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Issue: All-Star Comics #47
Publication Date: June 1949
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Issues: #47 of 57 Issues (58 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/25/1949
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 22 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Julius Schwartz (actual editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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
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The Ghost of Billy the Kid!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Irwin Hasen
Inker(s): Bob Oksner
Colorist(s): Jack Adler ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Justice Society of America
Character(s): Justice Society of America [The Atom [Al Pratt]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]]; Billy the Kid [Hal Hampden]
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In Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures [ashcan] #[nn-B] published July 1950
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In Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures [ashcan] #[nn-C] published July 1950
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In Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures [ashcan] #[nn-A] published July 1950
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Feature(s): Roadmaster
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The Ghost of Billy the Kid! [Part I]

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Writer(s): John Broome
Penciller(s): Irwin Hasen (splash also)
Inker(s): Bob Oksner (splash also)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Justice Society of America
Character(s): Justice Society of America [The Atom [Al Pratt]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]]; unnamed Mayor of Civic City [as the Pirate King]; Paul Pascal; Professor Otis Baker; Billy the Kid [Hal Hampden] (villain, fake death); Pecos Joe (villain); Frosty (villain); Billy the Kid [William Bonny] (villains, image only)
Synopsis: At a Community Chest fundraiser, the festivities are suddenly interrupted by Billy the Kid and his gang, who steal $100,000 in gold. The JSA's only clue is a professor in a hospital near a deserted old west ghost town, and he tells them a story of his encounter with the Kid years before. The professor believes the same person is involved and plans to steal more gold unless the JSA can stop him.
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Feature(s): Kellogg's Corn Flakes
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Trouble in the Bull Ring

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil
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The Ghost of Billy the Kid, Part II

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Broome
Penciller(s): Arthur F. Peddy
Inker(s): Bernard Sachs
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Justice Society of America
Character(s): Justice Society of America [Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]]; Mr. Barker (refining company owner); unnamed refinery messenger; unnamed Police Commissioner; unnamed U.S. Secretary; Billy the Kid [Hal Hampden] (villain); Pecos Joe (villain); Frosty (villain)
Synopsis: Hawkman and Black Canary visit a gold refinery and learn that a messenger has left with more than $21,000 in gold, and the duo follow the armored car and interrupt the Kid and his gang robbing the armored car. Meanwhile, Dr. Mid-Nite, Flash and Wonder Woman note that the nation of Norland is sending a $2 million debt payment in gold, to be picked up at the airport. When they arrive, the Kid and his gang set a trap with fumes of loco weed to disable the Police and grab the gold. When the JSA pursues the crooks, they get a surprise!
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Feature(s): Daydream Mike and His Wonderful Bike!; Columbia
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Adventure of the Shipwrecked Pirates

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Ray-o-Vac
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The Ghost of Billy the Kid, Part III

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): John Broome
Penciller(s): Irwin Hasen
Inker(s): Bob Oksner
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Justice Society of America
Character(s): Justice Society of America [The Atom [Al Pratt]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]]; unnamed CCB radio announcer [Walter Winchell?]; Mr. Groves (VP of Civic National Bank); Professor Otis Baker; Billy the Kid [Hal Hampden] (villain); Pecos Joe (villain); Frosty (villain)
Synopsis: When the rumor of a lost gold mine under Civic City hits the airwaves, the Kid and his gang make for the spot, and loot the treasure. Then they discover the gold is in a bank vault and is part of a trap laid by the Atom and Green Lantern. After a brief battle, the duo follow the Kid and get a surprise. Meanwhile the rest of the JSA figure out that the professor is missing from the hospital and a ghost town is being used as the gang's hideout, so they head for Silver Butte. There they are taken prisoner by the Kid, but GL's ring saves the day, the Kid is unmasked and the gold recovered.
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Feature(s): Bazooka
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Lightning Speed...Heroic Deed!

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Another Jim Wise "P-F" Sports Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes
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Feature(s): Monark Super Deluxe
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To All Junior Justice Society Members!

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Feature(s): The Junior Justice Society of America
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Disclose Notes: The Junior Justice Society of America secret code message is from Wonder Woman.
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Time Will Tell!

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Writer(s): Julius Schwartz
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Genres: adventure
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Writer(s): Martin Naydel
Penciller(s): Martin Naydel (signed)
Inker(s): Martin Naydel (signed)
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Genres: informational
Feature(s): Ma Nature's Curiosity Shop
First Line: A bird called the bittern can move each of its eyes...
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Feature(s): Listerine Tooth Paste
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The First Windmill

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ed Wheelan
Inker(s): Ed Wheelan
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Rockhead McWizzard
Character(s): Rockhead McWizzard
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Job Number: FL86
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Feature(s): Thom McAn
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"Popsicle Pete" and the Bob Feller Fire-Ball!

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Feature(s): Popsicle Pete
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Feature(s): Superboy
First Line: A big hit in Adventure Comics!
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Ruining the Ransom Plan

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): "U. S." Royal; U. S. Bike Tires
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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