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Issue: Buster Crabbe #5 Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1952
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Issues: #5 of 12 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Publisher: FlagEastern Color
Brand: This Is a Famous Funnies PublicationView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Famous Funnies Publications
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Content Items: 9 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?; William J. Pape (president); James H. Darcey (treasurer)
Disclose Notes: Copyright 1952, by "Buster Crabbe Enterprises, Inc."
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Frank Frazetta (signed)
Inker(s): Frank Frazetta (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Buster Crabbe
Character(s): Buster Crabbe; Whiskers
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Backfire

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: On inside front and back covers.
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Buster Crabbe and the Maid of Mars

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Williamson; Roy Krenkel (some backgrounds)
Inker(s): Al Williamson; Roy Krenkel; Frank Frazetta
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Buster Crabbe
Character(s): Buster Crabbe; Whiskers
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Williamson once explained that he called Krenkel in to draw background architecture, though it's possible he also had a hand in inking some of this story. Certainly Frazetta inked many of the figures.
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Gold in the Mouth of the Creek

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? [as J B] (signed)
Inker(s): ? [as J B] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, western
Feature(s): Whiskers
Character(s): Whiskers
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Showdown

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Buster Crabbe
Character(s): Buster Crabbe; Whiskers
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Whiskers the Indian Fighter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, western
Feature(s): Whiskers
Character(s): Whiskers
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Farr ?
Inker(s): Jack Farr ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, western
Feature(s): Homer on the Range
Character(s): Homer
First Line: Whammy! I'm rich again!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Tentative art ID based on "Fantastic Comics" 2 (and others)--the logo for "Yank Wilson, Superspy Q-4" uses the same style of lettering as this story's logo, and the sharp-edged character faces are typical of Farr's artwork.
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The Round Up

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mike Roy [as M R] (signed)
Inker(s): Mike Roy [as M R] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Buster Crabbe
Character(s): Buster Crabbe; Whiskers
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Buster Crabbe Western Club

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover; requests 25 cents for Buster Crabbe photograph and club badge.

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