77 Sunset Strip
#01-742-209
(July-September 1962)
Dell,
1962 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1962-05-10
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell [rectangle]
Issue Notes
The indicia number 01-742-209 is a combination of the price (01 = 15 cents), the "book number" (742) assigned to the comic by Dell, and a date code (209) which refers to September 1962. For titles with more than one month in the indicia date, the month code refers to the last month on the cover date.
On sale date is Library of Congress copyright record publication date.Keywords tryout issue
On sale date is Library of Congress copyright record publication date.
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77 Sunset Strip / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Kookie and Jeff uncover a fantastic scheme to cheat an old man out of his millions!
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Stu Bailey (photography of Efrem Zimbalist Jr.); Kookie Cookson (photography of Ed Byrnes); Jeff Spencer (photography of Roger Smith)
- Reprints
in 
in 
Two Days to Highpoint/The Telltale Tridents
77 Sunset Strip / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Russ Manning; ? (photo)
- Inks
- Russ Manning; ? (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Stu Bailey; Jeff Spencer; Kookie Cookson
- Synopsis
- Table of Contents
Two Days to Highpoint
77 Sunset Strip / comic story / 15 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Russ Manning (signed)
- Inks
- Russ Manning (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Stuart Bailey; Kookie Cookson; Jeff Spencer; Samuel G. Patton
- Synopsis
- To keep an important appointment in Highpoint, Jeff SPencer and Kookie race against a tight timetable. Unaccidental accidents put them behind schedule, and they are forced to a desperate decision in order to keep their date.
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Synopsis taken from inside front cover. Russ Manning's initials can be seen on the side of a building in the upper right portion of the splash page.
The Telltale Tridents
77 Sunset Strip / comic story / 15.5 pages
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Stuart Bailey; Jeff Spencer; Kookie Cookson; Van Lansing; Adam Beal; Lieutenant Gilmore; Sgt. Blake; Rod Lansing; Gordon Mackey
- Synopsis
- Stu Bailey faces a case of brotherly devotion when he is hired by one brother to clear another brother of a murder charge. With evidence pointing to both brothers, Stu and Jeff leave no stone uncovered to be sure that the guilty man is found.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Synopsis taken from contents page. Last page of the story is three vertical panels.
What's in a Name?
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- crime
- Synopsis
- Short discussion of the word thug.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
This story is the equivalent of three vertical panels on the right side of the page.
Fraud!
77 Sunset Strip / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Synopsis
- Several examples of frauds that are prepetrated upon the unsuspecting public.
- Reprints
The Truth about Lie Detectors
77 Sunset Strip / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Synopsis
- A discussion of lie-detecting techniques of the past and present.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
A Check on Clues
77 Sunset Strip / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Jeff Spencer; Inspector Burns
- Synopsis
- Jeff proves to the police that man thought to have committed suicide was actually murdered.
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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["Kookie and Jeff uncover a fantastic scheme to cheat an old man out of his millions!"]
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1.
Two Days to Highpoint/The Telltale Tridents
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2.
Two Days to Highpoint
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3.
The Telltale Tridents
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4.
What's in a Name?
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5.
Fraud!
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6.
The Truth about Lie Detectors
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7.
A Check on Clues
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- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
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