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Additional Information
Name
1294 - Ripcord | Published
Publication
Price: 0.15 USD | Pages: 36
Notes
Cover title is RIPCORD. Indicia title is "RIPCORD, No. 1294." Copyright 1962 by ZIV-United Artists, Inc. Based on the 1961-1963 "Ripcord" TV series.
Cover
1 page
Feature
Ripcord
Pencils
? (painted); ? (photos)
Inks
? (painted); ? (photos)
Colors
? (painted)
Letters
typeset
Genre
Adventure
Characters
Ted McKeever (photo of Larry Pennell); Jim Buckley (photo of Ken Curtis)
Notes
Cover includes two black and white photo insets of the main characters.
Foreword/Afterword
The Bottomless Jump / Dangerous Dive (1 page)
Synopsis
Previews of the two stories in the issue.
Feature
Ripcord
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Letters
typeset
Genre
Adventure
Characters
Ted McKeever (photo of Larry Pennell); Jim Buckley (photo of Ken Curtis)
Pencils
Ray Bailey
Inks
Ray Bailey
First Line
A routine rescue of a man adrift in a lifeboat, suddenly sends the skydivers chuting into a mysterious adventure of black market gold.
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Photo and two-panel previews of two stories in the issue.
Comic Story
The Bottomless Jump (17 pages)
Synopsis
McKeever and Buckley rescue a man in a lifeboat and become involved in breaking up a gold-smuggling operation.
Feature
Ripcord
Job #
RIPCORD O.S. #1294-622
Genre
Adventure; Aviation
Characters
Ted McKeever; Jim Buckley
Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Ray Bailey
Inks
Ray Bailey
Letters
Ben Oda
First Line
My partner, Jim Buckley, and I were professional skydivers; we called ourselves Ripcord, Inc.
Notes
Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007); Script credit from Robin Snyder's The Comics! Vol. 22, no. 6 (June 2011).
Comic Story
The Dangerous Dive (15 pages)
Synopsis
McKeever and Buckley skydive to rescue two climbers stranded on a mountain peak.
Feature
Ripcord
Genre
Adventure; Aviation
Characters
Ted McKeever; Jim Buckley
Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Ray Bailey
Inks
Ray Bailey
Letters
Ben Oda
First Line
We were cutting clouds at 17,000 feet, as my partner, Jim Buckley, and I checked over the skydiving routines we were going to perform at an exhibition!
Notes
Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007); Script credit from Robin Snyder's The Comics! Vol. 22, no. 6 (June 2011).
Comic Story
Skydiving (1 page)
Synopsis
How skydivers control their freefall.
Feature
Ripcord
Genre
Non-fiction; Aviation
Characters
Skydiver
Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Ray Bailey
Inks
Ray Bailey
Letters
Ben Oda
First Line
In skydiving, the jumper maneuvers by moving his body.
Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. The Ripcord logo is on the sequence, but no characters appear. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007); Script credit from Robin Snyder's The Comics! Vol. 22, no. 6 (June 2011).
Comic Story
History of Parachuting (1 page)
Synopsis
The history of parachuting.
Feature
Ripcord
Genre
Non-fiction; Aviation
Characters
André-Jacques Garnerin; Jordaki Kuparento; Thomas Scott Baldwin; Grant Morton
Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Ray Bailey
Inks
Ray Bailey
Letters
Ben Oda
First Line
Despite Greek legends of men flying by feathers attached to their arms, the first recorded parachute jump was made by the Frenchman Garnerin from a balloon in 1797.
Notes
Back cover. The Ripcord logo is on the sequence, but no characters appear. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007; Script credit from Robin Snyder's The Comics! Vol. 22, no. 6 (June 2011).
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