad for Daisy Air Rifles and BB shot.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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