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Issue Details

Issue #1211
Published September-November 1961
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "77 SUNSET STRIP, No. 1211." Code number is 77 SUNSET.S.O.S. #1211-618. Copyright 1961 by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. Based on the "77 Sunset Strip" TV series.

Cover Details

Characters Stu Bailey (as played by Efrem Zimbalist Jr., photo); Jeff Spencer (as played by Roger Smith, photo); Kookie (as played by Edd Byrnes, photo)
Genre detective
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Letters typeset

1 page 77 Sunset Strip foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Carnival Caper / Border Bound / Live Action"

Characters Stu Bailey (as played by Efrem Zimbalist Jr., photo); Jeff Spencer (as played by Roger Smith, photo); Kookie (as played by Edd Byrnes, photo); Rex Randolph (as played by Richard Long, photo)
Synopsis Previews of the three stories in the issue.
Genre detective
Pencils Russ Manning; ? (photos)
Inks Russ Manning; ? (photos)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Photo and one panel preview for each story with typeset text underneath.

12 page 77 Sunset Strip story "The Carnival Caper"

Characters Jeff Spencer; Stu Bailey; Kookie
Synopsis Stu and Jeff investigate a series of "accidents" that have been plaguing a carnival.
Genre detective
Script Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils Russ Manning
Inks Russ Manning
Notes The name "Vern Coriell" appears on a sideshow sign in the splash panel. Coriell was a well-known ERB/Tarzan fan and creator of "The Burroughs Bulletin" and a friend of Manning's. Script, pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

12 page 77 Sunset Strip story "Border Bound"

Characters Kookie; Stu Bailey; Jeff Spencer
Synopsis Kookie borrows Stu's car for a date at a fancy restaurant. After the meal, the pair is carjacked by a cop-killer, who forces them to drive to the Mexican border.
Genre detective
Script Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils Russ Manning
Inks Russ Manning
Notes Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

8 page 77 Sunset Strip story "Live Action"

Characters Rex Randolph; Stu Bailey; Jeff Spencer
Synopsis A camera store is robbed, but a customer has movie film of the front of the robber's car with its license plate number. The problem is the owner doesn't know who the customer is.
Genre detective
Script Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils Russ Manning
Inks Russ Manning
Notes Rex Randolph from the "Bourbon Street Beat" TV series is the main character, though he's addressed only as "Rex." Randolph made cross-over appearances on the "77 Sunset Strip" TV series. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

Half page 77 Sunset Strip filler "The Mug File"

Synopsis History of collecting criminals' photos into a "mug file."
Genre fact
Script Eric Friewald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils Russ Manning
Inks Russ Manning
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Text and illustrations. "77 Sunset Strip" logo is on the feature, but the characters do not appear. Script, pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

Half page filler "Draconic Laws"

Synopsis Explanation of the term "Draconic laws."
Genre fact
Script Eric Friewald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils Russ Manning
Inks Russ Manning
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Text and illustration. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page 77 Sunset Strip story "Watch That Car"

Script Eric Friewald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils Russ Manning
Inks Russ Manning
Notes Back cover. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). This sequence is replaced by an ad in some copies. See Sequence 8.

1 page advertisement "204 Revolutionary War Soldiers Only $1.98"

Pencils Russ Heath [as RH] (signed)
Inks Russ Heath [as RH] (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover. Ad for 204 piece set of plastic Revolutionary soldiers and equipment for $1.98 from a post office box in Carle Place, Long Island, N.Y. This ad replaces Sequence 7 in some copies.