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| This TV series was very well known and popular in Germany. But of the 206 episodes, produced between 1958 and 1964, only 61 came on German television in a dubbed German version. The purchasing policy of the German TV stations in the 1960s was very strange, from many U.S. Series were only bought a few episodes. It's nice now, to read a Kookie comic. :-) |
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| Please Note! Alex Toth on this title!
Look for the 'Maverick' Plug! |
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| Great to see this - two well told stories ably presented. Sunset Strip was one of my favourite TV shows in the early sixties (and Burke's Law) - I have both series on DVD and I'm embarrassed to say I once owned Kookie & Connie Stevens singing "Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gDT2Xk5-Oo |
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| Some nicely effective Toth art, but really poor visual representations of the actual actors from the show. I’m guessing Toth never saw a single episode or even photos of how the three main characters looked in the series. Pretty distracting for fans of the show, but not such a bad read anyway. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | June-August 1960 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
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| Cover | Kookie's Close Call |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Colors:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Stuart Bailey (photo of Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.); Jeff Spencer (photo of Roger Smith); Kookie (photo of Edd Byrnes) |
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| Foreword/Afterword | Kookie's Close Call / Lights... Camera... Danger (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Brief text previews of the stories in the issue. |
| Credits | Pencils:?;? (photos) | Inks:?;? (photos) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Stuart Bailey (photo of Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.); Jeff Spencer (photo of Roger Smith); Kookie (photo of Edd Byrnes) |
| Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. One illustration and two photos (one of Kookie solo, the other of the three stars of the show). |
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| Comic Story | Kookie's Close Call (16 pages) |
| Synopsis | When Kookie borrows Stuart's car, two crooks mistake him for Bailey and take him to their boss. Upset because Kookie isn't Bailey, who had sent him to prison, the boss plans to have Kookie shot at midnight when a freight train's noise will cover the sound of the gunshot. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Stuart Bailey, Jeff Spencer; Kookie |
| Notes | A billboard with "Watch Maverick Sunday night" (complete with a rough caricature of James Garner) plays a large part in the story. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
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| Comic Story | Lights, Camera, Danger (16 pages) |
| Synopsis | Stuart and Jeff go undercover as extras in a movie to find out who is trying to sabotage the film's production. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Stuart Bailey; Jeff Spencer; Kookie |
| Notes | The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
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| Comic Story | Grapevine Clues (1 page) |
| Synopsis | The origins and uses of the verbal "grapevine" to spread news by word of mouth. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
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| Comic Story | Kookie's Catch (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Kookie recognizes a criminal by his voice. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Stuart Bailey; Kookie |
| Notes | Back cover. This sequence is replaced by an ad in some copies. See Sequence 6. |
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| Advertisement | Schwinn Continental (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. Ad for Schwinn Continental model 10-speed bicycle for $86.95. Arnold, Schwinn & Co., Chicago, Ill. This ad replaces Sequence 5 in some copies. |
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