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Issue: Four Color #1087
Publication Date: April 1960
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Issues: #1087 of 1331 Issues (1412 Printings)
Title: Peter Gunn
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: Dell TV MysteryView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "PETER GUNN, No. 1087." Code number is P.GUNN.O.S. #1087-604. Copyright 1960 by Spartan Productions. First and only Peter Gunn Four Color. Based on the 1958-61 NBC/ABC TV series.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Harmless Hobby

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Peter Gunn
Character(s): Peter Gunn (photo of Craig Stevens)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Harmless Hobby / The Purple Clue

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo); Mike Sekowsky
Inker(s): ? (photo); Frank Giacoia
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Peter Gunn
Character(s): Peter Gunn (photo of Craig Stevens)
Synopsis: Preview of the two stories in the issue.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; black and white. Photo and four illustrations with typeset text. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
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The Harmless Hobby

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Newman
Penciller(s): Mike Sekowsky
Inker(s): Frank Giacoia; Joe Giella
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Peter Gunn
Character(s): Peter Gunn; Edie Hart; "Mother" (nightclub owner); Lt. Jacoby
Synopsis: Peter Gunn's friend Doc Clipp has taken up a hobby in retirement, making counterfeits of old stamps for his own enjoyment. This draws the attention of both the Stamp Dealers Association, which offers him $10,000 to stop making the copies, and a counterfeiting gang, which abducts him and wants him to make fake stamps for them to peddle.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Job Number: 1087-604
Disclose Notes: Sekowsky Pencils and Giacoia inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Nick Caputo adds that Joe Giella assisted on the inks. Script credit from "The Works of Paul S. Newman Part 25: 1960" by Robin Snyder in "The Comics" Vol. 19, No. 1 (January 2008).
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The Purple Clue

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Newman
Penciller(s): Mike Sekowsky
Inker(s): Frank Giacoia; Joe Giella
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Peter Gunn
Character(s): Peter Gunn; Edie Hart; "Mother" (nightclub owner); Lieutenant Jacoby
Synopsis: Peter and Edie are on their way to see a client of Peter's when they are forced off the road by a purple car. Peter and Edie are picked up by Lt. Jacoby, who is then called to a big chemical plant fire. The plant's owner Jason Colby says his former partner Porter Brandon is responsible for the fire. A plant guard says a purple car was seen going from the plant right before the fire. Gunn checks out Brandon's car, but it's green, not purple. However Gunn catches Brandon in a lie while questioning him and has to find evidence linking him to the purple car.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Disclose Notes: Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents". Sekowsky pencils and Giacoia inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Nick Caputo adds that Joe Giella likely assisted on inks. Script credit from "The Works of Paul S. Newman Part 25: 1960" by Robin Snyder in "The Comics" Vol. 19, No. 1 (January 2008).
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William J. Burns

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mike Sekowsky
Inker(s): Frank Giacoia
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Peter Gunn Private Eye Pioneers
Character(s): William J. Burns
Synopsis: Facts about the life of William J. Burns, late 19th and early 20th Century detective.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with text underneath. Peter Gunn logo is on feature, but character does not appear. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
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Allen Pinkerton

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mike Sekowsky
Inker(s): Frank Giacoia
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Peter Gunn Private Eye Pioneers
Character(s): Allen Pinkerton; Abraham Lincoln (cameo)
Synopsis: Facts about Allen Pinkerton, 19th Century detective.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover; color. Panels with text underneath. Peter Gunn logo is on feature, but character does not appear. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

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