(February-April 1962)
- Price:
- 0.15 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- 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 "The Untouchables, No. 1286." Code number is UNTOUCHABLES O.S. #1286-621. Copyright 1961 by Desilu Productions, Inc. and Langford Productions, Inc. Second of two Untouchables Four Colors. Based on the 1959-63 TV series "The Untouchables." Continues as The Untouchables #01-879-207 (May-July 1962).
[Contents]
The Untouchables / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Dan Spiegle; ? (photo)
- Inks:
- Dan Spiegle; ? (photo)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- crime; period
- 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
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Dan Spiegle
- Inks:
- Dan Spiegle
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- crime; period
- 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
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Dan Spiegle
- Inks:
- Dan Spiegle
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- crime; period
- 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 / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Nat Edson
- Inks:
- Nat Edson
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- 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 / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Nat Edson
- Inks:
- Nat Edson
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- 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 / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Nat Edson
- Inks:
- Nat Edson
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- 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)
Table of Contents
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1.
[Contents]
The Untouchables -
2.
The Man Who Played Dead
The Untouchables -
3.
The Hunter and the Hunted
The Untouchables -
4.
A School for Policemen
The Untouchables -
5.
Fugitives
The Untouchables -
6.
Basic Requirements
The Untouchables
- Katie
- Alan Hutchinson
- Merlin Haas
- 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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