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Issue: Four Color #1168
Publication Date: March 1961
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Issues: #1168 of 1333 Issues (1484 Printings)
Title: The Detectives
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: Dell Exciting AdventureView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/22/1960
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "THE DETECTIVES, No. 1168." Code number is THE DETECTIVES.O.S. #1168-612. Copyright 1960 by Four Star-Hastings. Based on "The Detectives" TV series.
On sale date is Library of Congress copyright record publication date.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted In3
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): The Detectives
Character(s): Matt Holbrook (photo of Robert Taylor)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Detectives #1 published January 1962
as Untitled [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Shadow at the Window / No Place to Hide

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): The Detectives
Character(s): Matt Holbrook (photo of Robert Taylor); Johnny Russo (photo of Tige Andrews)
Synopsis: Preview of the two stories in the issue.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; black and white. Two photos plus two-panel previews of the stories. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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Shadow at the Window

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): The Detectives
Character(s): Robert Taylor [as Matt Holbrook]; Otto Lindstrom; Johnny Russo
Synopsis: A man confesses to the murder of his vocal coach, but Capt. Holbrook thinks he's not the one who committed the crime.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Detectives #1 published January 1962
as Shadow at the Window [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 24
Disclose Notes: Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (2007-5-14).
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No Place to Hide

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): The Detectives
Character(s): Robert Taylor [as Matt Holbrook]; Otto Lindstrom
Synopsis: Two robbery suspects hide in the city while they plan their next crime.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Detectives #1 published January 1962
as No Place to Hide [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (2007-5-14).
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Aristocat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): The Detectives
Synopsis: The type of criminal known as the "Aristocrat," who specializes in well-planned crimes involving valuable items.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; black and white. The Detectives logo is on this page, but no characters appear. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (2007-5-14).
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Qualified

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): The Detectives
Synopsis: Qualifications needed to be a detective.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. The Detectives logo is on this page, but no characters appear. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

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