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Issue Details

Issue #59
Published October 1962
Frequency quarterly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes first Gold Key issue

Cover Details

Characters Lassie; Timmy [as portrayed by Jon Provost]
Synopsis Full-page color photo depicts Lassie and Timmy positioned on boulders. Spot illustration depicts Lassie and Timmy being threatened by an African.
Genre adventure; animal; children
Pencils ? (color photo; black and white spot illustration)
Inks ? (color photo; black and white spot illustration)
Colors ? (color photo; black and white spot illustration)
Notes front cover

1 page text article "Nigeria: Modern ... and Primitive"

Synopsis Article about Nigeria with five black and white illustrations.
Genre fact
Pencils ? (spot illustrations)
Inks ? (spot illustrations)
Letters typeset
Notes inside front cover

13 page Lassie story "Flames of Decision"

Characters Lassie; Timmy; Ruth Martin; Paul Martin; Sam Warren (Paul's college friend); Henry Kano (agricultural school graduate); Bulldozer Operator; Doctor; Nurse; Firefighters
Synopsis Nigerian Henry Kano is extensively burned protecting Timmy from a forest fire. His recovery will require months of hospitalization in the States. His plans to teach his people modern farming methods will be delayed a full year, but the grateful Martins travel to Nigeria through the United States Farm Assistance Program to assume his teaching responsibilities.
Genre adventure; animal; children
Pencils Bob Fujitani ?

4 page The Elephant Boy story "Po Yin Rebels"

Characters Po Yin; Kyan Zit (elephant); Ma Kyaw (Po Yin's aunt); Thakin; Crocodile; Panther
Synopsis Fourteen-year-old Burmese boy Po Yin runs away with his elephant calf Kyan Zit after his aunt sells the animal to the Thakin. In the jungle, Kyan Zit saves the boy from a hungry panther.
Genre adventure; animal; children

1 page text story "A Splendid Breed"

Characters Max Gilbreth; Loren (safari guide); M'tano (native guide); Basenjis; Lion
Synopsis Gilbreth hunts a man-killing lion with a breed of dog called the Basenji, but doubts their efficacy until he witnesses otherwise.
Genre adventure; animal; children
Pencils ? (header illustration)
Inks ? (header illustration)
Colors ? (header illustration)
Letters typeset

14 page Lassie story "Tornado"

Characters Lassie; Timmy; Ruth Martin; Paul Martin; Guide; Iseh (headman); Mosheh; Lila Iwo; Lila's Husband; Onya; Ogbo Children
Synopsis When the Martins visit an African village to assess the native farming methods, they are viewed with suspicion that only deepens when a native woman is injured in a tornado. Paul, Timmy, and Lassie are held hostage while Ruth takes the injured woman to a distant hospital for treatment. When the woman returns to the village with her injuries mended, the Martins are accepted and a celebration is held.
Genre adventure; animal; children

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Gold Key Titles List"

Synopsis List of currently available Gold Key titles with photos depicting front covers of six issues including "Gunsmoke", "Ben Casey", and "Rocky and His Fiendish Friends". Spot illustration depicts a child dressed as an astronaut carrying Gold Key comics with the caption, "Wherever you go this summmer".
Script ? (ad copy)
Pencils ? (photos; spot illustration)
Inks ? (photos; spot illustration)
Letters typeset
Notes inside back cover

1 page Lassie illustration "Lassie Pin-Up No. 1"

Characters Lassie; Timmy [as portrayed by Jon Provost]
Synopsis Full-page color photo of Lassie and Timmy rock climbing. Same photo as front cover but without the spot illustration and typography.
Genre adventure; animal; children
Pencils ? (color photo)
Inks ? (color photo)
Colors ? (color photo)
Notes back cover