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Issue Details

Issue #1245
Published November 1961-January 1962
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
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Notes Indicia title is "NEW ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, No. 1245. Code number is S.HOLMES O.S. #1245-6111. Copyright 1961 by the Estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Cover Details

Characters Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson
Genre detective; period
Pencils George Wilson (painting)
Inks George Wilson (painting)
Colors George Wilson (painting)
Notes Indicia title is "NEW ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, No. 1245. Code number is S.HOLMES O.S. #1245-6111. Copyright 1961 by the Estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Sherlock Holmes"

Genre detective
Pencils Bob Fujitani
Inks Bob Fujitani
Notes Inside front cover. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). This sequence is replaced by an ad in some copies. See Sequence 2.

1 page Kellogg's OKs advertisement "Yogi Bear Milk Mug and Huck House Cereal Bowl"

Characters Yogi Bear; Huckleberry Hound (cameo)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; color. Illustrated ad for plastic Yogi Bear Milk Mug and Huck Hound Cereal Bowl for only 50 cents and one box top from Kellogg's OKs breakfast cereal. This ad replaces sequence 1 in some copies.

15 page Sherlock Holmes story "The Derelict Ship"

Characters Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson; Inspector Lestrade
Synopsis Holmes and Watson are employed by a ship's owner to find his missing ship and its cargo. However, neither the cargo nor the owner are what they seem to be.
Genre detective; period
Pencils Bob Fujitani
Inks Bob Fujitani
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

2 page Sherlock Holmes story "The Safe Robber"

Characters Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson; Inspector Lestrade
Synopsis Holmes must decide which of three suspects who knew the combination to a company's safe opened it and robbed it.
Genre detective; period
Pencils Bob Fujitani
Inks Bob Fujitani
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

15 page Sherlock Holmes story "The Cunning Assassin"

Characters Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson; Inspector Lestrade; Professor Moriarty
Synopsis Holmes has to find out who is masterminding the planting of a series of bombs around London and who his ultimate target is.
Genre detective; period
Pencils Bob Fujitani
Inks Bob Fujitani
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page Sherlock Holmes filler "Detection Methods"

Characters Sherlock Holmes
Synopsis Explanation of some of Holmes' methods of detection.
Genre detective
Pencils Frank Giacoia
Inks Frank Giacoia
Notes Inside back cover; color. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page Sherlock Holmes filler "Sherlock Holmes' London Haunts"

Characters Sherlock Holmes
Genre detective
Pencils Bob Fujitani
Inks Bob Fujitani
Notes Back cover. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). This sequence is replaced by an ad in some copies. See sequence 8.

1 page Schwinn Bicycles advertisement "Schwinn All-American"

Letters typeset
Notes Back cover. Illustrated ad for Schwinn bicycles. Featured is the Schwinn American model for $49.95. Arnold, Schwinn and Company, Chicago, Ill. This ad replaces Sequence 7 in some copies.