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Issue Details

Issue #61
Published April 1963
Frequency quarterly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Lassie; Timmy [as portrayed by Jon Provost]
Synopsis Full-page color photo depicts Lassie and Timmy peering from a tunnel. Spot illustration depicts Lassie and Paul subduing a knife-wielding African witch doctor.
Genre adventure; animal; children
Pencils ? (photo; spot illustration)
Inks ? (photo; spot illustration)
Colors ? (photo; spot illustration)
Notes front cover

1 page Keys of Knowledge text article "People of Africa (Number 2): The Tuaregs"

Synopsis Article with five black and white illustrations about the Tauregs.
Genre fact
Letters typeset
Notes inside front cover

14 page Lassie story "The Yawning Pit"

Characters Lassie; Timmy; Ruth Martin; Paul Martin; Mr. Kaduna (mining engineer); Will Jeffries (senior engineer); Bageli (interpreter); Nagule (witch doctor); Bapidi, N'Gole, and Pumo (village elders); Villagers
Synopsis Plans to relocate Nigerian villagers to better farm land go awry when a witch doctor who fears losing his power over the people opposes the move. Lassie and the Martins discover a mysterious tunnel and pit where the witch doctor uses sleight of hand and other tricks to persuade the villagers to kill the whites and remain on their land. Lassie exposes the witch doctor as a fraud, and the villagers accept the offer of new land and homes.
Genre adventure; animal; children

4 page The Elephant Boy story "The Ambusher"

Characters Po Yin; Kyan Zit (elephant); U Po Net (village headman); Bo Gyi (bandit); Water Buffalo
Synopsis Bo Gyi ambushes Po Yin and U Po Net, but Kyan Zit throws the bandit off-balance by tossing a paw paw at his head. Bo Gyi tumbles into a river and is thrashed about by a water buffalo. The bandit climbs from the river vowing revenge upon Po Yin.
Genre adventure; animal; children

1 page text article "Primitive Dogs"

Synopsis Article about early dogs throughout the world and man's relationship with them.
Genre fact
Pencils ? (header illustration)
Inks ? (header illustration)
Colors ? (header illustration)
Letters typeset

13 page Lassie story "Spears Among the Shadows"

Characters Lassie; Timmy; Paul Martin; Ali (Son of the Sultan of Kusa); Sultan of Kusa; Kimo (Fulani cattle herder); Mahaggi Tribesmen
Synopsis While Paul advises the people of Kusa on their crops, Timmy explores the coutryside with Ali. The two venture into the ruined buildings of Komba and discover Kimo hiding in a crumbling mosque from marauding Mahaggis. Following a severe storm that causes the trio to be partially buried in the mosque, Lassie finds and brings Paul to the rescue while the Sultan and his entourage rout the Mahaggis.
Genre adventure; animal; children

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

Synopsis List of Gold Key titles currently on sale with photos depicting front covers of six issues including "In Search of the Castaways", "Top Cat", and "Space Family Robinson".
Script ? (ad copy)
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes inside back cover

1 page Lassie illustration "Lassie Pin-Up No. 3"

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