Issue Details

Issue	#44
Published	January-March 1959
Frequency	quarterly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	George T. Delacorte, Jr. (Publisher); Helen Meyer (President); William F. Callahan, Jr. (Executive Vice President); Paul R. Lilly (Executive Vice President); Harold Clark (Vice President-Advertising Director); Albert P. Delacorte (Treasurer)
Notes	first quarterly issue

Cover Details

Characters	Lassie; Timmy [as portrayed by Jon Provost]
Synopsis	Full-page color photo of Lassie and Timmy carrying a lantern.
Genre	adventure; animal; children
Pencils	? (color photo)
Inks	? (color photo)
Colors	? (color photo)
Notes	front cover

14 page Lassie story "Lassie Wins the Prize"

Characters	Lassie; Timmy; Ruth Martin; Paul Martin; Uncle Petrie; Sully (thief); Monk (thief)
Synopsis	Lassie and her canine friends catch two thieves at a winter carnival.
Genre	adventure; animal; children
Letters	typeset

1 page text story "Scuffy's Big Day"

Characters	Scuffy; Bobby Welsh; Committee Judge
Synopsis	Scuffy saves his master from a rampaging stallion.
Genre	adventure; animal; children
Pencils	? (header illustration)
Inks	? (header illustration)
Colors	? (header illustration)
Letters	typeset

4 page Blaze story "On the road near his pasture..."

Characters	Blaze; Shannon; Shannon's partner; Rajah (leopard)
Synopsis	Blaze tangles with an escaped leopard.
Genre	adventure; animal; children
Letters	typeset

12 page Lassie story "River on the Rampage"

Characters	Lassie; Timmy; Ruth Martin; Paul Martin; Uncle Petrie; Doc Weaver; Mrs. Morris; Kathy Morris (child)
Synopsis	Lassie and Timmy rescue a mother and her daughter from a flood.
Genre	adventure; animal; children
Letters	typeset

1 page text article "Wildlife on the Farm"

Synopsis	Illustrated article about the wild animals found near farms.
Genre	fact
Letters	typeset
Notes	inside back cover