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Illustration on Cover, Front

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Colorist(s): ? (color photo)

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, childrens, nature

Character(s): Lassie; Timmy [as portrayed by Jon Provost]

Synopsis: Full-page color photo of Lassie holding a hammer in her mouth and Timmy reaching for the hammer while climbing a ladder.

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Pages: 1

Notes: front cover

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Table of Contents on Interior Page(s)

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Penciller(s): ? (black and white photo)

Inker(s): ? (black and white photo)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, childrens, nature

Character(s): Lassie; Timmy; Ruth Martin; Mike Rojas; Picaro (raccoon); Two Bucks

Synopsis: Brief synopses of the issue's two Lassie stories, four black and white illustrations depicting scenes from the two stories, and one black and white photo of Timmy and Lassie.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside front cover.

Gaylord Du Bois script credit as per page 41, Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, Sorted by Title, compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott. Script title as submitted to Lassie editor was "Summary. Cover #2 for Lassie, July/September issue. Sent October 30, 1961."

There is no reason to believe it was written by an editor or editors, as had been speculated by some. Du Bois wrote what he was assigned by his editors to write.

Picaro's Big Day

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, childrens, nature

Character(s): Lassie; Timmy; Ruth Martin; Paul Martin; Mike Rojas (10 year old son of Hispanic migrant farm workers); Picaro (Mike's pet raccoon); Pete (leader of a gang of boys); Gang of Boys; Tramp; Superintendent of Parks

Synopsis: Lassie and Timmy rescue Mike and his pet raccoon Picaro from a gang of brutal boys. Mike and his parents leave for another state, Timmy becomes Picaro's caretaker. Picaro is unintentionally destructive in the Martin house, and, as a result, is confined to the barn on a long rope. A tramp steals a raspberry pie from the Martin kitchen, consumes it in the barn, and falls asleep in the loft. Picaro wraps his rope around the tramp's feet, and is hailed as a hero. The Martins realize that they cannot adequately provide for Picaro, and find him a home in a children's zoo.

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Pages: 16

Job Number: LASSIE#58-627

Notes: Text features some Spanish words and phrases; story inspired perhaps by the "Melonhead" episode of the CBS "Lassie" television series.

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.

The presence of the foreign language words and phrases (Spanish, here) is a Du Bois trademark (he wrote Spanish Self-Taught, French Self-Taught, etc.). That the story features an animal (a raccoon, here) is also a Du Bois trademark; one is hard-pressed to find a Du Bois story that does not feature an animal.

School of Survival

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, childrens, nature

Feature(s): Blaze

Character(s): Blaze; Old Silversides (she-burro); Band of Burros

Synopsis: Blaze has become a member of a desert-dwelling herd of wild burros led by Old Silversides. She teaches him to eat the most nutritious desert plants and to drink slowly from the small pools of water. When a tornado approaches, Old Silversides leads her band to the shelter of the rocks, but Blaze lingers behind to observe the storm. He is buffeted about by the wind, and seeks Old Silversides for comfort.

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Pages: 3.67

Notes: Last Blaze story

Gaylord Du Bois script credit confirmed as per page 41, Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, Sorted by Title, compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott.

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Statement of Ownership on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 0.33

A Dog for Binky

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ? (header illustration)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, childrens, nature

Character(s): Waggles (beagle); Binky Benson (crippled boy); Dan Benson (Binky's father); Mrs. Gavan (kennel owner)

Synopsis: Binky Benson is a crippled boy who wants to keep a stray dog. Binky's father is cautious; the dog is a purebred beagle and almost certainly belongs to someone. The Bensons agree to shelter the dog for a few days. Binky spends every moment with the dog, names him Waggles, and teaches him several tricks. Mr. Benson comes home one day with sad news, however; the dog's owner, Mrs. Gavan of Gavan Kennels, is looking for him. She arrives at the Benson house, and witnesses the love between the boy and the dog. She gives the dog to Binky, knowing the animal will have a wonderful home.

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Antlered Fury

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, childrens, nature

Character(s): Lassie; Timmy; Paul Martin; Torglund (poacher); Game Warden; Two Bucks

Synopsis: Timmy has a new movie camera. In the forest, he films two bucks struggling with locked antlers. One buck is felled by a poacher's bullet. Timmy continues filming, but sends Lassie for help. The surviving buck frees himself, and threatens the poacher. Timmy saves the man's life by diverting the buck's attention, but the boy is threatened by the animal. Lassie returns with Paul and the Game Warden, and the buck flees. The fallen buck was only stunned, and bounds away. The poacher denies any wrong-doing because both deer are alive, but Timmy's film is evidence of his criminal intent.

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Pages: 10.5

Notes: Last Timmy and Lassie story under the Dell brand (stories would continue under the Gold Key brand with Lassie and the Martins living in Africa).

Gaylord Du Bois script credit as per page 41, Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, Sorted by Title, compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott.