Four Color #1237 - The Untouchables
(October-December 1961)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1961-07-20
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell [stamp]
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Indicia title is "THE UNTOUCHABLES, No. 1237." Code number is THE UNTOUCHABLES #1237-619. Copyright 1961 by Desilu Productions and Langford Productions, Inc.
On sale date is Library of Congress copyright record publication date.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Untouchables / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
typeset

Genre
detective-mystery; historical
Characters
Eliot Ness (photo of Robert Stack); Enrico Rossi (photo of Nicholas Georgiade); Lee Hobson (photo of Paul Picerni); William Youngfellow (photo of Abel Fernández)

The Untouchables (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Spiegle; ? (photo)
Inks
Dan Spiegle; ? (photo)
Letters
typeset

Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Eliot Ness (photo of Robert Stack); Enrico Rossi (photo of Nicholas Georgiade); Lee Hobson (photo of Paul Picerni); William Youngfellow (photo of by Abel Fernández)
Synopsis
Preview of the two stories in the book.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white. Headshot photos of the main characters plus drawings with text highlighting each story.

The Conspirators (Table of Contents: 2)

The Untouchables / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Spiegle (signed)
Inks
Dan Spiegle (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
detective-mystery; historical
Characters
Elliot Ness; Enrico Rossi; Lee Hobson; William Youngfellow
Synopsis
Ness and the Untouchables work to break up a gang's attempt to steal a shipment of cash from a bank transport company.

Indexer Notes

Small "D. Spiegle" signature in first panel. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

Escape to Nowhere (Table of Contents: 3)

The Untouchables / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Spiegle
Inks
Dan Spiegle
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
detective-mystery; historical
Characters
Elliot Ness; Enrico Rossi; Lee Hobson; William Youngfellow
Synopsis
Ness and the Untouchables track escaped criminals Frankie Moss and Trigger Wills through a Louisiana swamp.

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

No Self-Glory (Table of Contents: 4)

The Untouchables / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Spiegle
Inks
Dan Spiegle
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Characters
J. Edgar Hoover (cameo)
Synopsis
Facts about the F. B. I.

Indexer Notes

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

American Agents in Action (Table of Contents: 5)

The Untouchables / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Spiegle
Inks
Dan Spiegle
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). This sequence was replaced with an ad for Kellogg's Corn Flakes in some copies.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Untouchables
  2. 1. The Untouchables
    The Untouchables
  3. 2. The Conspirators
    The Untouchables
  4. 3. Escape to Nowhere
    The Untouchables
  5. 4. No Self-Glory
    The Untouchables
  6. 5. American Agents in Action
    The Untouchables
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  • Dwayne Best
  • Pat Conolly
  • Merlin Haas
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • John P. Selegue
  • Jim Van Dore