Four Color
#1211 - 77 Sunset Strip
(September-November 1961)
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1961-06-15
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
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Dell [stamp]
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
On sale date is Library of Congress copyright record publication date.
[no title indexed]
77 Sunset Strip / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Stu Bailey (photo of Efrem Zimbalist Jr.); Jeff Spencer (photo of Roger Smith); Kookie (photo of Edd Byrnes)
- Reprints
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[Carnival Caper / Border Bound / Live Action]
77 Sunset Strip / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Russ Manning; ? (photos)
- Inks
- Russ Manning; ? (photos)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Stu Bailey (photo of Efrem Zimbalist Jr.); Jeff Spencer (photo of Roger Smith); Kookie (photo of Edd Byrnes); Rex Randolph (photo of Richard Long)
- 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
77 Sunset Strip / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Jeff Spencer; Stu Bailey; Kookie
- Synopsis
- Stu and Jeff investigate a series of "accidents" that have been plaguing a carnival.
- Reprints
in 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
77 Sunset Strip / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- 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.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Live Action
77 Sunset Strip / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- 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.
- Reprints
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
77 Sunset Strip / text article / 0.5 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; detective-mystery
- 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
text article / 0.5 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- 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]
77 Sunset Strip / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- detective-mystery
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.
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The Mug File
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Draconic Laws
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[Watch That Car]
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