Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	October 1962
Cover Price	0.12 USD
Pages	36
Editing	?
Notes	10002-210. Cover is a photograph of the swirling paint from the opening title sequence of the TV show with headshots of the actors: Anthony George; Doug McClure and Sebastion Cabot.

Cover Details

Genre	Crime
Pencils	? (photographs)
Inks	? (photographs)
Colors	? (photographs)
Notes	10002-210. Cover is a photograph of the swirling paint from the opening title sequence of the TV show with headshots of the actors: Anthony George; Doug McClure and Sebastion Cabot.

1 page Checkmate foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "untitled"

Genre	detective
Notes	Introduction to the two stories in this issue; on inside front cover.

16 page Checkmate story "Double Profit Plot"

Genre	Crime
Pencils	Jack Sparling
Inks	Jack Sparling

16 page Checkmate story "Poison Pen Pals"

Genre	Crime
Pencils	Jack Sparling
Inks	Jack Sparling

1 page Gunsmoke; Ben Casey promo (ad from the publisher)

Notes

Promo for Gold Key's film stories (fumetti) books of Gunsmoke and Ben Casey. On inside back cover.

1 page Checkmate illustration

Genre	detective
Pencils	? (photographs)
Inks	? (photographs)
Colors	? (photographs)
Notes	Pinup of the front cover without logo and copy.