(August-October 1961)
- Price:
- 0.15 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- Dell
- Editing:
- ?
- Format:
- Color; standard Golden Age and later Silver Age formats; saddle-stitched; newsprint; was an On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "HENNESEY, No. 1200," Code number is HENNESEY O.S. #1200-617. Copyright 1961 by Emcee S. A. Coire. Based on the 1959-1962 "Hennesey" TV series.
The New Doctor / Under Observation
Hennesey / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Gil Kane; ? (photo)
- Inks:
- ? ; ? (photo)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- sitcom; medical
- Characters:
- Lt. Charles "Chick" Hennesey (as played by Jackie Cooper, photo); Nurse Martha Hale; Lt. Wellington Wells; Rocky Preston
- Synopsis:
- Previews of two stories in the comic.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Photo and two two-panel previews of the interior stories.
The New Doctor
Hennesey / comic story / 15 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Gil Kane
- Inks:
- Sal Trapani ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- sitcom; medical
- Characters:
- Lt. Charles "Chick" Hennesey; Martha Hale; Lt. Wellington Wells
- Synopsis:
- Hennesey finds himself competing with a new doctor, who is a medical wizard. He also is attracting the attention of Hennesey's girlfriend, nurse Martha Hale.
Indexer Notes
Inks credit from Jim Vandeboncoeur, Jr. (December 2010)
Navy Doctors
Hennesey / filler / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Gil Kane
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- war; medical
- Characters:
- Joseph Harrison (cameo);
- Synopsis:
- The history of doctors serving on Navy ships in times of war.
Indexer Notes
The Hennesey logo is on the sequence, but no characters appear.
Under Observation
Hennesey / comic story / 15 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Gil Kane
- Inks:
- Mike Peppe ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- sitcom; medical
- Characters:
- Lt. Charles "Chick" Hennesey; nurse Martha Hale; Rocky Preston
- Synopsis:
- Lt. Rocky Preston, a rock and roll star now in the Navy, causes chaos in the hospital until he is put under "quarantine.".
Indexer Notes
Rocky Preston is loosely based on Elvis Presley, who was drafted into the Army after becoming a celebrity. Inks credit from Hames Ware (December 2010).
Disaster Relief
Hennesey / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Gil Kane
- Inks:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact; medical
- Synopsis:
- The response of the Navy Medical Corps to an earthquake in Asadir, Morocco, in March 1960.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with text underneath. The Hennesey logo is on the sequence, but no characters appear.
Heroic Navy Doctors
Hennesey / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Gil Kane
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- war; medical
- Characters:
- Lt. Orlando Petty; Lt. Joel Boone
- Synopsis:
- Heroic achievements by two Navy doctors during World War I.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Panels with text underneath. The Hennesey logo is on the sequence, but no characters appear. There is an alternate back cover with an ad for a contest to win a Daisy BB Gun.
Table of Contents
-
1.
The New Doctor / Under Observation
Hennesey -
2.
The New Doctor
Hennesey -
3.
Navy Doctors
Hennesey -
4.
Under Observation
Hennesey -
5.
Disaster Relief
Hennesey -
6.
Heroic Navy Doctors
Hennesey
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas
- Gene Reed
- Roger A. Budnick
- John P. Selegue
- Merlin Haas
- Ken Lemons
- Chris Launder
- Jim Walls
- Terry Vraspir
- Gary Perlman
- Jerry Hillegas
- Craig Delich
- James Ludwig
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Kenneth Blair
- Mike Nielsen
- David Porta
- Matthew Torrance
- Ken Kwilinski
- Gary L. Watson
- Gregg Whitmore
- Max Capp
- Tony R. Rose
- Lou Mazzella
- Rodney Hinkle
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Donald Dale Milne
- Karl Wilcox
- Darrel McCann
- Peter Croome
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