(July-September 1962)
- Price:
- 0.15 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- Dell
- Editing:
- ?
- Format:
- Standard U.S. Silver Age; newsprint with glossy covers
Issue Notes
Based on the NBC TV series of the same name. Cover code number is 01-244-209.
[no title indexed]
87th Precinct / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- ? (photo)
- Inks:
- ? (photo)
- Colors:
- ? (photo)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- detective-mystery
- Characters:
- Det. Bert Kling (as played by Ron Harper); Det. Steve Carella (as played by Robert Lansing); Det. Roger Havilland (as played by Gregory Walcott); Det. Meyer Meyer (as played by Norman Fell)
- Keywords:
- television adaptation
Indexer Notes
In a reversal of the usual practice, the actors on the cover are identified by their character names instead of their real names.
Addiction
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Edd Ashe
- Inks:
- Edd Ashe
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- non-fiction
- Synopsis:
- Debate on whether drug addicts are criminals or victims of a disease.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Typeset article with montage illustration.
["H" Stands for Heroin]
87th Precinct / comic story / 32 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Edd Ashe
- Inks:
- Edd Ashe
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- detective-mystery
- Characters:
- Steve Carella; Meyer Meyer; Bob Boole
- Synopsis:
- Detective Carella goes undercover to break up a heroin smuggling operation.
- Keywords:
- television adaptation
Indexer Notes
Very detailed description of heroin distribution. Also two pages of subplot devoted to trying to explain why heroin addicts use the drug, which includes references to opium, "pot", and nitrous oxide. A sign on one page reads "Sparling's Warehouse", which may be a "name game" by Jack Sparling.
["A 'junkie'..."]
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Edd Ashe
- Inks:
- Edd Ashe
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- non-fiction
- Synopsis:
- How heroin addicts are identified by the needle marks on their arms.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Short text piece with one large illustration of a heroin addict injecting the drug. (Needle and syringe are in shadow and not seen.)
The Carrier Pigeon
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Edd Ashe
- Inks:
- Edd Ashe
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- non-fiction
- Synopsis:
- Facts about carrier pigeons and their use in carrying messages.
Indexer Notes
Back cover; color.
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
87th Precinct -
1.
Addiction
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2.
["H" Stands for Heroin]
87th Precinct -
3.
["A 'junkie'..."]
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4.
The Carrier Pigeon
- R. J. Roper
- Alberto Becattini
- Gary L. Watson
- Merlin Haas
- Merlin Haas
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