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Issue Details

Issue #68
Published September 1967
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Lassie; Corey Stuart [as portrayed by Robert Bray]; Outlaw
Synopsis Full-page color photo depicts Lassie and Corey subduing an outlaw.
Genre adventure; animal; children
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Notes front cover

1 page Lassie text article "Famous Ghost Towns: Bodie, California"

Synopsis Article with five black and white illustrations about the mining town of Bodie, California.
Genre fact
Letters typeset
Notes inside front cover

17 page Lassie story "The Shadow at Ghost Town"

Characters Lassie; Corey Stuart; Hank (ranger); Sheriff; Jeff Mason (vacationing college student); Brad Baker (vacationing college student); Rufe Cate (crook); Bax (crook); Dude (crook); Dan "The Shadow" Darvey (fugitive from justice); Two Thugs (crooks)
Synopsis Lassie and Corey are trapped in a landslide. Lassie is injured but leaves Corey to seek help. Two college students find her on the road, then take refuge from a storm in a ghost town that's become the center of operations for crooks in the business of helping fugitives from justice escape the country. The students are locked in a room but Lassie escapes. When Lassie reaches the ranger station she finds Corey has been rescued. She leads Corey, the rangers, and the sheriff to the town, and the students are saved. Crime kingpin Dan Darvey is nabbed as he tries to flee and the entire gang is taken into custody.
Genre adventure; animal; children
Pencils Dan Spiegle
Inks Dan Spiegle

1 page filler "Mini-Comics"

Genre gags
Notes first of four center pages

1 page filler "Monster Museum"

Genre gags
Notes second of four center pages

1 page filler "Quick Takes"

Genre gags
Notes third of four center pages

1 page filler "Jest for Fun"

Genre gags
Notes fourth of four center pages

9 page Lassie story "Sabotage at Pine Valley"

Characters Lassie; Corey Stuart; Andy (lookout tower ranger); Hank (disgruntled Air Force electronics expert); Cort (Hank's partner in crime); Missile Test Center technician; Missle Test Center supervisor; Air Force Major
Synopsis Two crooks use their electronic equipment to jam Air Force radio controls and force a top secret missile to crash. When Lassie and Corey find the missile, a section is missing. Lassie picks up a trail that leads to the abandoned Thunder Mountain Mine where the crooks are making plans to sell the missile's sensitive camera to the highest bidder. Lassie disarms one crook and the other crook is disarmed by an excited mule. The Air Force retrieves the missile.
Genre adventure; animal; children
Pencils Dan Spiegle
Inks Dan Spiegle

1 page filler "Chuckle Time"

Synopsis Four single-panel comics.
Genre gags

1 page Picture Dictionary text article "The Magnetic Pole"

Synopsis Article with five color illustrations about the magnetic pole.
Genre fact
Letters typeset

1 page Lassie text article "The Collie"

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

1 page Lassie illustration "Lassie Pin-Up"

Characters Lassie; Corey Stuart [as portrayed by Robert Bray]
Synopsis Full-page black and white photo depicts Lassie and Corey with a lamb.
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Notes back cover