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Issue Details

Issue #1216
Published September-November 1961
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes "Whirlybirds" was a 1957-1960 TV-series.

Cover Details - "Whirlybirds"

Characters Chuck; P.T.
Genre Adventure
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes "Whirlybirds" was a 1957-1960 TV-series.

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Whirlybirds"

Characters Chuck; P.T.
Script Gaylord Du Bois
Letters typeset
Notes C2 (Cover #2 - inside front cover); black and white. Script credit from Randall Scott's "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title."

15 page Whirlybirds story "The Flaming Hills"

Characters Chuck; P.T.
Synopsis "Hunting an escaped convict who has just started a vengeance fire, the Whirlybirds encounter a hail of bullets. During an act of mercy they are confronted with a fierce lioness, whose only thought is to escape from the flaming hills."
Genre Adventure
Script Gaylord Du Bois
Notes Synopsis taken from C2 (Cover #2 - inside front cover), summary written by Gaylord Du Bois. Script credit from Randall Scott's "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title."

2 page filler "The Conquering Fury"

Synopsis How a forest fire might start, ways it can spread, what fire-fighters do to stop it, and how it might be extinguished by fire-fighters or by nature.
Genre Fact
Script Gaylord Du Bois
Notes Script credit from Randall Scott's "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title."

15 page Whirlybirds story "The Oasis"

Characters Chuck; P.T.
Synopsis "Faced by the Whirlybirds' accusation of murder, a young killer aims to wipe out Chuck and P.T. as well. He leads them on a wild chase through twisting canyons where dangerous down drafts threaten the copter."
Genre Adventure
Script Gaylord Du Bois
Notes Synopsis taken from C2 (Cover #2 - inside front cover), summary written by Gaylord Du Bois. Script credit from Randall Scott's "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title."

1 page filler "The Many-Purposed Helicopter"

Synopsis Four bordered panels with educational captions.
Genre Fact
Script Gaylord Du Bois
Notes C3 (Cover #3 - inside back cover); black and white. Script credit from Randall Scott's "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title."

1 page filler "The Helicopter in War"

Synopsis 5 bordered panels with educational captions.
Genre Fact
Script Gaylord Du Bois
Notes C4 (Cover #4 - back cover). Script credit from Randall Scott's "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title."