Bonanza
#6
(February 1964)
Western,
1962 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1963-12-26
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- K. K. Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
Gold Key
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Cover number 10036-402. On-sale date from 1964 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Keywords Cowboy; family; television; TV; western
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
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in Bonanza Comic Album (World Distributors, 1964 series) #1 (1964), #1 (1964), #1 (1964)
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[no title indexed]
Bonanza / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Is the Cartwrights' guest the gallant caballero he seems to be or a wanted bandido?
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Little Joe Cartwright (photo of Michael Landon); Ben Cartwright (photo of Lorne Greene); Adam Cartwright (photo of Pernell Roberts); Hoss Cartwright (photo of Dan Blocker)
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Cowboy; family; six-gun
in Indexer Notes
Black-and-white photos of the characters; color background.
Roads and Vehicles Number 32: Mormon Hand Carts
Keys of Knowledge / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Characters
- Mormon immigrants
- Synopsis
- A group of Mormon immigrants, trying to reach Utah with hand carts, suffers tragedy in 1856.
- Keywords
- Educational; fact; Mormon; transportation
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Caballero
Bonanza / comic story / 14 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Ben; Little Joe; Lucy Mather; John Mather; Rudolfo Chavez [Tiburico Vasquez]
- Synopsis
- Escorting a neighbor girl, Ben Cartwright barely saves them from a forest fire. Escaping with them is Rudolfo Chavez, who joins a posse hunting down bank robber Tiburico Vasquez and kills two of the bandits. He later holds Lucy Mather and Little Joe for ransom. The Cartwrights run him down and wound him, upon which he confesses that he is Tiburico Vasquez.
- Reprints
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in Pep (Geïllustreerde Pers, 1962 series) #3/1967 (21 januari 1967) which is reprinted - in Pep index (Kippenvel, 2012 series) (september 2012) [Pagina 1.]
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in Bonanza (Western, 1962 series) #29 (August 1968) which is reprinted -
in Bonanza (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #19 ([januar] 1971)
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- Keywords
- Bank robber; cowboy; gunfight; Hispanic; kidnap; Mexican-American
The Lost Riches of Tayopa
Bonanzas of the West / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- From 1632 to 1646, gold and silver mined at Tayopa in the Sierra Madre were stored on site, rather than being exported. During a great Indian uprising the location of the cache was lost. Hopeful explorers still search for the lost wealth of Tayopa.
- Keywords
- American Indian; Apache; Chihuahua; educational; fact; gold; Native American; Sierra Madre; silver; treasure
Indexer Notes
Header illustration
Debt of Gold
Bedrock Barnes, Prospector / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Bedrock Barnes; Apache family; saddle tramps
- Synopsis
- Bedrock Barnes encounters an Apache family; the father has been gratuitously shot by a pair of saddle tramps. Bedrock Barnes renders aid, finds and pummels the shooters, then turns their horses over to the family. He helped the strangers because he has a debt to the Golden Rule.
- Reprints
- in Bonanza (Western, 1962 series) #34 (November 1969)
-
- Keywords
- American Indian; Apache; Golden Rule; Native American
-- And Threat of War
Bonanza / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Ben Cartwright; Hoss Cartwright; Jack Swilling; Winnemucca; Rawson
- Synopsis
- Three miners have been killed, and the community is riled up against nearby Paiutes. Hoss and Jack Swilling capture a band of Apaches, proving that they, not the Paiutes, are responsible. Jack, the Cartwrights, and the sheriff cut off angry miners riding against the Paiutes, preventing a frontier war.
- Keywords
- American Indian; Apache; bear; cowboy; Native American
Wild Animals of North America Number 22: The Zebu
Keys of Knowledge / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; animal
- Keywords
- Cattle; educational; fact; zebu
Indexer Notes
Facts about the zebu. Inside back cover.
[no title indexed]
Bonanza Pin-Up / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Hoss Cartwright (photo of Dan blocker); Adam Cartwright (photo of Pernell Roberts); Little Joe Cartwright (photo of Michael Landon); Ben Cartwright (photo of Lorne Greene)
- Keywords
- Cowboy; horse
Indexer Notes
Back cover black-and-white photo (on colored field) of the actors and their horses in a western mountainside scene.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Is the Cartwrights' guest the gallant caballero he seems to be or a wanted bandido?"]
Bonanza -
1.
Roads and Vehicles Number 32: Mormon Hand Carts
Keys of Knowledge -
2.
The Caballero
Bonanza -
3.
The Lost Riches of Tayopa
Bonanzas of the West -
4.
Debt of Gold
Bedrock Barnes, Prospector -
5.
-- And Threat of War
Bonanza -
6.
Wild Animals of North America Number 22: The Zebu
Keys of Knowledge -
7.
[no title indexed]
Bonanza Pin-Up
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