Adam-12 #4 [Whitman]
([August 1974])

Western, 1973 Series
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Price
0.25 USD
Pages
36
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Western Publishing Company Inc.
Brand
Whitman W [with Face]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Information provided by Tony Isabella, May 2010. A distribution variant with cover changes to branding and exclusion of cover code. Indicia excludes publication date, frequency and trademark details.
This issue is a variant of Adam-12 (Western, 1973 series) #4 [Gold Key].

Pete and Jim Are Too Late to Keep a Gang War from Ending in Murder! (Table of Contents)

Adam-12 / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Sparling; ? (photo)
Inks
Jack Sparling; ? (photo)
Colors
? (photo); ?
Letters
typeset
Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Pete Malloy (as played by Martin Milner); Jim Reed (as played by Kent McCord)
Keywords
television adaptation

Indexer Notes

Three vignettes: publicity photo plus two interior panels.

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Gang War (Table of Contents: 1)

Adam-12 / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
John Warner
Pencils
Jack Sparling
Inks
Jack Sparling
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Pete Malloy; Jim Reed
Synopsis
The Wild Bunch and the Barons look like motorcycle gangs of the 1950s more than they look like Los Angeles street gangs of the 1970s. Their war escalates when one of them is murdered.
Keywords
television adaptation

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from Martin O'Hearn at http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/

Heat Wave (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
John Warner
Pencils
Jack Sparling
Inks
Jack Sparling
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Pete Malloy; Jim Reed
Synopsis
Kids opening hydrants cause a problem with the water pressure needed to fight fires. Officers Malloy and Reed pursue a hit-and-run driver with a secret.
Keywords
television adaptation

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from Martin O'Hearn at http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/

Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Pete and Jim Are Too Late to Keep a Gang War from Ending in Murder!
    Adam-12
  2. 1. Gang War
    Adam-12
  3. 2. Heat Wave
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