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Series: Lassie

- Attribution History

Years in Print: 1957 - 1962

Detail

Publisher: Flag

Dell Country:

United States Language: English Issues: #37 - #58 (22 Issues, 23 Printings)

Continued From: M-G-M's Lassie [1950 - 1957] by Dell

Continued In: Lassie [1962 - 1969] by Western Disclose

Tracking Notes: Disclose

Notes: The 22-issue Dell comic book series "Lassie" was based on the Emmy Award-winning CBS television series of the same name, which was broadcast between 1954 and 1973. Both the CBS television series and the Dell comic book follow the adventures of a rough collie named Lassie and a farmboy named Timmy Martin. Although the television show had a 19 year run, Timmy appeared for only 7 years, between 1957 and 1964.

The first Dell issue of "Lassie" brought the Rocky and Gerry stories of the Dell "M-G-M's Lassie" series to an end. Timmy was introduced in the third issue in a story based on his September 1957 television debut. Other "Lassie" comic book stories were sometimes based on episodes of the television series.

Many of the regular cast members of the television series migrated to the comic book series, including farmboy Jeff Miller, his mother Ellen and his paternal grandfather "Gramps" Miller, his chubby friend Porky Brockway and Porky's basset hound Pokey, Calverton veterinarian Doc Weaver, Timmy Martin and his adoptive parents Ruth and Paul Martin, and Paul's uncle Petrie Martin.

All front covers in the Dell series are color photographs depicting either Lassie alone or Lassie and Timmy (CBS child star Jon Provost). Secondary features include one-page text stories with canine themes and four-page comics stories about Blaze, a yearling colt being trained as a polo pony. When the Dell series expired, Western picked up the Timmy and Lassie stories for five issues with Lassie and the Martin family living in Africa.

Format

Publication Type: Comic Books

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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Issues: 1 to 22 of 22 found.

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Issue #	Publication Date	Pages	Content Items	Issue Images Count
#37	November 1957	36	6/5/1	2 Issue Images total
#38	January 1958	36	5/4/1	2 Issue Images total
#39	March 1958	36	7/6/1	2 Issue Images total
#40	May 1958	36	6/4/1	2 Issue Images total
#41	July 1958	36	5/4/1	2 Issue Images total
#42	September 1958	36	5/4/1	2 Issue Images total
#43	November 1958	36	5/4/1	2 Issue Images total
#44	January 1959	36	6/4/1	2 Issue Images total
#45	April 1959	36	6/4/1	2 Issue Images total
#46	July 1959	36	5/4/1	2 Issue Images total
#47	October 1959	36	5/4/1	2 Issue Images total
#48	January 1960	36	5/4/1	2 Issue Images total
#49	April 1960	36	7/5/1	3 Issue Images total
#50	July 1960	36	5/4/1	2 Issue Images total
#51 2	October 1960	36	5/4/1	2 Issue Images total
#52	January 1961	36	5/4/1	2 Issue Images total
#53	April 1961	36	6/5/1	2 Issue Images total
#54	July 1961	36	7/4/1	3 Issue Images total
#55	October 1961	36	6/4/1	3 Issue Images total
#56	January 1962	36	7/6/1	2 Issue Images total
#57	April 1962	36	8/6/1	2 Issue Images total
#58	July 1962	36	7/4/1	2 Issue Images total