Rocky Jorden
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Here's a blast from the past-another short-lived attempt to bring the P.I. to comic books. As far as these things go, ROCKY JORDEN was relatively successful-he survived in his own comic book for eight whole issues. The mag promised "Dangerous Adventures from the Private Case Book of Rocky Jorden." Originally called Crime Cases-Private Eye, by the sixth issue, Rocky was the headliner and the title was changed to Rocky Jorden, Private Eye. But it wasn't to last. The mag fizzled out and #8 was the last issue.

Too bad. Supposedly modelled after television's Rocky King, Inside Detective, redheaded Rocky was your typical tough-talking, two-fisted gumshoe of the time. He came complete with an extremely loyal secretary, Lisa Brown, whom he rescued from her "coked-up drummer" boyfriend in #2's "Drums of Death." What made him Rocky such an interesting guy was some of the talent used to bring him into the world, including acclaimed artists such as Pete Morisi and George Tuska.

By the way, Rocky is not to be confused wuth radio's Rocky Jordan. Or at least, I don't think he is.

COMIC BOOKS

• CRIME CASES-PRIVATE EYE
  (1951-52, Atlas Comics)
  5 issues
  Artists: Sol Brodsky, (#3, March 1951), Vernon Henkel, Pete Morisi, Joe Sinnot, George Tuska
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• (Issue #1, January 1951).
• "Drums of Death" (Issue #2, March 1951)
• "The Corpse Returns" (Issue #3, March 1951)
• "The Missing Witness" (Issue #3, March 1951)
• "The Face of Doom" (Issue #3, March 1951)..
• "Dance of Death" (Issue #4, July 1951)
• "The Case of the Kindly Uncle" (Issue #4, July 1951)
• "The Deadly Clue" (Issue #4, July 1951)
• "Four Hours Till Doom" (Issue #4, July 1951).
• (Issue #5).
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• ROCKY JORDEN, PRIVATE EYE
  (1952, Atlas Comics)
  3 issues
  Same artists
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• (Issue #6)
• (Issue #7)
• (Issue #8, March 1952)