Four Color #1211

(September-November 1961)

[Carnival Caper / Border Bound / Live Action] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Russ Manning; ? (photos)

Inks:

Russ Manning; ? (photos)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

Stu Bailey (as played by Efrem Zimbalist Jr., photo); Jeff Spencer (as played by Roger Smith, photo); Kookie (as played by Edd Byrnes, photo); Rex Randolph (as played by Richard Long, photo)

Synopsis:

Previews of the three stories in the issue.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white. Photo and one panel preview for each story with typeset text underneath.

The Carnival Caper (Table of Contents)

77 Sunset Strip / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer

Pencils:

Russ Manning

Inks:

Russ Manning

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

Jeff Spencer; Stu Bailey; Kookie

Synopsis:

Stu and Jeff investigate a series of "accidents" that have been plaguing a carnival.

Indexer Notes

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 (Table of Contents)

77 Sunset Strip / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer

Pencils:

Russ Manning

Inks:

Russ Manning

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

Kookie; Stu Bailey; Jeff Spencer

Synopsis:

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.

Indexer Notes

Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

Live Action (Table of Contents)

77 Sunset Strip / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer

Pencils:

Russ Manning

Inks:

Russ Manning

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

Rex Randolph; Stu Bailey; Jeff Spencer

Synopsis:

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.

Indexer Notes

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 (Table of Contents)

77 Sunset Strip / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Eric Friewald; Robert Schaefer

Pencils:

Russ Manning

Inks:

Russ Manning

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Synopsis:

History of collecting criminals' photos into a "mug file."

Indexer Notes

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 (Table of Contents)

filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Eric Friewald; Robert Schaefer

Pencils:

Russ Manning

Inks:

Russ Manning

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Synopsis:

Explanation of the term "Draconic laws."

Indexer Notes

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] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Eric Friewald; Robert Schaefer

Pencils:

Russ Manning

Inks:

Russ Manning

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

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 (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Russ Heath [as RH] (signed)

Inks:

Russ Heath [as RH] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

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.