Lassie #58

(July-September 1962)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils

Bob Fujitani (black and white illustrations); ? (black and white photo)

Inks

Bob Fujitani (black and white illustrations); ? (black and white photo)

Letters

typeset

Characters

Lassie; Timmy; Ruth Martin; Mike Rojas; Picaro (raccoon); Two Bucks

Synopsis

Brief synopses of the issue's two Lassie stories, four black and white illustrations depicting scenes from the two stories, and one black and white photo of Timmy and Lassie.

Reprints

• in Lassie (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1959 series) #6/1964 ([november] 1964)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; art identification by Alberto Becattini (December 2010).

Gaylord Du Bois script credit as per page 41, Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, Sorted by Title, compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott. Script identification by David Porta (September 2013). Script title as submitted to Lassie editor was "Summary. Cover #2 for Lassie, July/September issue. Sent October 30, 1961." There is no reason to believe it was written by an editor or editors, as had been speculated by some contributor previously in this wiki. Du Bois wrote what he was assigned by his editors to write.

Picaro's Big Day (Table of Contents: 2)

Lassie / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils

Bob Fujitani

Inks

Bob Fujitani

Colors

?

Letters

Ben Oda

Job Number

LASSIE#58-627

Genre

adventure; animal; children

Characters

Lassie; Timmy; Ruth Martin; Paul Martin; Mike Rojas (10 year old son of Hispanic migrant farm workers); Picaro (Mike's pet raccoon); Pete (leader of a gang of boys); Gang of Boys; Tramp; Superintendent of Parks

Synopsis

Lassie and Timmy rescue Mike and his pet raccoon Picaro from a gang of brutal boys. Mike and his parents leave for another state, Timmy becomes Picaro's caretaker. Picaro is unintentionally destructive in the Martin house, and, as a result, is confined to the barn on a long rope. A tramp steals a raspberry pie from the Martin kitchen, consumes it in the barn, and falls asleep in the loft. Picaro wraps his rope around the tramp's feet, and is hailed as a hero. The Martins realize that they cannot adequately provide for Picaro, and find him a home in a children's zoo.

Reprints

• in Fernseh Abenteuer (Tessloff, 1960 series) #91
• in Lassie (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1959 series) #6/1964 ([november] 1964)
• in Lassie (Semic, 1977 series) #1 (1977)

Indexer Notes

pencils confirmed; Leo Dorfman script identification, Bob Fujitani art identification and Ben Oda lettering identification by Alberto Becattini (December 2010); text features some Spanish words and phrases; story inspired perhaps by the "Melonhead" episode of the CBS "Lassie" television series.

Gaylord Du Bois script credit as per page 40, Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, Sorted by Title, compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott. Corrected script identification by David Porta (September 2013). The presence of the foreign language words and phrases (Spanish, here) is a Du Bois trademark (he wrote Spanish Self-Taught, French Self-Taught, etc.). That the story features an animal (a raccoon, here) is also a Du Bois trademark; one is hard-pressed to find a Du Bois story that does not feature an animal.

School of Survival (Table of Contents: 3)

Blaze / comic story / 3.67 pages (report information)

Script

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils

Till Goodan

Inks

Till Goodan

Colors

?

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

adventure; animal

Characters

Blaze; Old Silversides (she-burro); Band of Burros

Synopsis

Blaze has become a member of a desert-dwelling herd of wild burros led by Old Silversides. She teaches him to eat the most nutritious desert plants and to drink slowly from the small pools of water. When a tornado approaches, Old Silversides leads her band to the shelter of the rocks, but Blaze lingers behind to observe the storm. He is buffeted about by the wind, and seeks Old Silversides for comfort.

Reprints

• in Lassie (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1959 series) #6/1964 ([november] 1964)

Indexer Notes

Last Blaze story; script, art, and lettering identification by Alberto Becattini (December 2010).

Gaylord Du Bois script credit confirmed as per page 41, Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, Sorted by Title, compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott. Script identification confirmed by David Porta (September 2013).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

Helen Meyer

Letters

typeset

A Dog for Binky (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Tom Gill (header illustration)

Inks

Tom Gill (header illustration)

Colors

? (header illustration)

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure; animal; children

Characters

Waggles (beagle); Binky Benson (crippled boy); Dan Benson (Binky's father); Mrs. Gavan (kennel owner)

Synopsis

Binky Benson is a crippled boy who wants to keep a stray dog. Binky's father is cautious; the dog is a purebred beagle and almost certainly belongs to someone. The Bensons agree to shelter the dog for a few days. Binky spends every moment with the dog, names him Waggles, and teaches him several tricks. Mr. Benson comes home one day with sad news, however; the dog's owner, Mrs. Gavan of Gavan Kennels, is looking for him. She arrives at the Benson house, and witnesses the love between the boy and the dog. She gives the dog to Binky, knowing the animal will have a wonderful home.

Reprints

• in Fernseh Abenteuer (Tessloff, 1960 series) #91
• in Lassie (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1959 series) #6/1964 ([november] 1964)

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Alberto Becattini (December 2010).

Antlered Fury (Table of Contents: 6)

Lassie / comic story / 10.5 pages (report information)

Script

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils

Bob Fujitani

Inks

Bob Fujitani

Colors

?

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

adventure; animal; children

Characters

Lassie; Timmy; Paul Martin; Torglund (poacher); Game Warden; Two Bucks

Synopsis

Timmy has a new movie camera. In the forest, he films two bucks struggling with locked antlers. One buck is felled by a poacher's bullet. Timmy continues filming, but sends Lassie for help. The surviving buck frees himself, and threatens the poacher. Timmy saves the man's life by diverting the buck's attention, but the boy is threatened by the animal. Lassie returns with Paul and the Game Warden, and the buck flees. The fallen buck was only stunned, and bounds away. The poacher denies any wrong-doing because both deer are alive, but Timmy's film is evidence of his criminal intent.

Reprints

• in Lassie (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1959 series) #6/1964 ([november] 1964)
• in Lassie (Semic, 1977 series) #1 (1977)

Indexer Notes

Last Timmy and Lassie story under the Dell brand (stories would continue under the Gold Key brand with Lassie and the Martins living in Africa); Leo Dorfman script identification, Bob Fujitani art identification and Ben Oda lettering identification by Alberto Becattini (December 2010).

Gaylord Du Bois script credit as per page 41, Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, Sorted by Title, compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott. Corrected script identification by David Porta (September 2013).