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Big Town (1951) comic books 1951

  • Issue #1
    Big Town (1951) 1
    • Cover detached at one staple.
    • 4" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Centerfold detached at one staple. Staple rust with migration.

    Based on the TV and radio show of the same name, Big Town lasted 50 issues. This installment includes the following: "Deadly Nightmare!" ("fighting editor" Steve Wilson, making his DC debut, solves a food poisoning mystery); "Forgotten Men of Skid Row!"; "I Fight Crime with My Camera!"; and "The Flag of Doom!" Scripts by Dave Wood and France E. Herron, pencils by Dan Barry, inks by Sy Barry. Cover by Carmine Infantino and Frank Giacoia. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #2
    Big Town (1951) 2

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    Based on the TV and radio show of the same name, Big Town lasted 50 issues. This installment includes the following: "The Flying City Room!" (Steve, Lorelei, and veteran Harry the Hack solve mysteries while in flight); "The Gangster Boss of Small Town!"; "The Dubious Alibi!" (with Johnny Law); The Human Bomb!" and "Traffic Troubles." Scripts by France E. Herron, pencils by Dan Barry and J. Winslow Mortimer, inks by Sy Barry. Cover by Dan Barry. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #3
    Big Town (1951) 3

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    Based on the TV and radio show of the same name, Big Town lasted 50 issues. This installment includes the following: "The Cruelest Racket in the World!" (to solve a blackmail racket, Steve and Lorelei pretend to be married); "Phantom from the Past!"; "Steve Wilson's Disgrace!"; "The Fearsome Film!" (with Johnny Law); and "The Black Toothpick." Scripts by Dave Wood, pencils by Dan Barry and J. Winslow Mortimer, inks by Sy Barry. Cover by Dan Barry. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #4
    Big Town (1951) 4
    • Water damage.

    Based on the TV and radio show of the same name, Big Town lasted 50 issues. This installment includes the following: "Steve Wilson's Manhunt!" (Steve faces killer Boxie Vincent); "Badge of Courage!"; "The Zero Hour!" (with Johnny Law); "Arrest Me?I'm a Murderer!"; and "The Hobby Man." Scripts by John Broome, Robert Kanigher and Miriam Hecht, pencils by John Lehti and J. Winslow Mortimer, inks by Sy Barry. Cover by John Lehti and Sy Barry. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #5
    Big Town (1951) 5
    • Tape. 3" Cumulative spine split. Chipping.

    Based on the TV and radio show of the same name, Big Town lasted 50 issues. This installment includes the following: "Stop the Presses!" (a wounded Policeman's wife resents her husband's profession); "Lost, Strayed or Stolen?One Million Dollars!"; "The Perfect Alibi!" (with Johnny Law); "The Stamp of Guilt!"; and "Custer's Last Fight." Scripts by John Broome, Miriam Hecht, and Dave Wood, pencils by John Lehti and J. Winslow Mortimer, inks by Sy Barry and Frank Giacoia. Cover by John Lehti and Sy Barry. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #6
    Big Town (1951) 6

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    Based on the TV and radio show of the same name, Big Town lasted 50 issues. This installment includes the following: "Death of a Skyscraper!" (Steve Wilson investigates the phenomenon of construction workers falling to their deaths); "Crime Takes a Holiday!"; "The Indirect Murder!" (with Johnny Law); and "The Man Who Plundered Big Town!" Scripts by Miriam Hecht and Dave Wood, pencils by John Lehti and J. Winslow Mortimer, inks by Frank Giacoia. Cover by John Lehti and Sy Barry. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #7
    Big Town (1951) 7

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    Based on the TV and radio show of the same name, Big Town lasted 50 issues. This installment includes the following: "Obituaries for Sale!" (Steve Wilson investigates a mystery involving people who die after their obituaries appear in The Illustrated Press); "Secrets of Big Town!"; "The Mystery Room 1313!"; "Crime on the Record!" (with Johnny Law); and "The Build Anything in Hours." Scripts by Dave Wood and Bill Finger, pencils by John Lehti and Irwin Hasen, inks by Frank Giacoia, Sy Barry, and Joe Giella. Cover by John Lehti and Sy Barry. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #8
    Big Town (1951) 8

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    Based on the TV and radio show of the same name, Big Town lasted 50 issues. This installment includes the following: "The Man Who Died Yesterday!" (Steve Wilson investigates a killer's double); "The Target of the Underworld!"; "The Network of Crime" (with Johnny Law); and "The Case of the Stolen Face!" Scripts by Dave Wood and Miriam Hecht, pencils by John Lehti and Irwin Hasen, inks by Frank Giacoia and Joe Giella. Cover by Alex Toth and Sy Barry. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #9
    Big Town (1951) 9
    • Chew.

    Based on the TV and radio show of the same name, Big Town lasted 50 issues. This installment includes the following: "The Tin Hero of Big Town!" (Steve Wilson creates "Foster Father Week," which he tries to live up to); "Mystery Mansion!"; "Johnny Law vs. Johnny Lawless"; and "Beauty and the Bullets!" Scripts by Bill Finger and Dave Wood, pencils by John Lehti and Irwin Hasen, inks by Sy Barry, Bernard Sachs, and Frank Giacoia. Cover by Alex Toth. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #10
    Big Town (1951) 10

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    Based on the TV and radio show of the same name, Big Town lasted 50 issues. This installment includes the following: "The Strange Story of Tomorrow's Newspaper!" (Steve Wilson must protect Lorelei, whose obituary appears in the paper); "Crime Rides the Skies!"; "The Thousand-to-One-Chance!" (with Johnny Law); and "The Alibi King of Big Town!" Scripts by Dave Wood and Miriam Hecht, pencils by John Lehti and Irwin Hasen, inks by Bernard Sachs and Bob Lander, and Frank Giacoia. Cover by Alex Toth. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #11
    Big Town (1951) 11

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    Based on the TV and radio show of the same name, Big Town lasted 50 issues. This installment includes the following: "The Last Headline!" (Lorelei and Steve Wilson compete to write the best story involving dangerous jobs); "The Secret Underworld of Big Town!; and "The City That Never Sleeps!" Scripts by John Broome, Miriam Hecht, and Bill Finger, pencils by John Lehti, inks by John Giunta, Bernard Sachs, and Bob Lander. Cover by Alex Toth. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #12
    Big Town (1951) 12

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    Based on the TV and radio show of the same name, Big Town lasted 50 issues. This installment includes the following: "The Secret of the Dead Man's Shoes!" (Steve and Lorelei investigate a mystery surrounding a corpse's stolen shoes); "Where is Steve Wilson?"; and "A Day in the Life of a Cop!" Scripts by Bill Finger and Miriam Hecht, pencils by John Lehti, inks by Bob Lander and Bernard Sachs. Cover by Alex Toth. Cover price $0.10.