(June-August 1960)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- ?
- Brand:
- Dell Western Adventure
- Editing:
- ?
- Format:
- Color; standard Golden Age and later Silver Age formats; saddle-stitched; newsprint; was an On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "BONANZA, No. 1110." Code number is BONANZA O.S. #1110-606. Copyright 1960 by National Broadcasting Company, Inc. Some information for this issue from Karl Wilcox, January 2008. Additional information added by Merlin Haas (August 2, 2008).
[The Ponderosa Ranch]
Bonanza / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (photo)
- Inks:
- ? (photo)
- Colors:
- ? (photo)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Adam Cartwright (as played by Pernell Roberts, photo); Little Joe Cartwright (as played by Michael Landon, photo); Hoss Cartwright (as played by Dan Blocker, photo); Ben Cartwright (as played by Lorne Greene, photo)
[The Ponderosa Ranch / The Gold Dowser]
Bonanza / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Gaylord Du Bois
- Pencils:
- Tom Gill; ? (photo)
- Inks:
- Tom Gill; ? (photo)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Adam Cartwright (as played by Pernell Roberts, photo); Little Joe Cartwright (as played by Michael Landon, photo); Hoss Cartwright (as played by Dan Blocker, photo); Ben Cartwright (as played by Lorne Greene, photo)
- Synopsis:
- Previews of the two stories in the issue.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Photo plus previews of two panels each. Script submitted on November 10, 1959. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).
The Ponderosa Ranch
Bonanza / comic story / 16 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Gaylord Du Bois
- Pencils:
- Tom Gill
- Inks:
- Tom Gill
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Ben Cartwright; Adam Cartwright; Little Joe Cartwright; Hoss Cartwright; Hop Sing; Red Eagle
- Synopsis:
- The Cartwrights get caught between arrogant squatters and vengeful Indians and have to prevent a range war.
Indexer Notes
Script submitted under the title "Ponderosa" on November 10, 1959. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).
The Gold Dowser
Bonanza / comic story / 16 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Gaylord Du Bois
- Pencils:
- Tom Gill
- Inks:
- Tom Gill
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Hoss Cartwright; Little Joe Cartwright; Adam Cartwright; Ben Cartwright
- Synopsis:
- A professor claims to be able to find water or gold by dowsing with a forked stick.
Indexer Notes
The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Script submitted on November 5, 1959. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).
The XIT Ranch
Famous Western Ranches / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Gaylord Du Bois
- Pencils:
- Tom Gill
- Inks:
- Tom Gill
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact; western
- Characters:
- Ab Blocker
- Synopsis:
- History of the XIT Ranch in Texas.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Script submitted on November 30, 1959. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).
The Divining Rod
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Gaylord Du Bois
- Pencils:
- Tom Gill
- Inks:
- Tom Gill
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Synopsis:
- Use of divining rods to find water.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Script submitted on November 10, 1959. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).
Table of Contents
-
1.
[The Ponderosa Ranch / The Gold Dowser]
Bonanza -
2.
The Ponderosa Ranch
Bonanza -
3.
The Gold Dowser
Bonanza -
4.
The XIT Ranch
Famous Western Ranches -
5.
The Divining Rod
- Donald Dale Milne
- Merlin Haas
- Gene Reed
- Roger A. Budnick
- John P. Selegue
- Merlin Haas
- Ken Lemons
- Chris Launder
- Jim Walls
- Terry Vraspir
- Gary Perlman
- Jerry Hillegas
- Craig Delich
- James Ludwig
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Kenneth Blair
- Mike Nielsen
- David Porta
- Matthew Torrance
- Ken Kwilinski
- Gary L. Watson
- Gregg Whitmore
- Max Capp
- Tony R. Rose
- Lou Mazzella
- Rodney Hinkle
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Donald Dale Milne
- Karl Wilcox
- Darrel McCann
- Peter Croome
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