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Issue: Lassie #70
Publication Date: July 1969
 
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Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: Gold KeyView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/10/1969
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 12 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Only issue to feature fictional forest rangers Bob Erickson and Scott Turner. Last Western issue. On-sale date from 1970 Books and Pamphlets, 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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Showdown at Pinewood Summit!

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Subject Matter
adventure, childrens, nature
Lassie; Bob Erickson [as portrayed by Jack De Mave]; Scott Turner [as portrayed by Jed Allan]
Full-page color photo of Lassie and her companions, forest rangers Bob Erickson and Scott Turner.
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Toy Offer

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Full-page color ad for Matchbox toys from Fred Bronner Corporation of New York, New York.
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Showdown at Pinewood Summit

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adventure, childrens, nature
Lassie; Bob Erickson; Scott Turner; Three Thieves; Armored Truck Guards; Forest Rangers
Masked thieves rob an armored truck of funds intended to restore a fire-ravaged area. The only clue leads Bob and Scott to three fishermen camping in the forest. Lassie discovers the stolen money buried in their camp but the thieves flee with the loot. As the crooks approach Pinewood Summit, an air tanker drops a load of fire retardant in their path. Bob, Scott, and Lassie nab the thieves.
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Miscellaneous
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LASSIE #70-694
Sturgeon

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Article with five color illustrations about the sturgeon.
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Court

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Article with four color illustrations offering different definitions of the word 'court'.
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Ring Offer

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Full-page color ad for a variety of rings from Military Diamond Sales of Pleasant Hill, California.
Cave Paintings

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Article with three color illustrations about prehistoric cave paintings.
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Menace of the Grizzlies

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adventure, childrens, nature
Lassie; Bob Erickson; Scott Turner; Forest Rangers; Smoke Jumpers; Jane Firth (teenage camper); Carl Firth (Jane's father)
When fire breaks out on Grizzly Mesa, Bob notices bears moving out of the area and into a campground. Lassie hears a cry for help and finds Jane cornered by grizzlies. Her father creates a fiasco trying to rescue her, but Lassie protects the girl and drives the bears away. Bob sends Lassie through the smoke to find Scott. Smoke jumpers come to the rescue.
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Miscellaneous
12
Last Lassie story in the Dell/Western series based on the CBS television series.
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humorous
Two gag comic strips.
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[untitled]

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Four single-panel gags.
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Poster Offer

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Full-page color ad for fluorescent posters of comics characters such as Yogi Bear and Fred Flintstone from Artko Studios, Inc. of North Hollywood, California.
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Fishing Equipment Offer

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Full-page color ad for fishing rods, reels, lures, and tackle boxes from Niresk Discount Sales of Chicago, Illinois.
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