Four Color #1106

(June-August 1960)

Kookie's Close Call / Lights...Camera...Danger (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?; ? (photos)

Inks:

?; ? (photos)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Stuart Bailey (as played by Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., photo); Jeff Spencer (as played by Roger Smith, photo); Kookie (as played by Edd Byrnes, photo)

Synopsis:

Brief text previews of the stories in the issue.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white. One illustration and two photos (one of Kookie solo, the other of the three stars of the show).

Kookie's Close Call (Table of Contents)

77 Sunset Strip / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer

Pencils:

Alex Toth

Inks:

Alex Toth

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

Stuart Bailey, Jeff Spencer; Kookie

Synopsis:

When Kookie borrows Stuart's car, two crooks mistake him for Bailey and take him to their boss. Upset because Kookie isn't Bailey, who had sent him to prison, the boss plans to have Kookie shot at midnight when a freight train's noise will cover the sound of the gunshot.

Indexer Notes

A billboard with "Watch Maverick Sunday night" (complete with a rough caricature of James Garner) plays a large part in the story. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

Lights, Camera, Danger (Table of Contents)

77 Sunset Strip / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer

Pencils:

Alex Toth

Inks:

Alex Toth

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

Stuart Bailey; Jeff Spencer; Kookie

Synopsis:

Stuart and Jeff go undercover as extras in a movie to find out who is trying to sabotage the film's production.

Indexer Notes

The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

Grapevine Clues (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer

Pencils:

Alex Toth

Inks:

Alex Toth

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Synopsis:

The origins and uses of the verbal "grapevine" to spread news by word of mouth.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

Kookie's Catch (Table of Contents)

77 Sunset Strip / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Alex Toth

Inks:

Alex Toth

Colors:

?

Letters:

Alex Toth ?

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

Stuart Bailey; Kookie

Synopsis:

Kookie recognizes a criminal by his voice.

Indexer Notes

Back cover. This sequence is replaced by an ad in some copies. See Sequence 6.

Schwinn Continental (Table of Contents)

Schwinn Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Ad for Schwinn Continental model 10-speed bicycle for $86.95. Arnold, Schwinn & Co., Chicago, Ill. This ad replaces Sequence 5 in some copies.