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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published October 1962
Frequency bimonthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Authorized edition. Copyright © 1962 Bing Crosby Productions.

Cover Details

Characters Ben Casey (as played by Vince Edwards)
Genre medical
Pencils ? (photograph)
Inks ? (photograph)
Colors ? (photograph)
Letters typeset

1 page text article "Smallpox: A Killer Enchained!"

Synopsis The history of smallpox, including its discovery and development of treatments.
Genre medical
Pencils ? (illustrations)
Inks ? (illustrations)
Letters typeset
Notes On the inside front cover.

26 page Ben Casey story "Bite the Hand..."

Characters Dr. Ben Casey; Dr. Jack Scott; Dr. David Zorba; Nurse Anne Kirk; Sam Scott; Clint Taggart; Carl Taggart; Herbert Loomis; Dr. Elmer Brack; Dr. Maggie Graham (cameo); Nurse Wills (cameo)
Synopsis When intern Jack Scott is the target of a malicious malpractice suit, Ben Casey and chief of staff David Zorba fight back with the help of Sam Scott, the intern's brother and a private detective.
Genre medical
Notes Pencils formerly tentatively credited to Bob Fujitani.

1 page text story "The Dog That 'Talked'"

Genre medical
Letters typeset

4 page Dr. Dan Dazzler story "Dial Emergency..."

Characters Dr. Dan Dazzler
Synopsis Dr. Dan risks injury to rescue a child who fell in a hole on a construction site, but the boy's parents are unimpressed because he is only an intern.
Genre medical

1 page text article "Hippocrates, Father of Medicine"

Synopsis The story of the Greek physician Hippocrates.
Genre medical; biography
Pencils ? (illustrations)
Inks ? (illustrations)
Letters typeset
Notes On the inside back cover.