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Issue Details

Issue #30
Published September-October 1956
Cover Price $0.10
Pages 36
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Lassie
Genre animal
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)
Reprinted in Lassie (Golden Press, 1978 series) #11193 [as cover]

10 page Lassie story "The Thieftakers"

Characters Gerry Lawrence; Lassie; Martinez ("thieftaker"); Matillo (bandit leader); Rocky Langford; Timbu (boy)
Synopsis Bandits, who have taken crop money from Rocky, take refuge in Rocky's homestead. Lassie and Timbu save the day by laying traps for the bandits to fall into.
Genre animal
Pencils Bob Forgione ?
Letters typeset
Notes No credits.

7 page Lassie story "Desperate Journey"

Characters Gerry Lawrence; Lassie; Rocky Langford; Vargas (friend)
Synopsis Rocky and Gerry, with Lassie, bring supplies to their homestead in a canoe. A storm forces them to stop while Lassie is whisked away in the current. Fearing the worst, they then attend their housewarming party where Vargas, a friend of theirs, surprises them with Lassie.
Genre animal
Letters typeset
Notes No credits.

1 page Manuelo text story "A Dog For Manuelo"

Characters Dutchess (dog); Jaime (Manuelo's father); Manuelo (ten-year-old boy); tall man (owner of Dutchess)
Synopsis Manuelo, a poor boy, while selling oranges at an airport sees a beautiful dog. He then brings it back to it's owner after it had fled into the jungle and the grateful owner gives one of it's puppies to an overjoyed Manuelo.
Genre animal
Letters typeset
Notes No credits.

4 page Reina story "Reina The Black Panther"

Characters Reina and her two cubs
Synopsis A heavy rain causes a river to flood and all the jungle animals search for higher ground. While doing so, one of Reina's cubs is in danger of being swept away into the rapids but she manages to save it.
Genre animal
Letters typeset
Notes No credits.

9 page Lassie story "Gift From The Sea"

Characters Gerry Lawrence; Lassie; Mahila (Yuto's bride-to-be); Mara (boat owner); Rocky Langford; the Yagans (South American Indian tribe); Yuto (Yagan fisherman)
Synopsis Rocky and Gerry, with Lassie, go to Cape Horn to do film sequences on the South American Yagan Indian tribe. Lassie saves the lives of two Yagans, first Yuto and then Mahila, destined to marry each other. Rocky then gives a fishing net to Yuto so that he can marry Mahila.
Genre animal
Letters typeset
Notes No credits.

1 page Bill Wisdom? advertisement "Vacation Time Is All Too Short - Don't Lose Part Of Your Vacation By Having An Accident Be Smart - Play Safe!"

Characters Bill Wisdom?
Synopsis Tips on how to avoid getting hurt during vacation time.
Genre fact
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover. Sponsored by Wrigley's Juicy Fruit Gum. No credits.