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Man Comics 4

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Published December 1949 – September 1953
Issue Numbers 1 – 28
Total Issues 28
Issue Information
Cover Date
October 1950
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
Indicia Publisher
Newsstand Publications, Inc.
 
Cover Titles
A Friend There Was!
Black Lightning!
Fallen Hero!
 
Cover Credits
John Buscema pencils and inks unsigned
Notes: Fallen Hero! panel
Vernon Henkel pencils and inks unsigned
Notes: A Friend There Was! panel
Werner Roth pencils and inks unsigned
Notes: Black Lightning! panel
 
Contributions
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Cover Creator Credit

Issue Overview

Man Comics #4 was published by Newsstand Publications, Inc. in October 1950. It is part of the Man Comics series, which ran from December 1949 to September 1953.

Cover credits include John Buscema, Vernon Henkel, and others.

Atlas Tales indexes 5 stories for this issue, including "A Friend There Was!." Indexed story credits include Vernon Henkel and John Buscema, among others.

Stories

Credits
Vernon Henkel pencils unsigned Vernon Henkel inks attributed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Notes: Splash repeated as panel on cover.
Credits
Unknown inks John Buscema pencils and inks signed (Buscema's initials were sneaked onto the truck on the splash as the name of the trucking company, JB Trucking! - Doc V.)
Contributors:
Doc V.: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Credits
Credits not yet documented
Credits
Allen Bellman script attributed Allen Bellman pencils attributed
Feature: Are You a Detective?
Credits
Werner Roth pencils and inks unsigned
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit

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