77 Sunset Strip
(The Magazine)
July 1960, Great American Publications
Okay, so it wasn’t the greatest cover. It looks like it was cobblers together during somebody’s lunch break. Also, this tie-in “digest” was actually closer in size to a pulp, which no doubt annoyed newsstand employees who weren’t sure where to shelve it.
Still, I’m sure the publishers, some outfit called Great American Publications, had high hopes, hoping into tap the market for the hit television show and its “More than 35 Million TV Viewers.” But it only lasted one issue.
Still, that one issue featured an original 77 Sunset Strip story, “Elephant Blues” — the only one I’m aware of that features the television version of private eye Stuart Bailey and his partner, Jeff Spenser. Even better is that it was written by Ben Christopher, who was actually Donald Westlake, and there were stories by Talmage Powell and John Jakes.
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Respectfully submitted by Kevin Burton Smith.
