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Issue Details

Issue #29
Published July-August 1956
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Lassie
Genre animal
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)

1 page The Dalmatian filler "The Dalmatian"

Synopsis A brief history and description of the dalmation.
Genre fact
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover. No credits.

7 page Lassie story "The Sea Devil"

Characters Buff Saunders (friend, treasure hunter); Gerry Lawrence; Lassie; Rocky Langford
Synopsis In Colombia Rocky and Gerry, with Lassie, decide to help Buff Saunders, an old friend, find an old foundered Spanish treasure ship. On a skin-diving search Rocky and Buff are attacked by a manta ray but Lassie saves them. Lassie then finds the ancient treasure chest.
Genre animal
Pencils Ralph Mayo ?
Letters typeset
Notes No credits. Story marked "567," which is a date code.

10 page Lassie story "The Green Flame"

Characters Gerry Lawrence; Lassie; Mariles (chief mining engineer); Rocky Langford; Valdo (mine foreman)
Synopsis Rocky and Gerry, with Lassie, travel to a Colombian emerald mine that apparently is exhausted. They then stop the superstitious miners from burning rare plants to appease their gods by showing where more emeralds might be found. Lassie finds out that Valdo, the foreman, is stealing the emeralds and everyone is grateful.
Genre animal
Letters typeset
Notes No credits.

1 page Luis, Rios and Dorado text story "The Runt"

Characters Dorado (collie); Luis (old gaucho) ; Rios (young gaucho)
Synopsis Four gauchos and Dorado, a small dog, are herding longhorns. Rios, a young gaucho, dislikes Dorado while Luis, and old gaucho, speaks well of the dog. While crossing a racing river, Rios is saved by the dog from drowning.
Genre animal
Letters typeset
Notes No credits.

4 page Reina story "Reina The Black Panther"

Characters hunter (Mateo's father); Mateo; Reina and her two cubs
Synopsis A hunter and his son Mateo want to kill Reina for her hide, but then stop because she is defending her cubs. Months later Mateo is hurt and this time his father must defend him from Reina who, however, somehow remembers the previous incident and leaves.
Genre animal
Letters typeset
Notes No credits.

9 page Lassie story "The Race For Life"

Characters Cashimir Arbolon (railroad worker); Gerry Lawrence; Lassie; Rocky Langford; Tipi (Vernal's monkey); Vernal (chief engineer)
Synopsis Rocky and Gerry, with Lassie, go to Quito in Ecuador for the inauguration of a new railroad line where Vernal, the chief engineer, has a dispute with Arbolon, a worker. Arbolon's gang then sabotages a railroad bridge during the trial run and hold Rocky and Gerry captive. Lassie then is able to warn the train in time and the police arrest the culprits.
Genre animal
Letters typeset
Notes No credits.

Half page Tom and Jerry promo (ad from the publisher)

Notes House ad for Tom and Jerry Summer Fun (#3).

1 page Bill Wisdom advertisement "Play It Smart - Play Safe When You Go Swimming" By Bill Wisdom

Characters Bill Wisdom
Synopsis Tips on how to play safely at the beach.
Genre fact
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover. Sponsored by Wrigley's Juicy Fruit Gum. No credits.