On the Beat with PC49 begins with a certificate that you can sign to solemnly promise to uphold the law and so become a member of the Fortyniners' Club. There's not just stories in this issue, you also can read tips on how to be a junior 'tec, written by "Chief Inspector Wilson"
Original Price : Unknown
Published by : Preview Publications in Unknown
Edited by : Alan Stranks
Illustrated by: John Worsley
Dimensions : 20.5cm x 26cm with 94 pages.
Selected highlights:
- Read a personal note from Brian (P.C. 49) Reece
- Learn the language of the lawless - mainly Cockney rhyming slang - so perhaps all criminals are Londoners?
CONTENTS | |
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STORIES | |
The Case of the Laughing Man | PAGE 8 |
The Case of Bunny's Christmas Box | 40 |
The Case of the Sinister Secret | 55 |
SPECIAL FEATURES | |
Foreword by Brian (P.C. 49) Reece | 6 |
Cartoon Crime Quiz | 36 |
Solution to Cartoon Crime Quiz | 88 |
The Language of the Lawless, by Eric Phillips | 89 |
Two Tips for Junior'Tecs, by Leslie Perrins | 92 |
COLOUR PLATES | |
Fortyniners' Club Certificate | FACING PAGE 4 |
Six inches from his own was a slightly purpling face, piercing blue eyes seemed to stab right through him | 5 |
An ugly stiletto clattered on the table between them. "With that!" he added viciously | 24 |
As P.C. Forty-nine hurled himself forward, he felt a bullet graze his cheek | 25 |
The lid snapped open. The small squawking policemen shot forth and his truncheon found the target | 48 |
"Bless my soul!" gasped Snell. "And I was worried about my indigestion!" | 49 |
He felt the cold muzzle of the revolver jammed hard against the back of his neck | 72 |
The thug stopped short, as if he had run into an invisible brick wall | 73 |