Susan Peters is a newly minted officer on the force. Becoming a cop has been a life-long dream of hers, as well as getting married.
She dates a lot of fellow officers, but ultimately decides that she would rather date someone not on the long arm of the law.
One evening, Officer Peters goes to a civilian party in hopes of meeting an eligible young bachelor. She is approached by a handsome guy named Steve. They seem to hit if off right away and naturally, he asks what she does for a living.
Unfortunately, her livelihood is met with some resistance and Steve flees the scene of the short-lived romance.
Things start to look up for Officer Peters at work, and she is assigned to a special plain clothes assignment guarding a famous television star at his hotel. Except, it isn't really a plain clothes assignment -- she has to pose as the star's maid. Nick Jones, the star turns out to be a jerk, but his friend Bill Downs is quite nice. Susan and Bill go on a date and quickly fall in love. However, Bill has a confession to make... ooh the suspense!!!
Bill is not really a friend of the television star, but a detective assigned to the case as well! Our Charlton version of Lady Cop decides she is cool with that and lets Detective Downs know with a kiss!
I really enjoy the wide-eyed cuteness of Jack Abel's art, and the addition of his son (in whatever capacity) makes for a nice little story. Have a great afternoon!
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Never a huge fan, I always liked Abel's very recognizable inks on Curt Swan's SUPERMAN in the late sixties. Gave it a whole different feel.
ReplyDeleteJack was a sweetheart of a human being. We briefly shared office space at Neal Adams' Continuity Associates in the mid-1970s and, when he was on staff at Marvel, I always stopped in to see him. A terrific guy, a talented artist, and a solid pro.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your memories, Tony. If it is possible to gauge someone's personality from their artwork, the sweetness of Abel's inks seem to live up to the man.
ReplyDeleteAbel was a solid inker and pretty good artist, who did fine work on this story. Judging from some of the other pencilled and inked Abel work I've seen, I suspect Jack did the art and Gary wrote the script.
ReplyDeleteMy all time favorite Abel work is his inking over Gene Colan on the Iron-Man stories in Tales of Suspense. Crisp inks that worked well on that character. I particularly like the way Abel inked trees.
Nick Caputo
Nick: No trees in this story, but I do really like how Abel drew eyes!
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