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Issue: Gang Busters #5
Publication Date: August 1948
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Issues: #5 of 67 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/07/1948
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of June 9 in ad in Comic Cavalcade #28.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US, latter issues standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): George Roussos
Inker(s): George Roussos
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
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In Content Item: FlagGang Busters #5 published November 1948
as Man on a ledge shooting down [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kodak
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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I Was a Fake Talent Scout

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Phil Evans
Penciller(s): Dan Barry (signed)
Inker(s): Dan Barry (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): A Gang Busters Story
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: script credit from Evans Estate (Comics Buyers' Guide June 15, 1990)
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Bob Elliott

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Win Rollfast Skates!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Bazooka the Atom Bubble Gum
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Pages: 1
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The Kings of Counterfeiters

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Win Mortimer
Inker(s): Win Mortimer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): A Gang Busters Story
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll
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Pages: 1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Western Comics
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Pages: 1
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Sea Cop!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Win Mortimer
Inker(s): Win Mortimer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): A Special Crime Feature
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In Content Item: FlagMr. District Attorney #45 published May 1955
as Sea Cop! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Monark Super Deluxe
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Pages: 1
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The Maxon Mob

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Howard Sherman
Inker(s): Howard Sherman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): A Gang Busters Story
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Grapevine
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Pages: 2
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The Case of the Crooked Gambler!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jim Mooney
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): A Perfect Crime Mystery
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In Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #445 published February 1975
as The Case of the Crooked Gambler! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3.5
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mr. District Attorney
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Pages: 0.5
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daydream Mike and His Wonderful Bike!; Columbia
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Pages: 1
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The Looted Town

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan Barry (signed)
Inker(s): Dan Barry (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): A Gang Busters Story
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): You Can't Beat the Law
First Line: A man committed murder in Philadelphia...
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Pages: 0.5
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
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Strange As It Seems

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Duel in the Sand

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Creig Flessel (signed)
Inker(s): Creig Flessel (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola
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Pages: 1

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