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Issue: The Adventures of M-G-M.'s Lassie Presented by Red Heart Dog Food #[nn]
Publication Date: December 1949
 
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: none
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On Sale Date: 12/20/1949
Volume: none
Pages: 16
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.00 USD
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Content Items: 8 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Designed and produced for John Morrell & Co. by Western Printing & Lithographing Company, Racine, Wisconsin. Copyright, 1949, by Western Printing & Lithographing Company. Printed in U.S.A.

Red Heart Dog Food giveaway. Name of work per the cover and the Catalog of Copyright Entries. The date of publication is December 20, 1949, per the Copyright Catalog.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: newsprint cover; newsprint interior
Binding: glue bound
Publishing Format: one-shot; giveaway
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: nature
Character(s): Lassie (first comic book appearance)
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Pages: 1
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Lassie and the Smugglers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, nature
Character(s): Lassie; Lieutenant Bill; Chief; "Lady Luck" Captain; unnamed police officer
Synopsis: Lassie and Lieutenant Bill with other policemen investigate the boat "Lady Luck" for smuggled items. They spot nothing until Lassie grabs a fish. At first thinking she was stealing food, they pulled her away from the fish. But Lassie kept prodding at the fish until someone notices a bottle inside. The Captain pulls a gun but is jumped by Lassie and stopped. The crew is arrested for smuggling perfume.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: The story starts on the inside front cover.
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Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Red Heart Dog Food
First Line: Hey kids! Feed your dog the food Lassie loves!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Red Heart dog food and sending in three dog food labels for a 10 cent identification locket.
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Lassie and Operation Haylift

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation, nature
Character(s): Lassie; Skipper (pilot); Jimmy (co-pilot); Air Force Colonel; unnamed Air Force personnel
Synopsis: The Air Force is dropping hay on starving cattle during a great Western blizzard. Lassie can sense when they are overhead the cattle and the pilots drop the hay onto the cattle. On the way back the engine catches fire and they crash. Lassie runs through the blizzard to get to the headquarters. The next aircrew takes Lassie with them and she can identify when they are over the downed pilots. After the Colonel awards Lassie bombardier's wings.
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Pages: 4
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ? (illustrations)
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: nature
Character(s): Lassie
First Line: Lassie says - 'Here's why I thrive on Red Heart!'
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: An advertisement in the form of a testimonial from Lassie promoting Red heart 3-flavor dog food.
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Lassie in the Mines

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, nature
Character(s): Lassie; unnamed coal miners
Synopsis: Lassie seems uneasy as she follows miners into a coal mine. While working, the miners are buried alive in a mine collapse. The miners try to dig out but after an hour they collapse due to the lack of oxygen. Lassie continues to dig for them until she reaches through to miners trying to dig them out, saving the trapped miners' lives.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: The story ends on the inside back cover.

At the bottom of the last page is a blurb for the upcoming Lassie comics series, which ended up being M-G-M's Lassie (Dell, 1950 Series).
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ? (illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: nature
Character(s): Lsssie
First Line: Listen! To a new Lassie adventure every week
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: On the top half of the back cover.

A promotion for the Lassie Show every Saturday morning radio show.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (illustration)
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Red Heart Dog Food
First Line: And send in..for this swell new feeding tray for your dog!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: On the bottom half of the back cover.

An advertisement for Red Heart dog food. With three Red Heart labels and 50 cents, one can get a metal feeding tray for their pet. John Morrell & Co., Dept. CB, Ottumwa, Iowa.

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