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Issue: Big Town #6
Publication Date: June 1951
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Issues: #6 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: 04/30/1951
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 22 (6 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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The Death of a Skyscraper!

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Genres: crime
Feature(s): Big Town
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Big Town Is Big Time on Television! Big Town Is Big Time on Radio!

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Feature(s): Big Town
Synopsis: Ad for the Big Town television program on CBS-TV each Thursday at 9:30 PM EST and the Big Town radio program broadcast on NBC each Tuesday at 10 PM EST.
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Death of a Skyscraper!

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Genres: crime
Feature(s): Big Town
Character(s): Steve Wilson; Lorelei Kilbourne
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Pages: 9.67
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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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Now! Prize Plastic Picture Rings

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Feature(s): Kellogg's Raisin Bran
Synopsis: Ad for a premium found in each box of Raisin Bran.
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The "Popsicle" Twins at Great Salt Lake

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Feature(s): Popsicle
Character(s): Tess; Tim; Popsicle Pete
Synopsis: Ad for Popsicle products and premiums available for wrappers and a small fee.
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Crime Takes a Holiday!

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Genres: crime
Feature(s): Big Town
Character(s): Steve Wilson; Lorelei Kilbourne; Inspector Callahan
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Emergency Landing

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Susan
Synopsis: Captain Tootsie and the kids clear a highway to enable a landing by a damaged airplane.
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Gains Fame in Race with Flame

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Another Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes
Character(s): Jim Wise; Bob
Synopsis: Ad for canvas shoes made by Hood Rubber Company and B. F. Goodrich.
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The Indirect Murder!

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Genres: crime
Character(s): Johnny Law
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): O'Malley of the 4th Precinct
Character(s): O'Malley
First Line: All right, you crooks - pull over!
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Look, Fellas...This Free Booklet

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Feature(s): Stewart-Warner Cadet Speedometer
Synopsis: Ad for a booklet of information about a bicycle speedometer.
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[untitled]

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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Fleer's Dubble Bubble
First Line: Wonder why we aren't catching any fish?
Synopsis: Bubble gum ad.
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Feature(s): DC Comics
Synopsis: A list of DC's advisory board members plus a list of currently published comics. Thirty-three titles are listed.
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Vidocq -- Man of Mystery

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Character(s): Vidocq
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The Man Who Plundered Big Town!

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Genres: crime
Feature(s): Big Town
Character(s): Steve Wilson; Professor Anthony K. Zello
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Nobody Wants Him but the Police

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Feature(s): Charlie Wild; Wildroot Cream-Oil
Character(s): Charlie Wild
Synopsis: Ad for Wildroot Cream-Oil hair tonic.
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Joseph Lincoln Steffens

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Genres: biography, informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Headline Heroes
Character(s): Joseph Steffens
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Boys! Girls! Hurry! Be the First to Own This Beautiful Identification Bracelet!

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Feature(s): Smith Brothers Cough Drops
Synopsis: Ad for a premium available for 25 cents and a Smith Brothers box.
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Jimmy Gets the Tipoff!

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Feature(s): Steve and Lorelei; Lifebuoy
Character(s): Steve Wilson; Lorelei Kilbourne
Synopsis: Ad for Lifebuoy Soap.
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Superboy Says: "Know Your Country!"

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Genres: opinion, superhero
Character(s): Superboy
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Exciting News!

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Feature(s): Daisy Manufacturing Company
Synopsis: Coupon for the Daisy Air Rifelman Book and information on becoming an NRA Junior Member.
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