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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published July-September 1962
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Based on the NBC TV series of the same name. Cover code number is 01-244-209.

Cover Details

Characters Det. Bert Kling (as played by Ron Harper); Det. Steve Carella (as played by Robert Lansing); Det. Roger Havilland (as played by Gregory Walcott); Det. Meyer Meyer (as played by Norman Fell)
Genre detective; television adaptation
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes In a reversal of the usual practice, the actors on the cover are identified by their character names instead of their real names.

1 page filler "Addiction"

Synopsis Debate on whether drug addicts are criminals or victims of a disease.
Genre fact
Pencils Ed Ashe ?
Inks Ed Ashe ?
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Typeset article with montage illustration.

32 page 87th Precinct story "H" Stands for Heroin

Characters Steve Carella; Meyer Meyer
Synopsis Detective Carella goes undercover to break up a heroin smuggling operation.
Genre detective; television adaptation
Pencils Ed Ashe ?
Inks Ed Ashe ?
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.

1 page filler "A 'junkie'..."

Synopsis How heroin addicts are identified by the needle marks on their arms.
Genre fact
Pencils Ed Ashe ?
Inks Ed Ashe ?
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.)

1 page filler "The Carrier Pigeon"

Synopsis Facts about carrier pigeons and their use in carrying messages.
Genre fact
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover; color.