(February-April 1962)
- 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. 1283." Code number is BONANZA O.S. #1283-621. Copyright 1961 by National Broadcasting Company, Inc. Third of three Bonanza Four Colors. Continues as Bonanza (Dell, 1962 series) #01070-207 (May-July 1962).
Bonanza
Bonanza / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- ? (photo)
- Inks:
- ? (photo)
- Colors:
- ? (photo)
- Letters:
- typeset
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 Four-Flusher / One Dark Night]
Bonanza / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Gaylord Du Bois
- Pencils:
- ? (photo); Tom Gill
- Inks:
- ? (photo); Tom Gill
- Letters:
- typeset
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 the two stories in the issue.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Cropped photo and two panels previewing each of the two stories. Script sent June 24, 1961. 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 Four-Flusher
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; Little Joe Cartwright; Hoss Cartwright; Adam Cartwright; Hop Sing; Lucky Lou Montaine (villain); Caliban Grousse (villain)
- Synopsis:
- Gambler "Lucky Lou" Montaine captures the Cartwrights and tries to makes Ben sign a deed turning the Ponderosa over to him.
Indexer Notes
Script submitted on May 31, 1961. 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 Arrow and the Axe
Bonanza / comic story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Tom Gill
- Inks:
- Tom Gill
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Hoss Cartwright; Little Wolf
- Synopsis:
- When Little Wolf hits a mother bear with an arrow, Hoss has to defend himself armed only with an ax.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
One Dark Night
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; Little Joe Cartwright; Hoss Cartwright; Adam Cartwright; Paiute Joe
- Synopsis:
- Adam tracks rustlers who devise an ingenious plot to drive cattle into a river and then divert them from the river into a cavern.
Indexer Notes
Script submitted on June 13, 1961. 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).
Swimming Cattle
Bonanza / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Gaylord Du Bois
- Pencils:
- Tom Gill
- Inks:
- Tom Gill
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western; fact
- Synopsis:
- The dangers of cattle swimming across rivers in cattle drives.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Bonanza logo is on the story; but no characters appear. Script submitted June 17, 1961. 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 Sleeve-Gun
Bonanza / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Gaylord Du Bois
- Pencils:
- Tom Gill
- Inks:
- Tom Gill
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Sequence has the Bonanza logo, but no characters appear. This sequence is replaced by an ad in some copies. See Sequence 7. Script submitted June 17, 1961. 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).
Announcing the All-New Daisy B-B Gun
Daisy Manufacturing / advertisement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Landston ? (signed) (painting)
- Inks:
- Landston ? (signed) (painting)
- Colors:
- Landston ? (signed) (painting)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Painting is signed, but signature is not clear. Illustrated ad for Daisy B-B Guns. Featured is the "Spittin' Image" Model 1894 for $12.95. Daisy Manufacturing Co., Rogers, Ark. This ad replaces Sequence 6 in some copies.
Table of Contents
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1.
[The Four-Flusher / One Dark Night]
Bonanza -
2.
The Four-Flusher
Bonanza -
3.
The Arrow and the Axe
Bonanza -
4.
One Dark Night
Bonanza -
5.
Swimming Cattle
Bonanza -
6.
The Sleeve-Gun
Bonanza -
7.
Announcing the All-New Daisy B-B Gun
Daisy Manufacturing
- Ramon Schenk
- 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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