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Issue: Lassie #61
Publication Date: April 1963
 
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Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: Gold KeyView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: K. K. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/31/1963
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Cover code: 10007-304. On-sale date from 1963 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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
? (photo; spot illustration)
? (photo; spot illustration)
? (photo; spot illustration)
Subject Matter
adventure, childrens, nature
Lassie
Lassie; Timmy [as portrayed by Jon Provost]
Searching for a crafty witch doctor, Timmy and Lassie find a hidden tunnel to an ancient underground burial pit!
Full-page color photo depicts Lassie and Timmy peering from a tunnel. Spot illustration depicts Lassie and Paul subduing a knife-wielding African witch doctor.
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Miscellaneous
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front cover
People of Africa, Number 2: The Tuaregs

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gaylord Du Bois
Tom Gill; ? (assistant)
Tom Gill; ? (assistant)
typeset
Subject Matter
informational
Keys of Knowledge
Article with five black and white illustrations about the Tauregs.
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover.

Gaylord Du Bois script credit as per page 201, Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, Sorted by Title, compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott. Script title as submitted was, "The Tuaregs (People of Africa). Cover for Beetle Bailey, November issue. Sent June 24, 1962."
The Yawning Pit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
adventure, childrens, nature
Lassie
Lassie; Timmy; Ruth Martin; Paul Martin; Mr. Kaduna (mining engineer); Will Jeffries (senior engineer); Bageli (interpreter); Nagule (witch doctor); Bapidi, N'Gole, and Pumo (village elders); Villagers
Plans to relocate Nigerian villagers to better farmland go awry when a witch doctor who fears losing his power over the people opposes the move. Lassie and the Martins discover a mysterious tunnel and pit where the witch doctor uses sleight of hand and other tricks to persuade the villagers to kill the whites and remain on their land. Lassie exposes the witch doctor as a fraud, and the villagers accept the offer of new land and homes.
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Miscellaneous
14
LASSIE #61-631
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.
The Ambusher

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
adventure, childrens, nature
The Elephant Boy
Po Yin; Kyan Zit (elephant); U Po Net (village headman); Bo Gyi (bandit); Water Buffalo
Bo Gyi ambushes Po Yin and U Po Net, but Kyan Zit throws the bandit off-balance by tossing a paw paw at his head. Bo Gyi tumbles into a river and is thrashed about by a water buffalo. The bandit climbs from the river vowing revenge upon Po Yin.
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Miscellaneous
4
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.
Primitive Dogs

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Tom Gill (header illustration); ? (assistant)
Tom Gill (header illustration); ? (assistant)
? (header illustration)
typeset
Subject Matter
informational
Article about early dogs throughout the world and man's relationship with them.
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Miscellaneous
1
Spears Among the Shadows

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
adventure, childrens, nature
Lassie
Lassie; Timmy; Paul Martin; Ali (Son of the Sultan of Kusa); Sultan of Kusa; Kimo (Fulani cattle herder); Mahaggi Tribesmen
While Paul advises the people of Kusa on their crops, Timmy explores the coutryside with Ali. The two venture into the ruined buildings of Komba and discover Kimo hiding in a crumbling mosque from marauding Mahaggis. Following a severe storm that causes the trio to be partially buried in the mosque, Lassie finds and brings Paul to the rescue while the Sultan and his entourage rout the Mahaggis.
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Miscellaneous
12.5
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.
[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Gold Key Titles List

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (ad copy)
? (photo)
? (photo)
typeset
Subject Matter
List of Gold Key titles currently on sale with photos depicting front covers of six issues including "In Search of the Castaways", "Top Cat", and "Space Family Robinson".
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Miscellaneous
1
inside back cover
Lassie Pin-Up No. 3

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (photo)
? (photo)
? (photo)
Subject Matter
adventure, childrens, nature
Lassie
Lassie; Timmy [as portrayed by Jon Provost]
Full-page color photo of Lassie and Timmy peering from a tunnel. Same pic as the front cover but without the spot illustration and typography.
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Miscellaneous
1
back cover

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