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Issue: Lassie #60
Publication Date: January 1963
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Issues: #60 of 12 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: Gold KeyView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: K. K. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/25/1962
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1962 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (color photo; spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (color photo; spot illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (color photo; spot illustration)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens, nature
Feature(s): Lassie
Character(s): Lassie; Timmy [as portrayed by Jon Provost]
First Line: Condemned to death by an African chieftain, Timmy and his parents place their last hope for rescue on Lassie!
Synopsis: Full-page color photo depicts Lassie and Timmy examining a primitive statue. Spot illustration depicts Lassie running from a threatening African.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: front cover
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Peoples of Africa, Number 1: The Arabs

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (assistant)
Inker(s): ? (assistant)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Synopsis: Article with black and white illustrations about the Arabs.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose 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.
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Between Life and Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens, nature
Feature(s): Lassie
Character(s): Lassie; Timmy; Ruth Martin; Paul Martin; Mr. Nugent (pilot); Muslim Emir; Hamid (Emir's servant); Nomads; Lioness; Jackal; Vulture
Synopsis: When their plane makes an emergency landing for fuel line repairs on a caravan road in northern Nigeria, the Martins become the captives of hostile nomadic Muslims who believe the family and their plane have brought sickness upon their Emir. Should the Emir die, the Martins will be murdered. Paul thinks the Emir has contracted blackwater fever, a complication of malaria, and sends Lassie racing through dangerous desert territory to retrieve a medicine kit from the plane. When the Emir is treated and recovers, the Martins are freed.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Job Number: LASSIE #60-6210
Disclose Notes: 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.
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The Raiders

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens, nature
Feature(s): The Elephant Boy
Character(s): Po Yin; Kyan Zit (elephant); Bo Gyi (bandit leader); Burmese Bandits
Synopsis: Po Yin and Kyan Zit happen upon a gang of bandits in the forest who plot to employ the two wanderers in a raid on a nearby village. Po Yin however alerts the villagers to the impending raid and the bandits are routed. Bo Gyi vows to avenge himself upon Po Yin.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: 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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The Mighty Hunter

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (assistant)
Inker(s): ? (assistant)
Colorist(s): ? (header illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens, nature
Character(s): Simba; Kiro (Simba's human companion); Rogue Elephant
Synopsis: Simba the dog is the butt of village jokes because of his diminutiveness but he proves himself a mighty hunter when he finds food and water for the villagers.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art identification by Alberto Becattini (December 2010).
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The Milk of Human Kindness

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens, nature
Feature(s): Lassie
Character(s): Lassie; Timmy; Ruth Martin; Paul Martin; Shakou (witch doctor); Ram Singh (shopkeeper in Unshi); Villagers; Hippopotamus; Crocodile
Synopsis: In the village of Gelwa, Ruth publicly embarrasses a witch doctor on the docks when she urges him to use sanitary methods selling and dispensing his goat milk. In retaliation for his humiliation, the witch doctor sabotages a rickety bridge the Martins must cross as they return to the village from a gift-buying trip to Unshi. The bridge holds until the Martins cross, but the witch doctor stumbles between a hippopotamus and a crocodile in his confusion and only escapes the danger with Lassie's help. Ruth presents the witch doctor with a new aluminum pail, ladle, paper cups, and stool.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: 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.
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Peoples of Africa, Number 3: The Pygmies

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Synopsis: Article about the Pygmies with five black and white illustrations.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back 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.
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Lassie Pin-Up No. 2

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens, nature
Feature(s): Lassie
Character(s): Lassie; Timmy [as portrayed by Jon Provost]
Synopsis: Full-page color photo of Lassie and Timmy examining a primitive statue. Same pic as front cover but without the spot illustration and typography.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: back cover

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