Bonanza #1964

(1964)

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

illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

Walt Howarth

Inks

Walt Howarth

Colors

Walt Howarth

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Ben Cartwright; Adam Cartwright; Hoss Cartwright; Little Joe Cartwright

Indexer Notes

Front endpapers showing the Cartwrights watching a cowboy riding a bucking bull.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

statement of ownership / 1 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Walt Howarth

Inks

Walt Howarth

Colors

Walt Howarth

Letters

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Characters

Ben Cartwright

Indexer Notes

Title above head and shoulders illustration of Ben Cartwright.

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

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

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Letters

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Indexer Notes

Typewritten table of contents above illustration of a wild west street.

The Long Cold Trail (Table of Contents: 5)

Bonanza / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Well, Lancer, here's a chance to learn what the trail is like through the high passes!

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Ben Cartwright

Reprints

• from Bonanza (Western, 1962 series) #2 (March 1963)

The Fugitive (Table of Contents: 6)

Bonanza / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils

Tom Gill

Inks

Tom Gill

Colors

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Letters

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Job Number

Bonanza #1-629

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Ben; Adam; Hoss; Terry; Conchita; Don Diego de Anza ("El Cuarto")

Synopsis

The Cartwrights help an eloping couple escape from the bride's cruel and angry suitor. After the suitor is killed in the ensuing gunfight, the Cartwrights send his gang home; the newlyweds are free.

Reprints

• from Bonanza (Western, 1962 series) #1 (December 1962)

Keywords

Elope; family; gunfight; Hispanic; Mexican-American; whip

Indexer Notes

Gaylord Du Bois script credit for The Fugitive as per page 11, "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, Sorted by Title, compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott." Gaylord Du Bois script identification and Tom Gill art identification by David Porta, April, 2016.

A Matter of Temperament (Table of Contents: 7)

Bonanza / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils

Tom Gill

Inks

Tom Gill

Colors

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Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Reprints

• from Bonanza (Dell, 1962 series) #01-070-210 (August-October 1962)

Indexer Notes

Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott states: "A Matter of Temperament. 15p. For Bonanza, August/September issue. Sent November 25, 1961." and "A Matter of Temperament. 1p. For Bonanza, August/September issue. Sent November 25, 1961." ~Dave Porta

The Dude (Table of Contents: 8)

Bonanza / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

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Genre

western-frontier

Reprints

• from Bonanza (Western, 1962 series) #2 (March 1963)

Buried Treasure (Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Letters

typeset

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Sheriff Frank Mace; Deputy Dirk Benton; Gyp Foley

Synopsis

Gyp Foley claims that the money he's been flashing is from a long-buried trove. The sheriff proves it's from a recent killing, and arrests Gyp for murder.

Reprints

• from Bonanza (Western, 1962 series) #1 (December 1962)

Keywords

Buried treasure; murder; police

Indexer Notes

Header illustration

The Cloud Runner (Table of Contents: 10)

Bonanza / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils

Tom Gill

Inks

Tom Gill

Colors

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Looking for strays, Little Joe Cartwright and the daughter of a neighbouring rancher, Jacob Grissom, sight a famous outlaw.

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Little Joe Cartwright; Jacob Grissom; Doris Grissom (his daughter)

Reprints

• from Bonanza (Dell, 1962 series) #01-070-210 (August-October 1962)

Indexer Notes

Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott states: "The Cloud Runner. 16p. For Bonanza, August/September issue. Sent November 25, 1961." ~Dave Porta

The Grave in the Forest (Table of Contents: 11)

Bonanza / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils

Tom Gill

Inks

Tom Gill

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Ben; Hoss; Hank Greeber; Little Crow; Sheriff Hamm

Synopsis

Rustler Hank Greeber fakes his death and frames the Cartwrights for murder. With three of the four Cartwrights jailed, Greeber and his gang drive off the Cartwright herd. Hoss Cartwright and Paiute allies trap them in a narrow canyon and force their surrender. When the sheriff has Greeber's putative grave dug up, he discovers he's been had. The newly freed Cartwrights reward young Paiute Little Crow with a new rifle.

Reprints

• from Bonanza (Western, 1962 series) #1 (December 1962)

Keywords

American Indian; Dynamite; Native American; Paiute; rustler; rustling

Indexer Notes

Gaylord Du Bois script credit for The Grave in the Forest as per page 11, "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, Sorted by Title, compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott." Gaylord Du Bois script identification and Tom Gill art identification by David Porta, April, 2016.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

Walt Howarth

Inks

Walt Howarth

Colors

Walt Howarth

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Ben Cartwright; Adam Cartwright; Hoss Cartwright; Little Joe Cartwright

Indexer Notes

Rear endpapers identical to front endpapers.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Bonanza / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Walt Howarth (painting)

Inks

Walt Howarth (painting)

Colors

Walt Howarth (painting)

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Ben Cartwright; Adam Cartwright; Hoss Cartwright; Little Joe Cartwright

Indexer Notes

Back cover illustration of a wooded scene with a split tree trunk in the foreground pinned onto which are black and white illustrations of the four Cartwrights.