Data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license.

Issue Details

Issue #1110
Published June-August 1960
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "BONANZA, No. 1110." Code number is BONANZA O.S. #1110-606. Copyright 1960 by National Broadcasting Company, Inc. Some information for this issue from Karl Wilcox, January 2008. Additional information added by Merlin Haas (August 2, 2008).

Cover Details

Characters Pernell Roberts (as Adam Cartwright, photo); Michael Landon (as Little Joe Cartwright, photo); Dan Blocker (as Hoss Cartwright, photo); Lorne Greene (as Ben Cartwright, photo)
Genre western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes Indicia title is "BONANZA, No. 1110." Code number is BONANZA O.S. #1110-606. Copyright 1960 by National Broadcasting Company, Inc. Some information for this issue from Karl Wilcox, January 2008. Additional information added by Merlin Haas (August 2, 2008).

1 page Bonanza foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "The Ponderosa Ranch / The Gold Dowser"

Characters Pernell Roberts (as Adam Cartwright, photo); Michael Landon (as Little Joe Cartwright, photo); Dan Blocker (as Hoss Cartwright, photo); Lorne Greene (as Ben Cartwright, photo)
Synopsis Previews of the two stories in the issue.
Genre western
Script Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils Tom Gill; ? (photo)
Inks Tom Gill; ? (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Photo plus previews of two panels each. Script submitted on November 10, 1959. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).

16 page Bonanza story "The Ponderosa Ranch"

Characters Ben Cartwright; Adam Cartwright; Little Joe Cartwright; Hoss Cartwright; Hop Sing; Red Eagle
Synopsis The Cartwrights get caught between arrogant squatters and vengeful Indians and have to prevent a range war.
Genre western
Script Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Notes Script submitted under the title "Ponderosa" on November 10, 1959. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).

16 page Bonanza story "The Gold Dowser"

Characters Hoss Cartwright; Little Joe Cartwright; Adam Cartwright; Ben Cartwright
Synopsis A professor claims to be able to find water or gold by dowsing with a forked stick.
Genre western
Script Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Notes The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Script submitted on November 5, 1959. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).

1 page Famous Western Ranches filler "The XIT Ranch"

Characters Ab Blocker
Synopsis History of the XIT Ranch in Texas.
Genre fact; western
Script Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Script submitted on November 30, 1959. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).

1 page filler "The Divining Rod"

Synopsis Use of divining rods to find water.
Genre fact
Script Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Notes Back cover. Script submitted on November 10, 1959. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).