CREATOR

Name: Dell Publishing Co. (American comics corporation).
Personal dates: Founded in 1921. Stopped in 1973. Formed partnership with Western Publishing from 1938 to 1962. First editor was Harry Steeger.
Other creations
: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under Dell in the Creators section.
Successors
: None.
Comments
: Dell divided their comic book activities between original stories and stories based on films.

 

 

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1950. Stopped in 1962 after 58 issues.

The title character is a collie of the female gender. She is owned by the son Timmy in a farmer's family, from where numerous exciting adventures originate. Lassie is a very intelligent and brave dog that often rescues both people and animals from dire straits.

The series is a spinoff from a TV series that ran from 1954 to 1974.

 

 

MAIN CHARACTER

Lassie

 

 

GALLERY
(presenting the front covers from 6 random issues)

#13 - 1953

#21 - 1955

#31 - 1957

#42 - 1960

#50 - 1961

#57 - 1962

 

 

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