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Issue Details

Issue #1286
Published February-April 1962
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "The Untouchables, No. 1286." Code number is UNTOUCHABLES O.S. #1286-621. Copyright 1961 by Desilu Productions, Inc. and Langford Productions, Inc. Second of two Untouchables Four Colors. Based on the 1959-63 TV series "The Untouchables."

Cover Details - "The Man Who Played Dead"

Characters Robert Stack (as Eliot Ness, photo)
Genre crime; period
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes Indicia title is "The Untouchables, No. 1286." Code number is UNTOUCHABLES O.S. #1286-621. Copyright 1961 by Desilu Productions, Inc. and Langford Productions, Inc. Second of two Untouchables Four Colors. Based on the 1959-63 TV series "The Untouchables."

1 page The Untouchables foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Contents"

Characters Robert Stack (as Eliot Ness, photo)
Synopsis Previews of the two stories in the issue.
Genre crime; period
Pencils Dan Spiegle; ? (photo)
Inks Dan Spiegle; ? (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Photo of Robert Stack and four panels reprinted from the stories with typeset text underneath. Pencils and inks credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (July 3, 2007)

16 page The Untouchables story "The Man Who Played Dead"

Characters Eliot Ness; Lee Hobson; Rico Rossi; William Goodfellow; Frank Nitti (villain)
Synopsis Eliot Ness and his men investigate rumors that mobster Gagger Garth, believed drowned in a boating accident, is alive and engaging in a gang war with mob boss Frank Nitti.
Genre crime; period
Pencils Dan Spiegle
Inks Dan Spiegle
Notes Pencils and inks credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (July 3, 2007)

15 page The Untouchables story "The Hunter and the Hunted"

Characters Eliot Ness; Lee Hobson; Rico Rossi; William Goodfellow; Frank Nitti (villain); Boy Mason (villain)
Synopsis Professional killer Boy Mason, who has left a string of deaths in his wake, always with an iron-clad alibi, is in Chicago and Eliot Ness and his men have to find out who his target will be.
Genre crime; period
Pencils Dan Spiegle
Inks Dan Spiegle
Notes Pencils and inks credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (July 3, 2007)

1 page The Untouchables filler "A School for Policemen"

Synopsis Description of the training beginning agents undergo at the FBI National Academy.
Genre fact
Pencils Nat Edson
Inks Nat Edson
Letters typeset
Notes Panels with typeset text underneath. The "Untouchables" logo appears, but there is no connection to the series. Pencils and inks credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (July 3, 2007)

1 page The Untouchables filler "Fugitives"

Synopsis A description of how the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" list is determined.
Genre fact
Pencils Nat Edson
Inks Nat Edson
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath. The "Untouchables" logo appears, but there is no connection to the series. Pencils and inks credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (July 3, 2007)

1 page The Untouchables filler "Basic Requirements"

Synopsis Description of the requirements for becoming a member of the modern day Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Genre fact
Pencils Nat Edson
Inks Nat Edson
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover. Panels with typeset text underneath. The "Untouchables" logo appears, but there is no connection to the series. Pencils and inks credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (July 3, 2007)