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1169March-May 1961
$0.15

Four Color #1169

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

First appearance: Inspector LestradeFirst appearance: Professor Moriarty1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Four Color (Dell, 1942 series)
Issue
#1169
Issue title
New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Inspector Lestrade - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Professor Moriarty - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Case of the Deadly Inheritancecover1pencils: ? (painting); inks: ? (painting); colors: ? (painting); letters: typesetSherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson
1The Deadly Inheritance / The Tunnel Schemeforeword, introduction, preface, afterword1pencils: Frank Giacoia; inks: Frank GiacoiaSherlock Holmes, Professor Moriarty First, Dr. Watson
2The Deadly Inheritancecomic story16pencils: Frank Giacoia; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: John DuffySherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson
3The Tunnel Schemecomic story16pencils: Frank Giacoia; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: John DuffySherlock Holmes, Professor Moriarty First, Dr. Watson, Inspector Lestrade First
4Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 1859-1930text article1pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo TorresSherlock Holmes
5Scotland Yardcomic story1pencils: Frank Giacoia; inks: Frank Giacoia

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Britishprice 0.15 USD; 1'- [0-1-0 GBP]

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Series context

‹ #11681169 of 1332#1170 ›

Sources

  • Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • Wikidata, Q1067723 (Inspector Lestrade), first-appearance property (CC0)
  • Wikidata, Q283111 (Professor Moriarty), first-appearance property (CC0)

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