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Issue: Bonanza #1
Publication Date: December 1962
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: Gold KeyView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: K. K. Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/27/1962
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Based on the popular television series. On-sale date from 1962 Books and Pamphlets, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
? (photograph)
? (photograph)
? (photograph)
typeset
Subject Matter
western
Adam Cartwright (photo of Pernell Roberts); Hoss Cartwright (photo of Dan Blocker); Ben Cartwright (photo of Lorne Greene); Little Joe Cartwright (photo of Michael Landon)
The Cartwrights shelter a pair of young elopers and are caught in a web of Spanish vengeance!
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Miscellaneous
1
Photo of the men and their horses on a western set
[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gaylord Du Bois
Tom Gill
Tom Gill
typeset
Subject Matter
western
Bonanza
Ben; Adam; Hoss; Little Joe; Terry; Conchita; Hank Greeber; Mrs Greeber
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover. Illustrated introduction to the two stories. Inset photos of the four main characters

Gaylord Du Bois script credit for Summary 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.
The Fugitive

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
western
Ben; Adam; Hoss; Terry; Conchita; Don Diego de Anza ("El Cuarto")
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.
Reprinting
FlagBonanza #25 published August 1967
as The Fugitive [Story on Interior Page(s)]minus 2 pages
 
Miscellaneous
16
Bonanza #1-629
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.
The Adopted Orphan

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
western
Bedrock Barnes Prospector
Bedrock Barnes; Bad Buck Hardacre
When Bad Buck Hardacre gratuitously shoots a burro, Bedrock Barnes pummels him unconscious. Bedrock sets out for more prospecting, toting the burro's foal on his back.
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Miscellaneous
4
Gaylord Du Bois script credit for The Adopted Orphan 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.
Buried Treasure

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
western
Sheriff Frank Mace; Deputy Dirk Benton; Gyp Foley
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.
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Miscellaneous
1
Header illustration
The Grave in the Forest

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
western
Ben; Hoss; Hank Greeber; Little Crow; Sheriff Hamm
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.
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Miscellaneous
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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.
Fiesta

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
non-fiction, western
Description of wedding customs in Spanish California.
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover. Gaylord Du Bois script credit for Fiesta 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.
Bonanza Pin-Up No. 1

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (photograph)
? (photograph)
? (photograph)
typeset
Subject Matter
western
Adam Cartwright (photo of Pernell Roberts); Hoss Cartwright (photo of Dan Blocker); Ben Cartwright (photo of Lorne Greene); Little Joe Cartwright (photo of Michael Landon)
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Miscellaneous
1
Back cover. Repeat of cover image.

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