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Issue: Four Color #1211
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Title: 77 Sunset Strip
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: Dell [stamp]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/15/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 9 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "77 SUNSET STRIP, No. 1211." Code number is 77 SUNSET.S.O.S. #1211-618. Copyright 1961 by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. Based on the "77 Sunset Strip" 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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Cover, Front
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Title Page
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[untitled]

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Stu Bailey (photo of Efrem Zimbalist Jr.); Jeff Spencer (photo of Roger Smith); Kookie (photo of Edd Byrnes)
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Carnival Caper / Border Bound / Live Action

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Stu Bailey (photo of Efrem Zimbalist Jr.); Jeff Spencer (photo of Roger Smith); Kookie (photo of Edd Byrnes); Rex Randolph (photo of Richard Long)
Previews of the three stories in the issue.
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Inside front cover; black and white. Photo and one panel preview for each story with typeset text underneath.
The Carnival Caper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Jeff Spencer; Stu Bailey; Kookie
Stu and Jeff investigate a series of "accidents" that have been plaguing a carnival.
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Miscellaneous
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The name "Vern Coriell" appears on a sideshow sign in the splash panel. Coriell was a well-known ERB/Tarzan fan and creator of "The Burroughs Bulletin" and a friend of Manning's. Script, pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Border Bound

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Kookie; Stu Bailey; Jeff Spencer
Kookie borrows Stu's car for a date at a fancy restaurant. After the meal, the pair is carjacked by a cop-killer, who forces them to drive to the Mexican border.
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Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Live Action

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Rex Randolph; Stu Bailey; Jeff Spencer
A camera store is robbed, but a customer has movie film of the front of the robber's car with its license plate number. The problem is the owner doesn't know who the customer is.
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Miscellaneous
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Rex Randolph from the "Bourbon Street Beat" TV series is the main character, though he's addressed only as "Rex." Randolph made cross-over appearances on the "77 Sunset Strip" TV series. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
The Mug File

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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informational, non-fiction
History of collecting criminals' photos into a "mug file."
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Inside back cover; black and white. Text and illustrations. "77 Sunset Strip" logo is on the feature, but the characters do not appear. Script, pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Draconic Laws

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Explanation of the term "Draconic laws."
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Inside back cover; black and white. Text and illustration. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Watch That Car

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Back cover. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). This sequence is replaced by an ad in some copies. See Sequence 8.
204 Revolutionary War Soldiers Only $1.98

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Back cover. Ad for 204 piece set of plastic Revolutionary soldiers and equipment for $1.98 from a post office box in Carle Place, Long Island, N.Y. This ad replaces Sequence 7 in some copies.

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