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Four Color (1942 Series)
Date | Number: 1240 | Lang: English (en)
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Pretty darned good. It reads like a detective show in the early 60s. But I never saw the show, so I can't say how close it is to the show.
  
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Name1240 - The Detectives | Published
PublicationPrice: 0.15 USD | Pages: 36
NotesIndicia title is "THE DETECTIVES, No. 1240." Code number is DETECTIVES O.S. #1240-6111. Copyright 1961 by Four Star-Hastings. Based on the ABC and NBC TV series "The Detectives, Starring Robert Taylor."
On sale date is Library of Congress copyright record publication date.
Inside front cover and back cover sequences are replaced by ads in some copies. In the ad copies, the inside back cover is in color.
 
Cover1 page
FeatureThe Detectives
Pencils? (photo)
Inks? (photo)
Colors? (photo)
Letterstypeset
GenreCrime
CharactersMatt Holbrook (photo of Robert Taylor)
 
Foreword/AfterwordThe Detectives (1 page)
FeatureThe Detectives
Pencils? (photos)
Inks? (photos)
GenreDetective-mystery
Script
PencilsWarren Tufts
InksWarren Tufts
NotesInside front cover. Photos and art. This sequence is replaced by an ad in some copies. See sequence 3. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
 
AdvertisementYogi Bear Milk Mug and Huck Hound Cereal Bowl / Kellogg's OKs (1 page)
Letterstypeset
CharactersYogi Bear; Huckleberry Hound (cameo)
NotesInside front cover; color. Illustrated ad for Kellogg's OKs breakfast cereal. Premium is a plastic Yogi Bear Milk Mug and Huck Hound Cereal bowl set for 50 cents and one OKs box top.
 
Comic StoryHit and Run (18 pages)
SynopsisDetective Captain Matt Holbrook and his team of detectives have to solve a hit-and-run automobile accident that kills a man.
FeatureThe Detectives
GenreCrime
CharactersMatt Holbrook; Johnny Russo; Chris Ballard; Otto Lindstrom
Script
PencilsWarren Tufts
InksWarren Tufts
LettersWarren Tufts
NotesScript, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
 
Comic StoryCousin Rat (14 pages)
SynopsisSteve Russo, Johnny Russo's cousin, is picked up on a petty larceny charge. Steve, who looks just like Johnny, claims he has a big business deal the next morning and Johnny investigates. Johnny is mistaken for Steve and plays along with a gang planning to hijack an armored truck.
FeatureThe Detectives
GenreCrime
CharactersMatt Holbrook; Johnny Russo; Otto Lindstrom; Chris Ballard
Script
PencilsWarren Tufts
InksWarren Tufts
LettersWarren Tufts
NotesScript, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
 
Comic StoryBlack Light (1 page)
SynopsisFacts about the use of ultraviolet rays in police work.
FeatureThe Detectives
GenreNon-fiction
Script
PencilsNat Edson
InksNat Edson
NotesInside back cover. Some copies have this sequence in black and white; others have it in color, depending on whether there is an ad on the inside front cover. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
 
Comic StoryTelltale Evidence (1 page)
FeatureThe Detectives
Letterstypeset
GenreNon-fiction
Script
PencilsNat Edson
InksNat Edson
NotesBack cover. This sequence was replaced by an ad in some copies. See sequence 7. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
 
AdvertisementSchwinn Bicycles (1 page)
Letterstypeset
First LineBrand new from Schwinn...
NotesBack cover. Replaces Sequence 6 in some copies. Illustrated ad for Schwinn Bicycles. Schwinn American model ($49.95) depicted. Selling point is "Every part American Made!" Arnold, Schwinn, & Company, Chicago, Ill.
 
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