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Issue Details

Issue #1193
Published June-August 1961
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "THE REAL McCOYS, No. 1193." Code number is REAL McCOYS O/S #1193-615. Copyright 1961 by Brennan-Westgate Productions. Based on "The Real McCoys" TV series.

Cover Details

Characters Grandpa Amos McCoy(as played by Walter Brennan, photo); Luke McCoy (as played by Richard Crenna, photo); Kate McCoy (as played by Kathleen Nolan, photo)
Genre sitcom
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Notes Indicia title is "THE REAL McCOYS, No. 1193." Code number is REAL McCOYS O/S #1193-615. Copyright 1961 by Brennan-Westgate Productions. Based on "The Real McCoys" TV series.

1 page The Real McCoys foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Old-Fashioned Law / No Money Down"

Characters Grandpa Amos McCoy(as played by Walter Brennan, photo); Kate McCoy
Synopsis Previews of the stories in the issue.
Genre sitcom
Pencils Sparky Moore; ? (photo)
Inks Sparky Moore: ? (photo)
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Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Photo and two-panel previews of the stories in the issue. Pencils and inks credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

14 page The Real McCoys story "Old-Fashioned Law"

Characters Grandpa Amos McCoy; Little Luke McCoy; Luke McCoy; Kate McCoy; Hassie; Ezra Carney
Synopsis Grandpa Amos and elderly former sheriff Ezra Carney join forces to track down crooks when Ezra's car is stolen.
Genre sitcom
Pencils Sparky Moore
Inks Sparky Moore
Notes Pencils and inks credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Jet to Hollywood!"

Characters Chuck Connors (cameo)
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Notes Promo for 3000-prize Dell Comics Contest. First prize is a jet plane trip for four to Hollywood with visits to TV and movie studios and Disneyland. Entry is two cover logos from Dell comics. This promo comes after the second page of sequence 2.

2 page promo (ad from the publisher) "The Dell Trading Post is Open for Business"

Characters Yogi Bear (cameo)
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Notes Centerfold. Promo for the Dell Trading Post, with premiums available for cover logos of Dell comics.

14 page The Real McCoys story "No Money Down"

Characters Grandpa Amos McCoy; Luke McCoy; Kate McCoy; Hassie; Little Luke McCoy
Synopsis Kate McCoy wins a 30-day stay for the family in an ultra-modern house. Grandpa Amos manages to turn the place into a shambles and expose the crooked builders.
Genre sitcom
Pencils Sparky Moore
Inks Sparky Moore
Notes Pencils and inks credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

Half page The Real McCoys story "The Treasure"

Characters Grandpa Amos McCoy; Little Luke McCoy; Tim
Synopsis Little Luke and his friend Tim find a treasure map, but it turns out to be Grandpa Amos's egg delivery route.
Genre sitcom
Pencils Sparky Moore
Inks Sparky Moore
Notes Pencils and inks credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Kool-Aid advertisement "Win a Wonderful Summer Camp Vacation"

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Notes Inside back cover; color. Ad for Kool-Aid soft drink mix featuring an "identify the animals" contest. Contest rules are on the bottom of the last interior page.

1 page Twinkles; General Mills advertisement "New Fun-packed Twinkles record"

Characters Twinkles; King Leonardo; camel; monkey; parrot
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Notes Back cover. Ad for Twinkles breakfast cereal featuring the characters from the Twinkles storybook packages. Premium is a 45 rpm record of Twinkles stories on one side and songs from the NBC cartoon series "King Leonardo and his Short Subjects" on the other for 25 cents and two box tops.