(November 1959)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
Brand:
Dell Movie Classic
Editing:
?
Format:
Color; standard Golden Age and later Silver Age formats; saddle-stitched; newsprint; was an On-Going Series

Issue Notes

Indicia title is "THE FBI STORY, No. 1069." Code number is F.B.I. STORY O.S. #1069-5911. Copyright 1959 by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. Adapted from the 1959 movie "The FBI Story."


The FBI Story (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
? (photos)
Inks:
? (photos)
Colors:
? (photos)
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
crime
Characters:
Chip Hardesty (as played by James Stewart, photo)

"The FBI Story" (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
? (photos)
Inks:
? (photos)
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
crime
Characters:
Chip Hardesty (as played by James Stewart, photo); Sam Crandall (as played by Murray Hamilton, photo)
Synopsis:
Preview of the story.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white. Five photos and partial cast list and credits from the movie.


The FBI Story (Table of Contents)

comic story / 32 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Eric Freiwald, Robert Schaefer
Pencils:
Alex Toth
Inks:
Alex Toth
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
crime
Characters:
Chip Hardesty; Sam Crandall; George Crandall; Mike Hardesty; J. Edgar Hoover; Lucy Hardesty; Pretty Boy Floyd; John Dillinger (cameo); Machine Gun Kelly (cameo); Alvin Karpis (cameo)
Synopsis:
The story of Federal Bureau of Investigation agent Chip Hardesty and his family through the years from the 1920s to the 1950s. Episodes involve the Ku Klux Klan, Indian murders over oil rights in Oklahoma, gangsters in the 1930s, enemy spies in World War II, and Communist spies in the 1950s.

Indexer Notes

Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Adapted from the 1959 movie "The FBI Story."


FBI Agent in the Making (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Alex Toth
Inks:
Alex Toth
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
fact
Synopsis:
Facts about the training of F.B.I. agents.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with text underneath.


The FBI: Its Development and Astounding Progress (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Alex Toth
Inks:
Alex Toth
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
fact
Characters:
J. Edgar Hoover (cameo)
Synopsis:
A short history of the F.B.I.

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Panels with text underneath.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. "The FBI Story"
  2. 2. The FBI Story
  3. 3. FBI Agent in the Making
  4. 4. The FBI: Its Development and Astounding Progress
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  • Merlin Haas
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  • Gary Perlman
  • Jerry Hillegas
  • Craig Delich
  • James Ludwig
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Kenneth Blair
  • Mike Nielsen
  • David Porta
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  • Ken Kwilinski
  • Gary L. Watson
  • Gregg Whitmore
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