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Issue Details

Issue #60
Published January 1963
Frequency quarterly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Lassie; Timmy [as portrayed by Jon Provost]
Synopsis Full-page color photo depicts Lassie and Timmy examining a primitive statue. Spot illustration depicts Lassie running from a threatening African.
Genre adventure; animal; children
Pencils ? (photo; spot illustration)
Inks ? (photo; spot illustration)
Colors ? (photo; spot illustration)
Notes front cover

1 page Keys of Knowledge text article "Peoples of Africa (Number 1): The Arabs"

Synopsis Article with black and white illustrations about the Arabs.
Genre fact
Pencils ? (spot illustrations)
Inks ? (spot illustrations)
Letters typeset
Notes inside front cover

14 page Lassie story "Between Life and Death"

Characters Lassie; Timmy; Ruth Martin; Paul Martin; Mr. Nugent (pilot); Muslim Emir; Hamid (Emir's servant); Nomads; Lioness; Jackal; Vulture
Synopsis When their plane makes an emergency landing for fuel line repairs on a caravan road in northern Nigeria, the Martins become the captives of hostile nomadic Muslims who believe the family and their plane have brought sickness upon their Emir. Should the Emir die, the Martins will be murdered. Paul thinks the Emir has contracted blackwater fever, a complication of malaria, and sends Lassie racing through dangerous desert territory to retrieve a medicine kit from the plane. When the Emir is treated and recovers, the Martins are freed.
Genre adventure; animal; children
Pencils Bob Fujitani ?

4 page The Elephant Boy story "The Raiders"

Characters Po Yin; Kyan Zit (elephant); Bo Gyi (bandit leader); Burmese Bandits
Synopsis Po Yin and Kyan Zit happen upon a gang of bandits in the forest who plot to employ the two wanderers in a raid on a nearby village. Po Yin however alerts the villagers to the impending raid and the bandits are routed. Bo Gyi vows to avenge himself upon Po Yin.
Genre adventure; animal; children

1 page text story "The Mighty Hunter"

Characters Simba; Kiro (Simba's human companion); Rogue Elephant
Synopsis Simba the dog is the butt of village jokes because of his diminutiveness but he proves himself a mighty hunter when he finds food and water for the villagers.
Genre adventure; animal; children
Pencils ? (header illustration)
Inks ? (header illustration)
Colors ? (header illustration)
Letters typeset

13 page Lassie story "The Milk of Human Kindness"

Characters Lassie; Timmy; Ruth Martin; Paul Martin; Shakou (witch doctor); Ram Singh (shopkeeper in Unshi); Villagers; Hippopotamus; Crocodile
Synopsis The Martins have a Farm Assistance Program task at the village of Gelwa but Ruth publicly embarasses a witch doctor on the docks when she urges him to use sanitary methods selling and dispensing his goat milk. In retaliation for his humiliation, the witch doctor tries to kill the Martins with magic, throws a piece of poisoned meat through the window for Lassie, and sabotages a rickety bridge the Martins must cross as they return to the village from a gift-buying trip to Unshi. The bridge holds until the Martins cross, but the witch doctor stumbles between a hippopotamus and a crocodile in his confusion and only escapes the danger with Lassie's help. Ruth presents the witch doctor with a new aluminum pail, ladle, paper cups, and stool.
Genre adventure; animal; children

1 page Keys of Knowledge text article "Peoples of Africa (Number 3): The Pygmies"

Synopsis Article about the Pygmies with five black and white illustrations.
Genre fact
Letters typeset
Notes inside back cover

1 page Lassie illustration "Lassie Pin-Up No. 2"

Characters Lassie; Timmy [as portrayed by Jon Provost]
Synopsis Full-page color photo of Lassie and Timmy examining a primitive statue. Same pic as front cover but without the spot illustration and typography.
Genre adventure; animal; children
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Notes back cover