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Issue: Bonanza #1
Publication Date: December 1962
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Issues: #1 of 37 Issues (39 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: Gold KeyView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: K. K. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/27/1962
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Based on the popular television series. On-sale date from 1962 Books and Pamphlets, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Adam Cartwright (photo of Pernell Roberts); Hoss Cartwright (photo of Dan Blocker); Ben Cartwright (photo of Lorne Greene); Little Joe Cartwright (photo of Michael Landon)
First Line: The Cartwrights shelter a pair of young elopers and are caught in a web of Spanish vengeance!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Photo of the men and their horses on a western set
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Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Ben; Adam; Hoss; Little Joe; Terry; Conchita; Hank Greeber; Mrs Greeber
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Illustrated introduction to the two stories. Inset photos of the four main characters

Gaylord Du Bois script credit for Summary as per page 11, "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, Sorted by Title, compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott." Gaylord Du Bois script identification and Tom Gill art identification by David Porta, April, 2016.
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The Fugitive

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Ben; Adam; Hoss; Terry; Conchita; Don Diego de Anza ("El Cuarto")
Synopsis: The Cartwrights help an eloping couple escape from the bride's cruel and angry suitor. After the suitor is killed in the ensuing gunfight, the Cartwrights send his gang home; the newlyweds are free.
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In Content Item: FlagBonanza #25 published August 1967
as The Fugitive [Story on Interior Page(s)]minus 2 pages
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Job Number: Bonanza #1-629
Disclose Notes: Gaylord Du Bois script credit for The Fugitive as per page 11, "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, Sorted by Title, compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott." Gaylord Du Bois script identification and Tom Gill art identification by David Porta, April, 2016.
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The Adopted Orphan

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Bedrock Barnes Prospector
Character(s): Bedrock Barnes; Bad Buck Hardacre
Synopsis: When Bad Buck Hardacre gratuitously shoots a burro, Bedrock Barnes pummels him unconscious. Bedrock sets out for more prospecting, toting the burro's foal on his back.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Gaylord Du Bois script credit for The Adopted Orphan as per page 11, "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, Sorted by Title, compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott." Gaylord Du Bois script identification and Tom Gill art identification by David Porta, April, 2016.
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Buried Treasure

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Sheriff Frank Mace; Deputy Dirk Benton; Gyp Foley
Synopsis: Gyp Foley claims that the money he's been flashing is from a long-buried trove. The sheriff proves it's from a recent killing, and arrests Gyp for murder.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Header illustration
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The Grave in the Forest

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Ben; Hoss; Hank Greeber; Little Crow; Sheriff Hamm
Synopsis: Rustler Hank Greeber fakes his death and frames the Cartwrights for murder. With three of the four Cartwrights jailed, Greeber and his gang drive off the Cartwright herd. Hoss Cartwright and Paiute allies trap them in a narrow canyon and force their surrender. When the sheriff has Greeber's putative grave dug up, he discovers he's been had. The newly freed Cartwrights reward young Paiute Little Crow with a new rifle.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Gaylord Du Bois script credit for The Grave in the Forest as per page 11, "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, Sorted by Title, compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott." Gaylord Du Bois script identification and Tom Gill art identification by David Porta, April, 2016.
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Fiesta

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, western
Synopsis: Description of wedding customs in Spanish California.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Gaylord Du Bois script credit for Fiesta as per page 11, "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, Sorted by Title, compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott." Gaylord Du Bois script identification and Tom Gill art identification by David Porta, April, 2016.
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Bonanza Pin-Up No. 1

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Adam Cartwright (photo of Pernell Roberts); Hoss Cartwright (photo of Dan Blocker); Ben Cartwright (photo of Lorne Greene); Little Joe Cartwright (photo of Michael Landon)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Repeat of cover image.

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