Emergency was a TV series that focused on the new at the time profession of emergency medical response teams created by
Jack Webb,
Robert A. Cinader and
Harold Jack Bloom as a spin off of
Webb's
Adam-12 police series. The focus of the show was on Fire Station 51 personnel John Gage (played by
Randolph Mantooth) and Roy DeSoto (played by
Kevin Tighe), as they provided emergency on-location medical support for the emergency room of Rampart General Hospital, who's staff included Dr. Kelly Brackett (played by
Robert Fuller), nurse Dixie McCall (played by
Julie London) and neurosurgeon Dr. Joe Early (played by
Bobby Troup).
The show lasted for six seasons, starting on January 15, 1972 and going until March 26, 1977, with six made for TV movies in 1978 and 1979 focusing on the lives of those who saves lives in the Los Angeles area.
The Emergency Comic Book
Charlton made 4 issues of a color comic book based on the
Emergency TV show, running from June, 1976 to December, 1976 following the adventures of John and Roy as they did their business of helping those in danger!
The stories were written by
Joe Gill, and cover art was by
Joe Staton for issue
#1 and
#2, and by
Jack Sparling for issue
#3 and
#4, with interior art in issue
#1 by a young
John Byrne, and the later 3 issues by
Demetrio Sanchez Gomez.
The Emergency Magazine
Charlton also put out 4 magazine editions of
Emergency, being in black and white except for the cover, from July, 1976 to January, 1977.
These magazines featured multiple stories per issue, with
Emergency #1 having stories by
Joe Gill,
Nicola Cuti and
Mike Pellowski and art by
Continuity Associates (a group organized by cover artist,
Neal Adams).
Emergency #2 also had stories by
Nicola Cuti,
Mike Pellowski and
Joe Gill, and art by
Continuity Associates and cover by
Neal Adams.
Emergency #3 had stories by
Nicola Cuti,
Mike Pellowski and
Joe Gill, interior art by
Continuity Associates, and a painted cover by
Earl Norem.
Earl also painted the cover for
Emergency #4, and interior stories were written by
Nicola Cuti,
Joe Gill and
Mike Pellowski, and art by
Win Mortimer for the first two, and by
Jack Sparling for the third.
These books, along with the TV show, stand as a tribute to those whose job it is to run towards the danger....the real heroes!
