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Issue Details

Issue #1066
Published January-March 1960
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "77 SUNSET STRIP, No. 1066". Code number is 77SUNSET.S. O.S. #1066-601. Copyright 1959 by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. First of six 77 Sunset Strip Four Colors. Based on the 1958-64 "77 Sunset Strip" TV series.

Cover Details - "77 Sunset Strip"

Characters Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. [as Stuart Baily] (photo); Roger Smith [as Jeff Spencer] (photo); Edd Byrnes [as Kookie] (photo)
Genre detective
Pencils ? (photos)
Inks ? (photos)
Colors ? (photos)
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Notes Indicia title is "77 SUNSET STRIP, No. 1066". Code number is 77SUNSET.S. O.S. #1066-601. Copyright 1959 by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. First of six 77 Sunset Strip Four Colors. Based on the 1958-64 "77 Sunset Strip" TV series.

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "77 Sunset Strip"

Characters Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. [as Stuart Baily] (photo); Roger Smith [as Jeff Spencer] (photo); Edd Byrnes [as Kookie] (photo)
Synopsis Introduction to the series.
Genre detective
Pencils ? (photos)
Inks ? (photos)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Three photos and typeset text.

19 page 77 Sunset Strip story "Safari in Troublesville"

Characters Kookie; Stuart Bailey
Synopsis Kookie subs for Stu Bailey in an investigation involving a beautiful young woman and a supposedly "cursed" painting.
Genre detective
Script Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils Alex Toth
Inks Alex Toth
Notes Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

12 page 77 Sunset Strip story "The Big Catch"

Characters Kookie; Stuart Bailey (cameo); Jeff Spencer (cameo)
Synopsis Stu and Jeff head back to the office after a vacation at a beachfront house. Kookie remains at the house for a few more days and gets caught up in a diamond-smuggling operation.
Genre detective
Script Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils Alex Toth
Inks Alex Toth
Notes Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page [77 Sunset Strip] story "Kookie's Clues"

Characters Kookie
Genre detective
Script Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils Alex Toth
Inks Alex Toth
Notes This sequence is replaced by an ad in some copies. See sequence 5. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page advertisement "Dad! New Target Special Family BB Rifle!"

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Notes Illustrated ad for Daisy Air Rifles. Model 99 for $12.95 featured. Daisy Manufacturing Co., Rogers, Ark. Some copies have a one page "Kookie" story instead of this sequence. See sequence 4.

1 page filler "Kookie Talk"

Characters Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. [as Stuart Baily] (photo); Roger Smith [as Jeff Spencer] (photo); Edd Byrnes [as Kookie] (photo)
Synopsis A page of teen slang phrases with translations into standard English.
Genre teen
Pencils ?; ? (photo)
Inks ?; ? (photo)
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Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Photo and small illustration and typeset text.

1 page illustration "Kookie"

Characters Edd Byrnes [as Kookie] (photo)
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Notes Back cover. Some copies have ads in place of this pinup. See sequence 8.

1 page advertisement "Bob's Christmas Gift!"

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Notes Back cover. Illustrated ad for Daisy Air Rifles. Model 25 for $9.95 is featured. Daisy Manufacturing Co., Rogers, Ark. This ad replaced sequence 7 in some copies.