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Issue Details

Issue #5
Published October 1969
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Based on TV series created by Ivan Tors, which aired on CBS from Sept. 10, 1967, to Aug. 31, 1969. Cover code is 01-289-910. Entire book, except for ads, is reprint of Gentle Ben #1. "Reprinted by popular demand" is noted in the indicia.

Cover Details

Characters Gentle Ben (a bear); Clint Howard (as Mark Wedloe)
Genre children; animal
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
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Notes Photo cover.
Reprinted from Gentle Ben (Dell, 1968 series) #1

1 page advertisement "Amazing $1 Art Offer"

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Notes Inside front cover; black and white.

13 page Gentle Ben story "Lost!"

Characters Gentle Ben (a bear); Mark Wedloe; Mark's father "Game Warden Wedloe"
Synopsis A young boy wanders away after an automobile accident in the Everglades.
Genre animal; children; adventure
Pencils Henry Scarpelli (signed)
Inks Henry Scarpelli (signed)
Reprinted from Gentle Ben (Dell, 1968 series) #1

12 page Gentle Ben story "The Feather Thief"

Characters Gentle Ben (a bear); Mark Wedloe; Mark's father "Game Warden Wedloe"
Synopsis Orin Carr is poaching egret feathers in the Everglades.
Genre animal; children; adventure
Pencils Henry Scarpelli
Notes Pencils formerly credited to Jose Delbo.
Reprinted from Gentle Ben (Dell, 1968 series) #1

7 page Gentle Ben story "Crash Landing"

Characters Gentle Ben (a bear); Mark Wedloe: Mark's father "Game Warden Wedloe" (cameo)
Synopsis Gentle Ben and Mark help a man and a girl after a plane crash in the Everglades.
Genre animals; children; adventure
Pencils Henry Scarpelli
Notes Pencils formerly credited to Jose Delbo.
Reprinted from Gentle Ben (Dell, 1968 series) #1

1 page advertisement "Do You Need Extra Money?"

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Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Illustrated ad for selling Satin Splendor Christmas Cards from the Cheerful Card Company, White Plains, N.Y.

1 page advertisement New "Buffalo Bill Scout" B-B Gun...

Pencils Fred Harman (paintings)
Inks Fred Harman (paintings)
Colors Fred Harman (paintings)
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Notes Back cover; color. Ad for "Buffalo Bill Scout" B-B gun from Daisy/Heddon, Rogers, Ark. Photo of B-B gun with partial repros of western paintings by Fred Harman (creator of Red Ryder). Color prints of four paintings available for $1.00 from the company.