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Issue Details

Issue #1169
Published March-May 1961
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "NEW ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, No. 1169." Code number is S.HOLMES O.S. #1169-612. Copyright 1960 by Estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Cover Details - "The Case of the Deadly Inheritance"

Characters Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson
Genre detective
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)
Letters typeset

1 page Sherlock Holmes foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "The Deadly Inheritance / The Tunnel Scheme"

Characters Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson; Professor Moriarty
Synopsis Previews of the two stories in the issue.
Pencils Frank Giacoia
Inks Frank Giacoia
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

16 page Sherlock Holmes story "The Deadly Inheritance"

Characters Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson
Synopsis Holmes and Watson attend a séance to help two brothers settle a dispute over their father's will.
Genre detective
Pencils Frank Giacoia
Inks Frank Giacoia
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Possible assistance on pencils by Mike Sekowsky. (Merlin Haas, June 30, 2009).

16 page Sherlock Holmes story "The Tunnel Scheme"

Characters Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson; Inspector Lestrade; Professor Moriarty
Synopsis Holmes is convinced that accidents delaying completion of the cross channel tunnel are the work of saboteurs directed by Professor Moriarty.
Genre detective
Pencils Frank Giacoia
Inks Frank Giacoia
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Possible assistance on pencils by Mike Sekowsky (Merlin Haas, June 30, 2009.)

1 page biography (nonfictional) "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 1859-1930"

Characters Sherlock Holmes; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Synopsis Biography of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Genre bio
Pencils Angelo Torres ?
Inks Angelo Torres ?
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover. Article with 1/3 page illustration. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Kraft Caramels advertisement "This is a Beaverbear"

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Notes Back cover. Part of a series of "hybird animals" ads for Kraft Caramels candy.