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Issue Details

Issue #1309
Published April-June 1962
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing L. B. Cole
Notes Indicia title is "87th PRECINCT, No. 1309." No code number. Copyright 1962 by Ed McBain. Based on the "87th Precinct" TV series.

Cover Details

Characters Ron Harper (as Bert Kling, photo); Robert Lansing (as Steve Corella, photo); Gregory Walcott (as Roger Havilland, photo); Norman Fell (as Meyer Meyer, photo); Gena Rowlands (as Teddy Corella, photo)
Genre detective
Pencils ? (photos)
Inks ? (photos)
Colors ? (photos)
Letters typeset
Notes Indicia title is "87th PRECINCT, No. 1309." No code number. Copyright 1962 by Ed McBain. Based on the "87th Precinct" TV series.

1 page filler "The Language of the Deafmute"

Synopsis A diagram of sign language used by the deaf.
Genre fact
Pencils Bernie Krigstein ?
Inks Bernie Krigstein ?
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white.

32 page 87th Precinct story "Blind Man's Bluff..."

Characters Bert Kling; Steve Corella; Roger Havilland; Meyer Meyer; Teddy Corella
Synopsis After a series of murders are connected to paintings by the same artist, Detective Corella has his wife, who cannot speak, pose for the artist to see what she can discover.
Genre detective
Pencils Bernie Krigstein
Inks Bernie Krigstein
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
Reprinted in The Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics (Running Press, 2008 series) [nn]

1 page filler "What is Sight? What is Seeing?"

Synopsis Article on how the brain uses electrical impulses to process information gathered by the eye.
Genre fact
Pencils Bernie Krigstein
Inks Bernie Krigstein
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Text with large illustration. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page filler "Mental Powers"

Synopsis Definitions of various mental powers, such as telepathy, precognition, etc.
Genre fact
Pencils Bernie Krigstein
Inks Bernie Krigstein
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover. Text and illustrations. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)