(September-November 1961)
- Price:
- 0.15 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- Dell
- 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. 1221." Code number is BONANZA O.S. #1221-618. Copyright 1961 by National Broadcasting Company. Index by Max Capp. Additional information added by Merlin Haas.
Bonanza
Bonanza / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- ? (photograph)
- Inks:
- ? (photograph)
- Colors:
- ? (photograph)
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Ben Cartwright (as played by Lorne Greene, photo); Little Joe Cartwright (as played by Michael Landon, photo); Hoss Cartwright (as played by Dan Blocker, photo); Adam Cartwright (as played by Pernell Roberts, photo)
The Snow Walkers / Rapiers at Paiute Creek
Bonanza / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Gaylord Du Bois
- Pencils:
- Tom Gill
- Inks:
- Tom Gill
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Ben Cartwright (as played by Lorne Greene, photo); Little Joe Cartwright (as played by Michael Landon, photo); Hoss Cartwright (as played by Dan Blocker, photo); Adam Cartwright (as played by Pernell Roberts, photo)
- Synopsis:
- Previews of two stories in the issue.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Cast photos and two-panel previews of the stories. Script submitted on November 11, 1960. 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 Snow Walkers
Bonanza / comic story / 15 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Gaylord Du Bois
- Pencils:
- Tom Gill
- Inks:
- Tom Gill
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Ben Cartwright; Adam Cartwright; Hoss Cartwright; Little Joe Cartwright; Birdsong; Captain Warwick; deserters [including Corbey; Nucky; Stagg]; Jerry Buck (corpse); Rolf Thorsen
- Synopsis:
- Eight Army deserters steal horses from the Cartwrights and murder their hired hand, a Paiute Indian. The Cartwrights and their friend Rolf Thorsen track the thieves on skis in order to retrieve the horses and prevent Indian revenge attacks.
Indexer Notes
Script submitted as a 16-page story on October 8, 1960. 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).
Little Joe's Secret
Bonanza / comic story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Gaylord Du Bois
- Pencils:
- Tom Gill
- Inks:
- Tom Gill
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Ben Cartwright; Adam Cartwright; Hoss Cartwright; Little Joe Cartwright; Chief Walking Horse; Dancing Bough; Susan Wall
Indexer Notes
Script submitted on December 7, 1960. 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).
Rapiers At Paiute Creek
Bonanza / comic story / 15 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Gaylord Du Bois
- Pencils:
- Tom Gill
- Inks:
- Tom Gill
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Baron Werner Frass Von Felsenheim; Maria Von Felsenheim; Victor (dog); Ben Cartwright; Adam Cartwright; Hoss Cartwright; Little Joe Cartwright; Jobart; his sons [Dan Jobart; Shack Jobart]; Larson; Murray; Sam Holt; Sheriff Burr
- Synopsis:
- An Austrian Baron brings his cattle herd to Ponderosa area. Neighboring ranchers fear the herd may be carrying Texas Tick Fever and want to destroy it.
Indexer Notes
Script submitted as a 16 page story on October 24, 1960. 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).
Snowshoe Thompson
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Gaylord Du Bois
- Pencils:
- Tom Gill
- Inks:
- Tom Gill
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact; western
- Characters:
- James Sisson; John A. "Snowshoe" Thompson [Jon Torsteinson Rui]
- Synopsis:
- John "Snowshoe" Thompson's adventures while carrying mail and supplies on skis in the Sierra Nevada mountains in the 1850s.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Script submitted on November 8, 1960. 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).
Duelling In America
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Gaylord Du Bois
- Pencils:
- Tom Gill
- Inks:
- Tom Gill
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Characters:
- Aaron Burr; Alexander Hamilton; Robert Ogden; Colonel Morton; Deaf Smith; James Bowie; James Shields; Abraham Lincoln
- Synopsis:
- Five examples of duels in American history. Hamilton vs. Burr; Ogden vs. unidentified man; Bowie vs. Louisiana planter; Deaf Smith vs. Col. Morton; Lincoln (before he became President) vs. James Shields.
Indexer Notes
Outside back cover. This sequence is replaced by an ad in some copies. Script submitted on November 8, 1960 under the title "Duelling in the USA." 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
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1.
The Snow Walkers / Rapiers at Paiute Creek
Bonanza -
2.
The Snow Walkers
Bonanza -
3.
Little Joe's Secret
Bonanza -
4.
Rapiers At Paiute Creek
Bonanza -
5.
Snowshoe Thompson
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6.
Duelling In America
- Max Capp
- 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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