Four Color
#1283 - Bonanza
(February-April 1962)
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1961-11-30
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell [stamp]
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Bonanza
Bonanza / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Ben Cartwright (photo of Lorne Greene); Little Joe Cartwright (photo of Michael Landon); Hoss Cartwright (photo of by Dan Blocker); Adam Cartwright (photo of Pernell Roberts)
- Reprints
-
in Sheriff (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1959 series) #1/1963 ([februar] 1963) -
in Bonanza (Magazine Management, 1965 series) #5-007 ([1965])
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[The Four-Flusher / One Dark Night]
Bonanza / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Ben Cartwright (photo of Lorne Greene); Little Joe Cartwright (photo of Michael Landon); Hoss Cartwright (photo of Dan Blocker); Adam Cartwright (photo of Pernell Roberts)
- Synopsis
- Previews of the two stories in the issue.
- Reprints
- in Sheriff (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1959 series) #1/1963 ([februar] 1963)
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Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Cropped photo and two panels previewing each of the two stories.
Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott states: "Summary. Cover #2 for Bonanza, February/April issue. Sent June 24, 1961." ~Dave Porta.
The Four Flusher
Bonanza / comic story / 15 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- 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.
- Reprints
-
in Bonanza (World Distributors, 1963 series) #[1963] ([1963]) - in Sheriff (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1959 series) #1/1963 ([februar] 1963)
- in Bonanza (Magazine Management, 1965 series) #5-007 ([1965])
-
Indexer Notes
Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott states: "The Four-Flusher. 15p. For Bonanza, February/April issue. Sent May 31, 1961." ~Dave Porta.
The Arrow and the Axe
Bonanza / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- 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.
- Reprints
- in Sheriff (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1959 series) #1/1963 ([februar] 1963)
- in Bonanza (Magazine Management, 1965 series) #5-007 ([1965])
-
in Bonanza (Western, 1962 series) #27 (February 1968) which is reprinted - in Bonanza (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #17 ([november] 1970)
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Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
One Dark Night
Bonanza / comic story / 15 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Ben Cartwright; Little Joe Cartwright; Hoss Cartwright; Adam Cartwright; Paiute Joe
- Synopsis
- The Cartwrights trail vanishing cattle to a canyon death trap. During a single dark night, Adam tracks rustlers who devise an ingenious plot to drive cattle into a river and then divert them from the river into a cavern.
- Reprints
- in Bonanza (World Distributors, 1963 series) #[1963] ([1963])
- in Sheriff (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1959 series) #1/1963 ([februar] 1963)
- in Bonanza (Magazine Management, 1965 series) #5-007 ([1965])
-
Indexer Notes
Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott states: "One Dark Night. 15p. For Bonanza, February/April issue. Sent June 13, 1961." ~Dave Porta.
Swimming Cattle
Bonanza / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Synopsis
- The dangers of cattle swimming across rivers in cattle drives.
- Reprints
- in Sheriff (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1959 series) #1/1963 ([februar] 1963)
-
in Bonanza (Sage - Sagédition, 1965 series) #1 (juin 1965)
-
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Bonanza logo is on the story; but no characters appear.
Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott states: "Swimming Cattle. Cover #3 for Bonanza, February/April issue. Sent June 17, 1961." ~Dave Porta.
The Sleeve-Gun
Bonanza / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; western-frontier
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.
Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott states: "The Sleeve Gun. Cover #4 for Bonanza, February/April issue. Sent June 17, 1961." ~Dave Porta.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Manufacturing Company / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Langston (signed) (painting)
- Inks
- Langston (signed) (painting)
- Colors
- Langston (signed) (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Announcing the all-new Daisy B-B gun
- Genre
- western-frontier
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.
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Bonanza
Bonanza -
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 Company
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Chris Boyko
- Pat Conolly
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Michael Hoskin
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Dave Porta
- Ramon Schenk
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