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Published by:
Gold Key Comics, American, 1962 - 1984  Search this
Subject of:
Bill Cosby, American, born 1937  Search this
Robert Culp, American, 1930 - 2010  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper, metal
Dimensions:
H x W: 10 1/4 × 7 1/4 in. (26 × 18.4 cm)
H x W (open): 10 1/4 × 14 1/2 in. (26 × 36.8 cm)
Type:
comic books
Date:
1967
Description:
The second (#2) I Spy comic book printed in 1967. Front cover has a color image of Alexander Scott (Bill Cosby) and Kelly Robinson (Robert Culp), characters in the TV show "I Spy," posing in front of a sky (blue with clouds) backdrop. Cosby is standing wearing a light blue cardigan with his hands on Culp's shoulders. Culp is sitting wearing a white pull-over with a black and red lined v-neck, and holding a racket in his PL hand. There are two smaller black-and-white images: to the right of Cosby's head is a image of Cosby with a white button down shirt pointing a gun, and to the right of Culp's head is a smaller image of Culp in a suit and tie holding a gun. At the top, in a orange, white and red block coloring , reads [I SPY] in red and black type, centered, [ORDERS TO/SCOTTY AND/KELLY:/GET ATOMIC/SCIENTIST/BEFORE HE/SLEEPS-/AND TALKS!] in white and black type on orange background on the right, and a logo for Gold Key in the top left corner with [I SPY] in black type to the right and [10182-704] in white type underneath. [(c) 1967, THREE F PRODUCTIONS] in black type in the bottom right corner. There is a white type [12¢] in the top right corner. Inside front and back cover have black-and-white depictions from the TV show with accompanying text. Interior pages of color printed on newspaper type print, comic strip style. Comics include: "The Missing Man," "Mini-Comics," "Monster Museum," "Jest for Fun," "Quick Takes," and "The Tell-Tale Camera" . 16 interior pages total, all front and back. Back cover has a black-and-white image of Bill Crosby and Robert Culp, both in karate outfits with black belts, holding each other's forearms, with a block color background, purple on the left, green on the right, with [I SPY PIN-UP] in black type near the bottom edge, and two light depictions of pandas in the top right and left corners.
Topic:
African American  Search this
Amusements  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Television  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number:
2014.53.9.2
Restrictions & Rights:
© 1967, Three F Productions
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification:
Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Exhibition:
Taking the Stage
On View:
NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 054
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5391959c1-96b7-46de-83b6-b815bd7679cc
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2014.53.9.2