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Issue Details

Issue	#1214
Published	August 1961
Cover Price	0.15 USD
Pages	36
Editing	?
Notes	Indicia title is "SMOKEY THE BEAR NATURE STORIES, No. 1214." Code number is SMOKEY T.B. O.S. #1214-618. Copyright 1961 by Western Printing & Lithographing Co.

Cover Details - "Smokey the Bear Nature Stories"

Characters	Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs
Pencils	? (painting)
Inks	? (painting)
Colors	? (painting)

1 page filler "Animals of the Land"

Synopsis	Quick facts about reindeer, deer mouse, coypu, snapping turtle, the fisher, and collared peccary.
Genre	fact
Letters	typeset
Notes	Inside front cover; black and white.

12 page Smokey the Bear story "The Blazing Canyon Mystery"

Characters	Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs
Synopsis	Smokey, Little Smokey, and Specs the Raccoon use a bulldozer to dig a fire line and contain a forest fire set by a poacher.

1 page Smokey the Bear filler "The Musk Ox"

Characters	Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs
Synopsis	Facts about the musk ox.
Genre	fact
Notes	Possibly a Sunday newspaper strip reprint.

1 page Smokey the Bear filler "The California Condor"

Characters	Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey
Synopsis	Facts about the California condor.
Genre	fact
Notes	Possibly a Sunday newspaper strip reprint.

6 page Smokey the Bear story "Eager Beavers"

Characters	Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs
Synopsis	Smokey, Little Smokey, and Specs have to contend with a band of beavers that persist in damming up a stream and flooding Smokey's cabin.

1 page Smokey the Bear filler "The Horse"

Characters	Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs
Synopsis	Facts about horses.
Notes	Possibly a Sunday newspaper strip reprint.

1 page Smokey the Bear filler "How to Read Trail Signs"

Characters	Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs
Synopsis	What to look for when tracking animals.
Notes	Possibly a Sunday newspaper strip reprint.

10 page Smokey the Bear story "The Land Grabbers"

Characters	Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs; Slick (villain); Gimp (villain)
Synopsis	After Smokey finishes constructing a causeway to help protect an egret colony, Slick and Gimp use a loophole in the law to set up a fishing boat rental on the edge of the colony. Smokey eventually foils the pair's plan to shoot egrets and strip them of their valuable plumes.

1 page filler "Animals of the Air"

Synopsis	Facts about the bald eagle, road runner, wild turkey, arctic tern, cowbird, and hummingbird.
Genre	fact
Letters	typeset
Notes	Inside back cover; black and white.

1 page filler "Animals of the Sea"

Synopsis	Facts about the pearl oyster, blue whale, American eel, Portuguese man-of-war, sardine, and coral.
Genre	fact
Letters	typeset
Notes	Back cover.