M-G-M's Lassie
#29
(July-August 1956)
Dell,
1950 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell
- Editing
- ?
[no title indexed]
Lassie / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- animal
- Characters
- Lassie
- Reprints
-
in Lassie (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1959 series) #2/1960 ([mars] 1960) - in Lassie (Semic, 1980 series) #7/1981 (uke 46 1981)
-
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Alberto Becattini (December 2010).
The Dalmatian
text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- A brief history and description of the dalmation.
Indexer Notes
Morris Gollub did several dog portraits for the MGM's Lassie series including this one. The identification is by Richard Richmond.
The Sea Devil
Lassie / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- animal
- Characters
- Buff Saunders (friend, treasure hunter); Gerry Lawrence; Lassie; Rocky Langford
- Synopsis
- Rocky and Gerry, with Lassie, go to Colombia to help Buff Saunders, an old friend, find an old foundered Spanish treasure ship. On a skin-diving search Rocky and Buff are attacked by a manta ray but Lassie saves them. Lassie then finds the ancient treasure chest.
- Reprints
- in Lassie (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1959 series) #2/1960 ([mars] 1960)
- in Lassie (Semic, 1980 series) #7/1981 (uke 46 1981)
-
Indexer Notes
Pencils: Steve Whitaker and David A. Roach confirm Mayo.
No credits.
Story marked "567," which is a date code.
The Green Flame
Lassie / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- animal
- Characters
- Gerry Lawrence; Lassie; Mariles (chief mining engineer); Rocky Langford; Valdo (mine foreman)
- Synopsis
- Rocky and Gerry, with Lassie, travel to a Colombian emerald mine that apparently is exhausted. They then stop the superstitious miners from burning rare plants to appease their gods by showing where more emeralds might be found. Lassie finds out that Valdo, the foreman, is stealing the emeralds and everyone is grateful.
- Reprints
- in Lassie (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1959 series) #2/1960 ([mars] 1960)
- in Lassie (Semic, 1980 series) #4/1981 (uke 31 1981)
-
Indexer Notes
No credits.
Pencils: Steve Whitaker and David A. Roach suggest Mayo.
The Runt
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- animal
- Characters
- Dorado (collie); Luis (old gaucho) ; Rios (young gaucho)
- Synopsis
- Four gauchos and Dorado, a small dog, are herding longhorns. Rios, a young gaucho, dislikes Dorado while Luis, and old gaucho, speaks well of the dog. While crossing a racing river, Rios is saved by the dog from drowning.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
No credits.
[no title indexed]
Reina the Black Panther / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- One afternoon at the end of the rainy season...
- Genre
- animal
- Characters
- hunter (Mateo's father); Mateo; Reina and her two cubs
- Synopsis
- A hunter and his son Mateo want to kill Reina for her hide, but then stop because she is defending her cubs. Months later Mateo is hurt and this time his father must defend him from Reina who, however, somehow remembers the previous incident and leaves.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
No credits. Art identification by Alberto Becattini (December 2010).
The Race For Life
Lassie / comic story / 9.67 pages
- Genre
- animal
- Characters
- Cashimir Arbolon (railroad worker); Gerry Lawrence; Lassie; Rocky Langford; Tipi (Vernal's monkey); Vernal (chief engineer)
- Synopsis
- Rocky and Gerry, with Lassie, go to Quito in Ecuador for the inauguration of a new railroad line where chief engineer Vernal has a dispute with worker Arbolon. Arbolon's gang then sabotages a railroad bridge during the trial run and hold Rocky and Gerry captive. Lassie then is able to warn the train in time and the police arrest the culprits.
- Reprints
- in Lassie (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1959 series) #2/1960 ([mars] 1960)
- in Lassie (Semic, 1980 series) #7/1981 (uke 46 1981) [edited, 2. translation]
-
Indexer Notes
No credits.
Pencils: Steve Whitaker and David A. Roach suggest Forgione.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Lassie -
1.
The Dalmatian
-
2.
The Sea Devil
Lassie -
3.
The Green Flame
Lassie -
4.
The Runt
-
5.
["One afternoon at the end of the rainy season..."]
Reina the Black Panther -
6.
The Race For Life
Lassie -
7.
[no title indexed]
Tom and Jerry -
8.
Play It Smart - Play Safe When You Go Swimming
Bill Wisdom; Wrigley's -
9.
Hey Kids! Have More Fun On the Best Bike of Them All!
Arnold, Schwinn & Company
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- Max Capp
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Katy Hayhurst
- Edgar Loftin
- Richard Richmond
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
- Mike Verhart
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