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. :-)
By The Australian Panther
Please Note! Alex Toth on this title!
Look for the 'Maverick' Plug!
By Andrew999
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
By Professor Echo
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.
Additional Information
Name
1106 - 77 Sunset Strip | Published
Publication
Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 36
Notes
Indicia title is "77 SUNSET STRIP, No. 1106." Code number is 77 SUNSET STRIP.O.S. #1106-606. Copyright 1960 by Warner Bros Pictures, Inc. Based on the "77 Sunset Strip" TV series.
Cover
Kookie's Close Call / 1 page
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
typeset
Genre
Detective-mystery
Characters
Stuart Bailey (photo of Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.); Jeff Spencer (photo of Roger Smith); Kookie (photo of Edd Byrnes)
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).
Comic Story
Kookie's Close Call / 77 Sunset Strip (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.
Genre
Detective-mystery
Characters
Stuart Bailey, Jeff Spencer; Kookie
Script
Eric FreiwaldRobert Schaefer
Pencils
Alex Toth
Inks
Alex Toth
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).
Stuart and Jeff go undercover as extras in a movie to find out who is trying to sabotage the film's production.
Genre
Detective-mystery
Characters
Stuart Bailey; Jeff Spencer; Kookie
Script
Eric FreiwaldRobert Schaefer
Pencils
Alex Toth
Inks
Alex Toth
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).
Comic Story
Grapevine Clues (1 page)
Synopsis
The origins and uses of the verbal "grapevine" to spread news by word of mouth.
Letters
typeset
Genre
Non-fiction
Script
Eric FreiwaldRobert Schaefer
Pencils
Alex Toth
Inks
Alex Toth
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).
Comic Story
Kookie's Catch / 77 Sunset Strip (1 page)
Synopsis
Kookie recognizes a criminal by his voice.
Genre
Detective-mystery
Characters
Stuart Bailey; Kookie
Pencils
Alex Toth
Inks
Alex Toth
Letters
Alex Toth ?
Notes
Back cover. This sequence is replaced by an ad in some copies. See Sequence 6.
Advertisement
Schwinn Continental / Schwinn Bicycles (1 page)
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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