Description: Crazy Ed is well known as a specialist in Silver and Bronze age books and his reputation for conservative & accurate grading is well known in 30 plus years of Mail order, winning awards for outstanding customer service & Satisfaction! DESCRIPTION: “77 SUNSET STRIP" Dell Four Color Comic #1106 Year: 1960 TV series photo cover. . Condition: VF/NM Alex Toth art Issue #2 of 3 "77 Sunset Strip" issues by Alex Toth April 1960 PHOTOs Cover PHOTO PIN-UP! Efrem Zimbalist Jr, Roger Smith, Edd “Kookie” Byrnes on Photo cover77 Sunset Strip is an American television private detective drama series created by Roy Huggins and starring Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Roger Smith, Richard Long (from 1960 to 1961) and Edd Byrnes (billed as Edward Byrnes). Each episode was one hour long when aired with commercials. (the TV series ran from 1958-64; the show cast shown in Photo Cover. Edd Byrnes played cool-kid Kookie on the hit TV show “77 Sunset Strip; later to appear role as radio announcer Vince Fontaine in the 1978 Hit Movie Grease! He ♫ also scored a gold record with the single/jingle theme "Kookie, Kookie, LEND ME YOUR COMB": (about his character's hair-combing obsession) -- Anecdotal Ed --Comic CONTENTS: summary: "Kookie's Close Call" Toth story pencils and inks 16 pages"Lights, Camera, Danger" Toth story pencils and inks 16 pages"Grapevine Clues" Toth pencils and inks inside back cover (black and white)"Kookie's Catch" Toth back cover pencils and inksKookie borrows his detective dad's car, only to be kidnapped by a gang of thugs. Alex Toth's lead story begins competently enough, but the artwork becomes more erratic midway through (see interior page below). By contrast, "Lights, Camera, Danger" seems to be drawn with a more confident line. {"...the opening panel's scene of a restaurant parking lot is impressive, not only in Toth's rendition of cars but its overall naturalism. The artist's single page "Kookie's Catch" rounds out the book, but an alternate version of the same issue replaces it with an ad...."} -- comic contents info gratefully reprinted from an on-line review, show info from Wikipedia: thanks from Crazy Ed --A Scarce Highly sought after TV comic from the 1960 Detective/Action Show. Issue #2 (of 3 by Alex Toth) from the DELL Four Color Comics (the DELL 'Four color' series, by the 1950's focused on Media/Movies & TV shows...also Newspaper serial cartoon characters, which they had carried since the 1940's)From Crazy Ed’s personal Collection ("Private Archives") of TV show Comics -- see other high grade issues from the DELL/Gold KEY family of "Media Based Comic Books". 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Price: 109 USD
Location: Miami Beach, Florida
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Artist/Writer: Alex Toth
Variant Type: Cool SCHWINN Ad on Back Cover
Character: '77 SUNSET STRIP' (TV Series)
Cover Artist: TOTH ART - Photo Cover!
Series Title: FOUR COLOR COMICS (abbrev "FC": DELL series)
Grade: 9.0 Very Fine/Near Mint
Publisher: DELL (later Gold Key)
Vivid TV Comic Adaptation:: see ISSUE storyline contents + Edd Byrnes Bio ('KOOKIE')
GREAT VALUE & LOW $ PRICE: OS Guide = $135; in 9.0 VF/NM= $92
Vintage: Yes
Story Title: See CONTENTS info in Description below
Publication Year: 1960
Type: DELL TV Series Comic
Format: Single Issue
TV Comic from Ed's 'Private ARCHIVES': an "Archive COA" will be included!
Era: Silver Age (1956-69)
Features: HIGH GRADE TV Photo Cover DELL