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1168March-May 1961
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Four Color #1168

Dell · March-May 1961 · on sale 1960-12-22

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Identification plate

Series
Four Color (Dell, 1942 series)
Issue
#1168
Issue title
The Detectives
Publication date
March-May 1961
Key date
1961-03-00
On-sale date
1960-12-22
Indicia publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.15
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Detectivescover1pencils: ? (photo); inks: ? (photo); colors: ? (photo); letters: typesetMatt Holbrook (photo of Robert Taylor)
1Shadow at the Window / No Place to Hideforeword, introduction, preface, afterword1script: Eric Freiwald, Robert Schaefer; pencils: Mel Keefer; inks: Mel KeeferMatt Holbrook (photo of Robert Taylor); Johnny Russo (photo of Tige Andrews)
2Shadow at the Windowcomic story24script: Eric Freiwald, Robert Schaefer; pencils: Mel Keefer; inks: Mel KeeferRobert Taylor [as Matt Holbrook]; Otto Lindstrom; Johnny Russo
3No Place to Hidecomic story8script: Eric Freiwald, Robert Schaefer; pencils: Mel Keefer; inks: Mel KeeferRobert Taylor [as Matt Holbrook]; Otto Lindstrom
4Aristocatcomic story1script: Eric Freiwald, Robert Schaefer; pencils: Mel Keefer; inks: Mel Keefer
5Qualifiedcomic story1script: Eric Freiwald, Robert Schaefer; pencils: Mel Keefer; inks: Mel Keefer

Printings and variants

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Britishprice 1/- [0-1-0 GBP]

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