The Inspector #4 - Gold Key April 1975 - (Western Publishing)
Contents[]
- The Inspector - Case of: The Elusive Parakeet - 6 pages
- The Inspector - Case of: The Upside Down Caper - 7 pages
- Pink Panther - The Big Bug-Off - 6 pages
- The Inspector - Case of: The Crime, Inc. Caper - 5 pages
Notable Ads[]
- Road Runner - treat To Eat - 1 page Hostess Fruit Pies ad
Characters[]
- The Inspector (1,2,4)
- The Commissioner (1,2,4)
- Pink Panther (3)
- Big Nose (3)
- The Lawyer (1)
- Nephew Alonzo (1)
- Dizzy Sister Abigal (1)
- Step-Brother Gigolo Jim (1)
- Parakeet Pet (1)
- Sergeant Smithers (2)
- Lord Shotput (2)
- Mu Fanchu (2)
- Mu Fanchu's lacky (2)
- Spacemen (3)
- Felix The Cat Burglar (4)
Reprints[]
- Pink Panther vol 2 #4 - Harvey Comics Feb 1994 (1-4)
- Pink Panther vol 3 #2 - American Mythology Aug 2016 (3,4)
- Pink Panther vol 3 #3 - American Mythology Aug 2016 (1)
- Pink Panther Classics #4 - American Mythology Aug 2016 (1)
- Pink Panther #3/1980 - Semic (Norway) (2)
- Pink Panther #7/1980 - Semic (Norway) (1,3,4)
- Pink Panther #12/1988 - Semic (Norway) (2)
- Pink Panther #2/1989 - Semic (Norway) (1)
- Pink Panther #4/1989 - Semic (Norway) (1)
- Pink Panther #6/1989 - Semic (Norway) (3)
Stories[]
- The Elusive Parakeet - The Inspector takes The Commissioner to a reading of a will where The Commissioner and his deadbeat relatives chase Parakeet Pete, who holds the keys to the riches.
- The Commissioner sends The Inspector to Scotland Yard where he teams up with Sergeant Smithers to go after the Chinese criminal, Mu Fanchu, while the bosses at Scotland Yard go after the real threat, The Murphy Mob.
- While trying to hunt the mosquito that is keep Pinky from his nap, Pinky encounters spacemen in a bug-shaped spaceship and enlists Big Nose's help in dealing with them.
- Before The Inspector can start his vacation, he has to testify in court against Felix The Cat Burglar.
Notes[]
- Available in both Gold Key and Whitman editions.
- In The Upside Down Caper The Inspector is referred to as being American.
- The Mu Fanchu characters is an obvious pastiche of Fu Manchu.
- Sergeant Smithers seems like a British version of Sgt. Deux Deux.
- One of Lord Shotput's men looks like the famous Charlie Chan.
Gallery[]
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