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Issue Details

Issue #1168
Published March-May 1961
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "THE DETECTIVES, No. 1168." Code number is THE DETECTIVES.O.S. #1168-612. Copyright 1960 by Four Star-Hastings. Based on "The Detectives" TV series.

Cover Details

Characters Matt Holbrook (as played by Robert Taylor, photo)
Genre detective
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes Indicia title is "THE DETECTIVES, No. 1168." Code number is THE DETECTIVES.O.S. #1168-612. Copyright 1960 by Four Star-Hastings. Based on "The Detectives" TV series.

1 page The Detectives foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Shadow at the Window / No Place to Hide"

Characters Matt Holbrook (as played by Robert Taylor, photo); Johnny Russo (as played by Tige Andrews, photo)
Synopsis Preview of the two stories in the issue.
Genre detective
Script Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils Mel Keefer; ? (photo)
Inks Mel Keefer; ? (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Two photos plus two-panel previews of the stories. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

24 page The Detectives story "Shadow at the Window"

Characters Matt Holbrook; Otto Lindstrom; Johnny Russo
Synopsis A man confesses to the murder of his vocal coach, but Capt. Holbrook thinks he's not the one who committed the crime.
Genre detective
Script Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils Mel Keefer
Inks Mel Keefer
Notes Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

8 page The Detectives story "No Place to Hide"

Characters Matt Holbrook; Otto Lindstrom
Synopsis Two robbery suspects hide in the city while they plan their next crime.
Genre detective
Script Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils Mel Keefer
Inks Mel Keefer
Notes Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page The Detectives story "Aristocat"

Synopsis The type of criminal known as the "Aristocrat," who specializes in well-planned crimes involving valuable items.
Genre fact
Script Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils Mel Keefer
Inks Mel Keefer
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. The Detectives logo is on this page, but no characters appear. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page The Detectives filler "Qualified"

Synopsis Qualifications needed to be a detective.
Genre fact
Script Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils Mel Keefer
Inks Mel Keefer
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover. The Detectives logo is on this page, but no characters appear. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)