Gaylord DuBois

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Gaylord McIlvaine DuBois, or Du Bois (b. August 24, 1899 Winthrop, Massachusetts – d. October 20, 1993 Orange City, Florida) In his lifetime he wrote well over 3000 comic book stories and comic strips as well as Big Little Books and adventure novels. Most notably, Gaylord Dubois wrote Tarzan for Dell Comics and Gold Key Comics from 1946 until 1971. Among other genre he wrote several Westerns including Roy Rogers, Red Ryder, Gene Autry, Bonanza and others. His early career included many cartoons including Raggedy Ann, Our Gang, Tom and Jerry and Uncle Wiggily. Additionally he penned the scripts for Turok, Lassie, Space Family Robinson (Lost in Space),King of the Royal Mounted,and his own creation Brothers of the Spear. He also wote several one shot comics including Abraham Lincoln, Moses and the Ten Commandments, Around the World in 80 Days, and The Treasury of Dogs that won him the Thomas Alva Edison Award in 1956.^{[1] [2]}

Comic Books were not the only media Gaylord Dubois wrote for and he wrote the original novel of The Lone Ranger, 35 Big Little Books, 5 Little Blue Books, at least 8 boys adventure novels and several other ghost written novels and biographies. The Little Blue Books penned by Dubois in the late 1920's include #997 Simple Recipes for Home Cooking, #1105 Pocket Dictionary Spanish-English English Spanish, #1109 Spanish Self Taught, #1207 French Self Taught, #1222 Easy Readings in Spanish, and an article in #1270. ^[3] Little Blue Books Indexed by Author, Corvallis Oregon, 2006 Big Little Books include Tailspin Tommy(under pen name Hal Forrest), Tom Mix, Gene Autry, The Lone Ranger, Pilot Pete, Buck Jones, Clyde Beatty and others under his own name and using pen name Buck Wilson.^[4]

Adventure novels include the Don Winslow of the Navy series ghostwritten for Frank V Martinek, Barry Blake, The Long Rider, and The Lone Ranger. A series of books co-written with Oskar Lebeck includes Hurricane Kids on the lost Island, Rex King of the Deep and Stratosphere Jim. ^[5]

Gaylord Dubois did several adaptations of well known titles such as Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, Little Women, Kidnapped and an illustrated book on the Pony Express.

In later years Gaylord DuBois also wrote christian comics and published several books of spiritual poems and biographical material.^[6]

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1. ^ Scott, Randall: "Gaylord Dubois Account Books sorted by Title", compiled from original account books, Michigan State University Libraries, 1985
2. ^ Essex County News, Reeseville, NY, Vol 50, Number 33, April 13, 1956
3. ^ Davenport, Tim: Big Blue Newsletter No. 7, 1733
4. ^ Lowery, Larry: Big Little Book Collectors Club of America
5. ^ Du Bois, Gaylord; Glenn, Morris: A Walk Around Whallons Bay New York, Eyrie Publications, 1984
6. ^ Ziemann, Irvin H:Gaylord Dubois, King of the Comics Writers, Comic Buyers Guide #829, 1989

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