| Issue | #1240 |
| Published | November 1961-January 1962 |
| Cover Price | 0.15 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | ? |
| Notes | Indicia 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". 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. |
| Characters | Robert Taylor (as Matt Holbrook, photo) |
| Genre | crime |
| Pencils | ? (photo) |
| Inks | ? (photo) |
| Colors | ? (photo) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Indicia 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". 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. |
| Synopsis | Photos and art. |
| Genre | detective |
| Script | Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer |
| Pencils | Warren Tufts |
| Inks | Warren Tufts |
| Notes | Inside front cover. This sequence is placed by an ad in some copies. See sequence 3. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
| Characters | Yogi Bear; Huckleberry Hound (cameo) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside 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. |
| Characters | Matt Holbrook; Johnny Russo; Chris Ballard; Otto Lindstrom |
| Synopsis | Detective Captain Matt Holbrook and his team of detectives have to solve a hit-and-run automobile accident that kills a man. |
| Genre | crime |
| Script | Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer |
| Pencils | Warren Tufts |
| Inks | Warren Tufts |
| Letters | Warren Tufts |
| Notes | Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
| Characters | Matt Holbrook; Johnny Russo; Otto Lindstrom; Chris Ballard |
| Synopsis | Steve 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. |
| Genre | crime |
| Script | Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer |
| Pencils | Warren Tufts |
| Inks | Warren Tufts |
| Letters | Warren Tufts |
| Notes | Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
| Synopsis | Facts about the use of ultraviolet rays in police work. |
| Genre | fact |
| Script | Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer |
| Pencils | Nat Edson |
| Inks | Nat Edson |
| Notes | Inside 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) |
| Genre | fact |
| Script | Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer |
| Pencils | Nat Edson |
| Inks | Nat Edson |
| Letters | typeset? |
| Notes | Back 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) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Back 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. |