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Issue: 87th Precinct #2

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Publication Date: July 1962

Issue #2

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Issues: #2 of 1 Issue

Title:

Variant: unnamed

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Publisher: Flag

Dell

Brand: Dell

Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co., Inc.

On Sale Date: 04/26/1962

Volume: none

Pages: 36

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.15 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): ?

Notes: Cover code: 01-244-209. Based on the NBC TV series of the same name. On-sale date from 1962 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: Color

Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U. s.

Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior

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Publishing Format: One-Shot

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Content Items (5 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

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Penciller(s): ? (photo)

Inker(s): ? (photo)

Colorist(s): ? (photo)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: mystery, television

Feature(s): 87th Precinct

Character(s): Det. Bert Kling (photograph of Ron Harper); Det. Steve Carella (photograph of Robert Lansing); Det. Roger Havilland (photograph of Gregory Walcott); Det. Meyer Meyer (photograph of Norman Fell)

First Line: The men of the 87th come to grips with an international smuggling ring ...

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Pages: 1

Notes: In a reversal of the usual practice, the actors on the cover are identified by their character names instead of their real names.

Addiction

Text Article on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Edd Ashe

Inker(s): Edd Ashe

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: informational

Synopsis: Debate on whether drug addicts are criminals or victims of a disease.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside front cover; black and white. Typeset article with montage illustration.

"H" Stands for Heroin

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Edd Ashe

Inker(s): Edd Ashe

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: mystery, television

Feature(s): 87th Precinct

Character(s): Steve Carella; Meyer Meyer; Bob Boole

Synopsis: Detective Carella goes undercover to break up a heroin smuggling operation.

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Pages: 32

Notes: Very detailed description of heroin distribution. Also two pages of subplot devoted to trying to explain why heroin addicts use the drug, which includes references to opium, "pot", and nitrous oxide. A sign on one page reads "Sparling's Warehouse", which may be a "name game" by Jack Sparling.

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Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Edd Ashe

Inker(s): Edd Ashe

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: informational

First Line: A 'junkie'...

Synopsis: How heroin addicts are identified by the needle marks on their arms.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside back cover; black and white. Short text piece with one large illustration of a heroin addict injecting the drug. (Needle and syringe are in shadow and not seen.)

The Carrier Pigeon

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Edd Ashe

Inker(s): Edd Ashe

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: informational

Synopsis: Facts about carrier pigeons and their use in carrying messages.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Back cover; color.