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| Publisher |
Western |
| Writer |
Gaylord Du Bois |
| Penciler |
Jerry Robinson |
| Inker |
Jerry Robinson |
| Letterer |
Ben Oda |
| Published | October 1962 |
Between Life and Death: When their plane makes an emergency landing for fuel line repairs on a caravan road in northern Nigeria, the Martins become the captives of hostile nomadic Muslims who believe the family and their plane have brought sickness upon their Emir. Should the Emir die, the Martins will be murdered. Paul thinks the Emir has contracted blackwater fever, a complication of malaria, and sends Lassie racing through dangerous desert territory to retrieve a medicine kit from the plane. When the Emir is treated and recovers, the Martins are freed. The Raiders: Po Yin and Kyan Zit happen upon a gang of bandits in the forest who plot to employ the two wanderers in a raid on a nearby village. Po Yin however alerts the villagers to the impending raid and the bandits are routed. Bo Gyi vows to avenge himself upon Po Yin. The Milk of Human Kindness: In the village of Gelwa, Ruth publicly embarrasses a witch doctor on the docks when she urges him to use sanitary methods selling and dispensing his goat milk. In retaliation for his humiliation, the witch doctor sabotages a rickety bridge the Martins must cross as they return to the village from a gift-buying trip to Unshi. The bridge holds until the Martins cross, but the witch doctor stumbles between a hippopotamus and a crocodile in his confusion and only escapes the danger with Lassie's help. Ruth presents the witch doctor with a new aluminum pail, ladle, paper cups, and stool.
