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)