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Issue: All Star Western #108
Publication Date: August 1959
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Issues: #108 of 62 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/04/1959
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 19 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Most information in this index confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records provided by DC Comics.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Secret Origin of Johnny Thunder!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Johnny Thunder
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Pages: 1
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jowett Institute of Physical Training
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Origin of Johnny Thunder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Johnny Thunder [John Tane]
Synopsis: Origin story. Young John Tane's father is sheriff and expects his son to follow him. His mother says "Books are better than bullets", and John promises to be a schoolteacher. Yet his father is aging and needs him. So John becomes two people and adopt the identity of "Johnny" + "Thunder" during a storm. He changes clothes, blacks his hair, changes his speech, and becomes an unofficial sheriff, saving his father from bandits, then resuming his identity of John Tane, schoolteacher.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTwo Guns for Johnny Thunder #[nn] published January 1982
as The Origin of Johnny Thunder [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15.34
Disclose Notes: This story is divided into two segments: one of 5.67 pages and one of 9.67 pages for a total of 15.34.

This is a Silver Age revamp of Johnny Thunder and All-Star Western. JT always wore cavalry pants, a white hat, and a fringed jacket. Now he wears red and blue.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Stephens Credit Sales
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Appears on the page immediately after page 6 of the previous story sequence.
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Peter Porkchops Gives Tips on Summer Fun!

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Genres: anthropomorphic, opinion
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Pages: 1
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Pioneer River Crossings

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Genres: informational, non-fiction, western
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From Content Item: FlagHopalong Cassidy #87 published March 1954
was Pioneer River Crossings [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Appears on the page immediately preceding page 7 of the previous story sequence.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Tootsie Roll Pop
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Pages: 0.33
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Kwakiutl, Kichai, Yuki

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Genres: informational, non-fiction, western
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Pages: 0.5
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Palisades Amusement Park
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Pages: 0.5
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Nichols Industries, Inc.
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wilson Chemical Co.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: western
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Marve Robin, Jay Reed, Wade Feyers.
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Sheriff Trigger's Lucky Streak!

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Genres: western
Character(s): Trigger Twins
Synopsis: Sheriff Walt Trigger saves an Indian's life and his given a lucky charm he carries in his holster. Brother Wayne warns he'll push his luck too far. Hunting thieves in the desert, Walt barely defeats them with Wayne's secret help. And Wayne also stole the lucky charm from his holster - to show what Walt can do without it.
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Pages: 7.67
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Tootsie Roll Fudge
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Pages: 0.33
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Flying Jet
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Pages: 1
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Bill's Vacation Gift from Dad!

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Manufacturing Company
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Junior Sales Club of America
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Inker(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Training Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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