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Issue Details

Issue #1119
Published August 1960
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "SMOKEY THE BEAR NATURE STORIES, No. 1119." Code number is SMOKEY BEAR O.S. #1119-608. Copyright 1960 by Western Printing & Lithographing Co. "Authorized and approved by the State Foresters and the Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture in cooperation with the Advertising Council."

Cover Details - "The Dangerous Vacation"

Characters Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)
Notes Indicia title is "SMOKEY THE BEAR NATURE STORIES, No. 1119." Code number is SMOKEY BEAR O.S. #1119-608. Copyright 1960 by Western Printing & Lithographing Co. "Authorized and approved by the State Foresters and the Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture in cooperation with the Advertising Council."

1 page story "Animals of the Land"

Synopsis Timber wolf, woodrat, anole, bobcat, opossum, and walrus.
Genre fact; animal
Script Paul S. Newman
Pencils Morris Gollub
Inks Morris Gollub
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Script credit from "The Works of Paul S. Newman Part 25: 1960" by Robin Snyder in "The Comics" Vol. 19, No. 1 (January 2008). Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

11 page Smokey the Bear story "The Dangerous Vacation"

Characters Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs
Synopsis Smokey, Little Smokey, and Specs are vacationing in Hawaii. They rescue a professor from a disabled boat. The professor turns out to be a missile scientist and later he is kidnapped by enemy agents.
Script Paul S. Newman
Pencils Morris Gollub
Inks Morris Gollub
Letters Ben Oda
Notes Script credit from "The Works of Paul S. Newman Part 25: 1960" by Robin Snyder in "The Comics" Vol. 19, No. 1 (January 2008). Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Smokey the Bear filler "The Wolverine"

Characters Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey (cameo); Specs (cameo)
Synopsis Facts about wolverines.
Genre fact; animal
Pencils Morris Gollub
Inks Morris Gollub
Notes Possibly a Sunday newspaper strip reprint. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Smokey the Bear filler "How to Make a Camp"

Characters Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs
Synopsis Smokey tells how to make a comfortable camp in the woods.
Genre fact
Pencils Morris Gollub
Inks Morris Gollub
Notes Possibly a Sunday newspaper strip reprint. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Smokey the Bear filler "Flying Fish"

Characters Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs
Synopsis Facts about flying fish.
Genre fact; animal
Pencils Morris Gollub
Inks Morris Gollub
Notes Possibly a Sunday newspaper strip reprint. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Smokey the Bear filler "How to Explore a Pond"

Characters Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs
Synopsis How to study the wildlife in a pond.
Genre fact
Pencils Morris Gollub
Inks Morris Gollub
Notes Possibly a Sunday newspaper strip reprint. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Smokey the Bear filler "The Buffalo"

Characters Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs
Synopsis Facts about buffalo.
Genre fact; animal
Pencils Morris Gollub
Inks Morris Gollub
Notes Possibly a Sunday newspaper strip reprint. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

6 page Smokey the Bear story "The Whoopers"

Characters Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs; Gimp (villain); Slick (villain)
Synopsis A pair of rare whooping cranes make a nest near Smokey's cabin. Later a coyote threatens the nest. Gimp and Slick try to keep Smokey from stopping the coyote so they can take photographs of it killing the young bird and sell the photos to magazines.
Pencils Morris Gollub
Inks Morris Gollub
Letters Ben Oda
Notes Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Smokey the Bear filler "How to Canoe Safely"

Characters Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs
Synopsis Smokey gives instructions on how to canoe safely.
Genre fact
Pencils Morris Gollub
Inks Morris Gollub
Notes Possibly a Sunday newspaper strip reprint. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Smokey the Bear filler "The Flying Squirrel"

Characters Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs
Synopsis Facts about flying squirrels.
Genre fact; animal
Pencils Morris Gollub
Inks Morris Gollub
Notes Possibly a Sunday newspaper strip reprint. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Smokey the Bear filler "How Fish Are Stocked"

Characters Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs
Synopsis Smokey describes how fish are raised in hatcheries in order to be stocked in ponds and lakes.
Genre fact
Pencils Morris Gollub
Inks Morris Gollub
Notes Possibly a Sunday newspaper strip reprint. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

7 page Smokey the Bear story "The Railroad Fire"

Characters Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs
Synopsis Sparks from a lumber train start a fire in a dry forest. Smokey takes a railroad engine and caboose with equipment to fight the fire, but the caboose (with Little Smokey and Specs aboard) comes loose and rolls backwards down a hill.
Pencils Morris Gollub
Inks Morris Gollub
Letters Ben Oda
Notes Pages have 10-12 panels on them. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page filler "Animals of the Air"

Synopsis brown pelican; northern phalarope; the dipper; golden-eye; whooping crane; duck hawk
Genre fact; animal
Pencils Morris Gollub
Inks Morris Gollub
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page filler "Animals of the Sea"

Synopsis swellfish; flounder; the angler; green sturgeon; chinook salmon; sea horse
Genre fact; animal
Pencils Morris Gollub
Inks Morris Gollub
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).