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Publishers / Dell / Four Color (1942) / #1069
1069[November 1959-January 1960]
$0.10

Four Color #1069

Dell · [November 1959-January 1960] · on sale September 17, 1959

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Identification plate

Series
Four Color (Dell, 1942 series)
Issue
#1069
Issue title
The FBI Story
Publication date
[November 1959-January 1960]
Key date
November 1959
On-sale date
September 17, 1959
Indicia publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The FBI Storycover1pencils: ? (photos); inks: ? (photos); colors: ? (photos); letters: typesetChip Hardesty (photo of James Stewart)
1"The FBI Story"foreword, introduction, preface, afterword1pencils: ? (photos); inks: ? (photos); letters: typesetChip Hardesty (photo of James Stewart); Sam Crandall (photo of Murray Hamilton)
2The FBI Storycomic story32script: Eric Freiwald, Robert Schaefer; pencils: Alex Toth; inks: Alex TothChip Hardesty; Sam Crandall; George Crandall; Mike Hardesty; J. Edgar Hoover; Lucy Hardesty; Pretty Boy Floyd; John Dillinger (cameo); Machine Gun Kelly (cameo); Alvin Karpis (cameo)
3FBI Agent in the Makingcomic story1pencils: Alex Toth; inks: Alex Toth
4The FBI: Its Development and Astounding Progresscomic story1pencils: Alex Toth; inks: Alex TothJ. Edgar Hoover (cameo)

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Alex Toth in Hollywood #1
ISBN 1-56685-055-X; 978-1-56685-055-1		2009On eBay ›

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Series context

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