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Series: Bonanza

- Attribution History

Years in Print: 1962 - 1970

Detail

Publisher: Flag

Western Country:

United States Language: English Issues: #1 - ? (37 Issues, 39 Printings)

Continued From: none

Continued In: none Disclose

Tracking Notes: Disclose

Notes: Adaptation of the long-running NBC-TV western series, starring Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, and Pernell Roberts.

******* 'Canadian' price variants of 1968 *******
Doug Sulipa, a comics dealer in Manitoba, Canada since 1970, has confirmed that about 90% of all 63 titles of Gold Key Canadian titles are confirmed to exist with cover dates from April 1968 through August 1968 for both 15 cent covers and 12 cent covers. Joe Torcivia, a comics collector and professional, has confirmed that at least several titles were sold in Flushing, Queens, New York with 15 cent covers while sold elsewhere with 12 cent covers. A few months later (September or November issues, depending on dating), ALL Gold Key Comics carried the 15-cent cover price and no further 12 cent issues were sold again. These issues do not have a currency qualifier on the covers, so it is not certain whether they were priced in Canadian or United States currency, or both. These issues appear to meet comics researcher John McClure's definition of Type 1a variants: “Cover Price Variants intended for foreign distribution with limited regional distribution, published simultaneously with standard or regular editions." However, in addition to foreign distribution, they appear to have also been sold as a test market for an impending price increase in the United States.

Format

Publication Type: Comic Books

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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Sample Issue Image

Issue #	Publication Date	Pages	Content Items	Issue Images Count
#1	December 1962	36	8/5/1
#2	March 1963	36	8/6/1
#3	June 1963	36	8/5/1
#4	September 1963	36	8/5/1
#5	December 1963	36	9/7/1
#6	February 1964	36	8/5/1
#7	April 1964	36	8/5/1	2 Issue Images total
#8	June 1964	36	8/6/1	2 Issue Images total
#9	August 1964	36	8/6/1	2 Issue Images total
#10	October 1964	36	8/5/1
#11	December 1964	36	8/5/1	2 Issue Images total
#12	February 1965	36	8/4/1
#13	April 1965	36	5/3/1
#14	June 1965	36	7/5/1
#15	August 1965	36	6/4/1
#16	October 1965	36	5/3/1
#17	December 1965	36	8/5/1
#18	February 1966	36	10/7/1	2 Issue Images total
#19	April 1966	36	8/6/1	2 Issue Images total
#20	June 1966	36	9/7/1
#21	August 1966	36	9/8/1	2 Issue Images total
#22	November 1966	36	7/6/1
#23	February 1967	36	6/5/1	2 Issue Images total
#24	May 1967	36	9/5/1
#25	August 1967	36	8/5/1

Issue #

Publication Date

Pages

Content Items

Issue Images Count

December 1962

8/5/1