Lassie
#54
(July-September 1961)
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1961-04-13
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell [stamp]
- Editing
- Helen Meyer (president); William F. Callahan Jr. (executive vice president); Paul R. Lilly (executive vice president); Bryce L. Holland (vice president); Albert P. Delacorte (treasurer); Harold Clark (credited as Harold F. Clark) (vice president-advertising director)
Issue Notes
[no title indexed]
Lassie / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure; animal; children
- Characters
- Lassie; Timmy [as portrayed by Jon Provost]
- Synopsis
- Full-page color photo of Lassie and Timmy with a flashlight.
- Reprints
-
in Fernseh Abenteuer (Tessloff, 1960 series) #36, #137 -
in Domingos Alegres (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #450 (11 de noviembre de 1962) -
in Lassie (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1959 series) #3/1964 ([april] 1964)
-
Indexer Notes
front cover
Rescue First
Lassie / comic story / 12 pages
- Job Number
- LASSIE #54-617
- Genre
- adventure; animal; children
- Characters
- Lassie; Timmy; Ruth Martin; Paul Martin; Floyd Haskins (farmer); Myra Haskins (Floyd's wife); Tom Burgess (farmer); Mrs. Arthur (townswoman); Mr. Harvey (townsman); Flint Wheelock (owner of the Wheelock Manufacturing Co.); Nora Wheelock (Flint's daughter); Connie Wheelock (Flint's wife and Nora's mother); Mayor; Fire Chief; Television Newscaster
- Synopsis
- Wealthy Flint Wheelock opposes Paul's subscription drive for a community rescue squad, but changes his mind when Lassie rescues his daughter from a sluice filled with rainwater.
- Reprints
- in Fernseh Abenteuer (Tessloff, 1960 series) #41
- in Domingos Alegres (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #450 (11 de noviembre de 1962)
- in Lassie (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1959 series) #3/1964 ([april] 1964)
-
Indexer Notes
Pencils confirmed + 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 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).
A Cure for Hatred
Blaze / comic story / 3.5 pages
- Genre
- adventure; animal; children
- Characters
- Blaze; Red Rocket; Ted Bailey; Harry King (Ted's college roommate); Mark Denby (polo player); Hobo
- Synopsis
- When a hobo accidentally sets fire to the horse barn, Blaze and Red Rocket forget their enmity and work together to alert Ted and his friends.
- Reprints
- in Fernseh Abenteuer (Tessloff, 1960 series) #25
- in Domingos Alegres (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #450 (11 de noviembre de 1962)
-
Indexer Notes
Script, art and lettering identification by Alberto Becattini (December 2010).
Script credit confirmed as per page 40, 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).
The Cub
text story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ? (header illustration)
- Inks
- ? (header illustration)
- Colors
- ? (header illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure; animal; children
- Characters
- Patch; Benjy Matthews; Dan Matthews (Benjy's father)
- Synopsis
- Benjy adopts a wolf cub as a pet but one day his father suspects the animal is killing chickens. The killer proves to be a fox.
The Trapper
Lassie / comic story / 11.5 pages
- Genre
- adventure; animal; children
- Characters
- Lassie; Timmy; Paul Martin; Mr. MacRay (farmer); Sam (Timmy's friend); Mr. Royce (firefighter); Firefighters; Cub Scouts; Beagle Puppy; Buffer (collie)
- Synopsis
- While accompanying Timmy and his cub scout friends on an expedition, Lassie rescues a beagle puppy caught in a leg-hold trap.
- Reprints
- in Fernseh Abenteuer (Tessloff, 1960 series) #53
- in Domingos Alegres (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #450 (11 de noviembre de 1962)
-
Indexer Notes
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 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).
Breeds of Dogs the Saluki Hound
Lassie / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; animal; adventure
- Synopsis
- Article with six black and white illustrations about the saluki hound.
- Reprints
- in Fernseh Abenteuer (Tessloff, 1960 series) #25
- in Domingos Alegres (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #450 (11 de noviembre de 1962)
-
Indexer Notes
inside back cover. Art and lettering identification by Alberto Becattini (December 2010).
Script credit as per page 39, 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).
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0.
[no title indexed]
Lassie -
1.
Rescue First
Lassie -
2.
A Cure for Hatred
Blaze -
3.
[no title indexed]
-
4.
The Cub
-
5.
The Trapper
Lassie -
6.
Breeds of Dogs the Saluki Hound
Lassie
- Katie
- Chris Boyko
- Steve Coates
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Edgar Loftin
- Mike Nielsen
- Dave Porta
- Ramon Schenk
- Kathryn Wright
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