We Have Already Seen...
...well, that pretty much summarized the situation.
Now let's see what happens to Gage and DeSoto...
The story, written by Joe Gill, was adapted from an early draft of the pilot episode, "Wedworth-Townsend Act", of the 1970s TV series Emergency!
The script dealt with the then-new law allowing specially-trained firemen to administer more than basic first aid to accident victims.
The series, from producer/actor Jack (Dragnet) Webb was a companion show with his other ongoing series Adam-12.
There were several crossovers between the two series during their runs, including this pilot episode!
However, since two different comic companies had the rights to Emergency! and Adam-12, the comics themselved didn't do a crossover!
Though the series began in 1972, this b/w magazine and the companion color comic (which presented different stories) weren't introduced until the show's fifth season, in 1977.
BTW, this story from
Charlton's EMERGENCY! #1 (1976) adapts the remainder of the two-hour pilot.
We presented the first part
HERE.
"Crusty Bunkers" was the nickname assigned to a varying team of artists who worked on assignments for packager
Continuity Associates (who provided art for various
Charlton projects including this and
Six Million Dollar Man.)This particular team consisted of Joe Brozowski, Joe Barney, Mark Rice, Sal Amendola, Carl Potts, Terry Austin, Bruce Patterson, Bob Wiacek and John Fuller with Dick Giordano and
Continuity Associates owner, the
recently-deceased Neal Adams, overseeing and also providing layouts.
