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Issue Details

Issue #40
Published May-June 1958
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing George T. Delacorte, Jr. (Publisher); Helen Meyer (President); Paul R. Lilly (Executive Vice President); Harold Clark (Vice President-Advertising Director); Albert P. Delacorte (Treasurer)

Cover Details

Characters Lassie
Synopsis Full-page photo of Lassie looking to her left.
Genre adventure; animal; children
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)

1 page Lassie foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Lassie is Worried..."

Characters Lassie
Synopsis Full-page introduction to "Heart of a Dog" with black and white photo of Lassie.
Genre adventure; animal; children
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes inside front cover

14 page Lassie story "Heart of a Dog"

Characters Lassie; Jeff Miller; Ellen Miller (Jeff's mother); Gramps Miller (Jeff's grandfather); Timmy; Porky (Jeff's friend); Pokey (Porky's dog); Ruth Martin; Paul Martin; Doctor
Synopsis Paul and Ruth Martin buy the Miller farm and adopt Timmy.
Genre adventure; animal; children
Letters typeset
Notes story based on a 1957 episode from the CBS television series "Lassie"

4 page Blaze story "Winds of Fury"

Characters Blaze; Calf; Farm Family
Synopsis Blaze saves a calf during a tornado.
Genre adventure; animal; children
Letters typeset

1 page text story "Champion"

Characters Fuzzy; Dave Adams; Dave's Father; Stray Dog
Synopsis Fuzzy doesn't have pedigree papers but proves he's a champion.
Genre adventure; animal; children
Pencils ? (header illustration)
Inks ? (header illustration)
Colors ? (header illustration)
Letters typeset

13 page Lassie story "Forest Guardian"

Characters Lassie; Timmy; Ruth Martin; Paul Martin; Dash and Star (deer); Zeke Daniffer (poacher); Jeb Daniffer (poacher); Game Warden
Synopsis Poachers threaten Lassie's forest friends.
Genre adventure; animal; children
Letters typeset