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Issue: Big Town #12
Publication Date: December 1951
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Issues: #12 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: 10/31/1951
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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 Secret of the Dead Man's Shoes!

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Genres: crime
Character(s): Steve Wilson; Lorelei Kilbourne
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Pages: 1
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Big Town Is Big Time on Television

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Genres: crime
Feature(s): Big Town
Character(s): Steve Wilson; Lorelei Kilbourne
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From Content Item: FlagBig Town #7 published July 1951
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The Secret of the Dead Man's Shoes!

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Genres: crime
Character(s): Steve Wilson; Lorelei Kilbourne; Inspector Callahan
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Pages: 5.67
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[untitled]

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Boys! Girls! Free! At No Extra Cost! Plastic Rocket Rings

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Disclose Notes: Ad for premium available inside each box of Kellogg's Pep Flakes.
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Kids! Be First in Your Gang to Collect Our New Series!

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Where Is Steve Wilson?

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Genres: crime
Character(s): Steve Wilson; Lorelei Kilbourne; Mr. Vinley; Edward Carlton; Monstro the Puppeteer
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Now! Be an Expert on Indian Skills and Crafts!

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Genres: western
Character(s): Straight Arrow
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Disclose Notes: Ad for Straight Arrow's 72 Injun-uities, a premium available from Shredded Wheat.
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Out of This World

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
First Line: It is always daytime on one side of the planet Mercury...
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Henry Villard

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Headline Heroes
Character(s): Henry Villard
Synopsis: Highlights of the journalistic career of Henry Villard.
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Getting an Erector Is Like Having Your Own Toy Factory

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Disclose Notes: Coupon for a free catalog of various models of Erector sets available from Gilbert Hall of Science.
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[untitled]

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Genres: childrens
First Line: I-it's spooky in this old haunted house!
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Disclose Notes: Ad for bubble gum sold by Fleer.
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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-seven titles are listed. Also a plug for A Date with Judy, broadcast Saturday morning on ABC-TV.
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A Day in the Life of a Cop!

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Genres: crime
Character(s): Steve Wilson; Lorelei Kilbourne
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Pete the Flash Scores for Captain Tootsie

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Genres: sports
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Disclose Notes: Ad for Tootsie Roll, Tootsie Pops and a coupon for a premium available for 10 wrappers from Tootsie Roll or Tootsie Pops.
This ad appears between pages 4 and 5 of the previous Big Town story. Ad for Tootsie Roll, Tootsie Pops and a coupon for a premium available for 10 wrappers from Tootsie Roll or Tootsie Pops.
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[untitled]

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Genres: crime
Character(s): Charlie Wild
First Line: Even when I nail a killer my hair looks good...
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Disclose Notes: Appears on the bottom third of the last page of the previous Big Town story.
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Sue Owens, Paul Nielsen, Joyce Ross

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Big Towners
Character(s): Sue Owens; Paul Nielsen; Joyce Ross
Synopsis: Anecdotes about some talented teens.
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Here It Is Fellas! Send for It Now!

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Disclose Notes: Pictures of toy trains and a coupon to be used for ordering the new Lionel Trains catalogue.
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New Rain-Soft Rinso

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Disclose Notes: Ad for Rinso laundry detergent, a product of Lever Brothers.
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[untitled]

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Genres: western
Character(s): Red Ryder; Little Beaver
First Line: Speakin' of Christmas, pardner...
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Disclose Notes: Ad for the model 311 Target Outfit and a coupon for information about joining the Junior NRA.
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What Sparks a Champion Sparks You

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Genres: sports
Character(s): Otto Graham
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Disclose Notes: Wheaties ad spotlighting Otto Graham.
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