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Issue Details

Issue #1219
Published March-May 1962
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "THE DETECTIVES, No. 1219." Code number is THE DETECTIVES O/S #1219-622. Copyright 1961 by Four Star-Bentley-Blackpool. Based on "The Dectectives" TV series.

Cover Details

Characters Mark Goddard (as Chris Ballard, photo) Adam West (as Steve Nelson, photo) Tige Andrews (as Johnny Russo, photo) Robert Taylor (as Matt Holbrook, photo)
Genre detective
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes Indicia title is "THE DETECTIVES, No. 1219." Code number is THE DETECTIVES O/S #1219-622. Copyright 1961 by Four Star-Bentley-Blackpool. Based on "The Dectectives" TV series.

1 page The Detectives foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Triple Revenge / The Informers"

Characters Mark Goddard (as Chris Ballard, photo) Adam West (as Steve Nelson, photo) Tige Andrews (as Johnny Russo, photo) Robert Taylor (as Matt Holbrook, photo)
Synopsis Previews of two stories in the issue.
Genre detective
Script Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils Nat Edson; ? (photo)
Inks Nat Edson; ? (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Photo and two-panel previews of each story. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

16 page The Detectives story "Triple Revenge"

Characters Matt Holbrook; Johnny Russo; Chris Ballard
Synopsis The detectives discover a motive connecting two otherwise unrelated shootings and must prevent a sniper from making a third killing.
Genre detective
Script Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils Nat Edson
Inks Nat Edson
Notes Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

15 page The Detectives story "The Informers"

Characters Matt Holbrook; Steve Nelson; Chris Ballard; Johnny Russo
Synopsis Two young twin girls tell a tale of criminals, a suitcase full of money, and an assault. An investigation of their story leads to a mystery involving an old boarding house.
Genre detective
Script Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils Nat Edson
Inks Nat Edson
Notes Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page The Detectives filler "Animal Police"

Synopsis Use of animals by police agencies in various countries.
Genre fact
Script Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils Nat Edson
Inks Nat Edson
Notes "The Detectives" is in the title strip, but no characters appear. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page The Detectives filler "World Watchdog"

Synopsis Description of the International Criminal Police Commission operations.
Genre fact
Script Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils Nat Edson
Inks Nat Edson
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. "The Detectives" is in the title strip, but no characters appear. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page The Detectives filler "The Camera Sees"

Synopsis Use of cameras in criminal investigations.
Genre fact
Script Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils Nat Edson
Inks Nat Edson
Notes Back cover. "The Detectives" is in the title strip, but no characters appear. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)