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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
Is Variant Variant: British
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 36
ISBN:
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Price: 12.0 pence GBQ 0-1-0
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
6 (4 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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.
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
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)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Shadow at the Window / No Place to Hide

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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.
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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) from base issue
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.
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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) from base issue
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.
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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) from base issue
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.
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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) from base issue
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): The Detectives
Synopsis: Qualifications needed to be a detective.
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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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