Four Color #1240 The Detectives - File Copy (Dell, 1962) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages....

Auction amount: $660.00

Sold: Feb 16, 2023

Four Color #1240 Values

Publisher: Dell, 1961

About Four Color #1240

Robert Taylor photo cover. Warren Tufts art.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: Matt Holbrook (photo of Robert Taylor)

Pencils: ? (photo)

Inks: ? (photo)

Colors: ? (photo)

Letters: typeset

STORY DETAILS

(4 Stories)

Title: Hit and Run

Characters: Matt Holbrook; Johnny Russo; Chris Ballard; Otto Lindstrom

Synopsis: Detective Captain Matt Holbrook and his team of detectives have to solve a hit-and-run automobile accident that kills a man.

Pages: 18.000

Script: Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer

Pencils: Warren Tufts

Inks: Warren Tufts

Letters: Warren Tufts

Notes: Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

Title: Cousin Rat

Characters: Matt Holbrook; Johnny Russo; Otto Lindstrom; Chris Ballard

Synopsis: Steve Russo, Johnny Russo's cousin, is picked up on a petty larceny charge. Steve, who looks just like Johnny, claims he has a big business deal the next morning and Johnny investigates. Johnny is mistaken for Steve and plays along with a gang planning to hijack an armored truck.

Pages: 14.000

Script: Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer

Pencils: Warren Tufts

Inks: Warren Tufts

Letters: Warren Tufts

Notes: Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

Title: Black Light

Synopsis: Facts about the use of ultraviolet rays in police work.

Pages: 1.000

Script: Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer

Pencils: Nat Edson

Inks: Nat Edson

Notes: Inside back cover. Some copies have this sequence in black and white; others have it in color, depending on whether there is an ad on the inside front cover. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

Title: Telltale Evidence

Pages: 1.000

Script: Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer

Pencils: Nat Edson

Inks: Nat Edson

Letters: typeset ?

Notes: Back cover. This sequence was replaced by an ad in some copies. See sequence 7. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	12
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	12

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