Four Color
#1286 - The Untouchables
(February-April 1962)
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1961-12-07
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
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Dell [stamp]
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
[Contents]
The Untouchables / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dan Spiegle; ? (photo)
- Inks
- Dan Spiegle; ? (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- crime; historical
- Characters
- Eliot Ness (photo of Robert Stack)
- Synopsis
- Previews of the two stories in the issue.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Photo of Robert Stack and four panels reprinted from the stories with typeset text underneath. Pencils and inks credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (July 3, 2007).
The Man Who Played Dead
The Untouchables / comic story / 16 pages
- Genre
- crime; historical
- Characters
- Eliot Ness; Lee Hobson; Rico Rossi; William Goodfellow; Frank Nitti (villain)
- Synopsis
- Eliot Ness and his men investigate rumors that mobster Gagger Garth, believed drowned in a boating accident, is alive and engaging in a gang war with mob boss Frank Nitti.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (July 3, 2007).
The Hunter and the Hunted
The Untouchables / comic story / 15 pages
- Genre
- crime; historical
- Characters
- Eliot Ness; Lee Hobson; Rico Rossi; William Goodfellow; Frank Nitti (villain); Boy Mason (villain)
- Synopsis
- Professional killer Boy Mason, who has left a string of deaths in his wake, always with an iron-clad alibi, is in Chicago and Eliot Ness and his men have to find out who his target will be.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (July 3, 2007).
A School for Policemen
The Untouchables / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Description of the training beginning agents undergo at the FBI National Academy.
Indexer Notes
Panels with typeset text underneath. The "Untouchables" logo appears, but there is no connection to the series. Pencils and inks credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (July 3, 2007).
Fugitives
The Untouchables / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- A description of how the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" list is determined.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath. The "Untouchables" logo appears, but there is no connection to the series.
Pencils and inks credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (July 3, 2007).
Basic Requirements
The Untouchables / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Description of the requirements for becoming a member of the modern day Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Panels with typeset text underneath. The "Untouchables" logo appears, but there is no connection to the series. Pencils and inks credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (July 3, 2007).
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[Contents]
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The Man Who Played Dead
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The Hunter and the Hunted
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A School for Policemen
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Fugitives
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Basic Requirements
The Untouchables
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Pat Conolly
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Alan Hutchinson
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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