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Issue Details

Issue #106
Published April 1957
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
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Cover Details

Characters Lone Ranger
Synopsis Lone Ranger fires gun while holding old man above water in middle of stream
Genre western
Pencils Hank Hartman (painting)
Inks Hank Hartman (painting)
Colors Hank Hartman (painting)

1 page advertisement "It makes you smile!"

Notes inside front cover; color illustrated ad for Trix cereal.

12 page The Lone Ranger story "Silver Bullets"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Dan Reid; Ranger Jim (cameo)
Synopsis The Lone Ranger sends Dan Reid to his mine to get silver bars and bullets. Reid is captured by bandits on his return trip and is saved by an 'old prospector' who turns out to be the Lone Ranger in disguise.
Genre western
Script Paul S. Newman
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Notes Lone Ranger's silver mine is part of plot; script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records.

10 page The Lone Ranger story "The Fight for the Red Man's River"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis Chief Red Cloud diverts a river, cutting off a settlement's water supply.
Genre western
Script Paul S. Newman
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Notes script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records.

1 page text story "Suspicion"

Synopsis Jim Bailey suspects Caleb Sothern of shooting his brother.
Genre western
Letters typeset
Notes text story with 1/4 page illustration

8 page Young Hawk story "Mayan farm feast"

Characters Young Hawk; Little Buck
Synopsis Young Hawk; Little Buck; and the boy Atan befriend a Mayan farm couple. After a scuffle with tax collectors, the pair leave the boy at the farm and go to the great city.
Genre western
Script Gaylord DuBois
Pencils Jon Small
Inks Jon Small
Notes part of a continuing storyline; script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord DuBois' personal records.

Half page text article "The Coatimundi"

Synopsis facts about the coatimundi
Genre fact; animals; fact
Letters typeset
Notes short article with illustration

Half page activity "Can you name these Jumping-Jacks shoes?"

Notes ad for Jumping Jacks shoes with rebus puzzles. Also promo for March of Comics giveaways.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Print your own name and address"

Characters Lone Ranger
Letters typeset
Notes inside back cover; color promo for subscriptions to Dell’s Lone Ranger comic; also Dell’s Pledge to Parents.

1 page advertisement "Kids! You'll have a circus"

Notes back cover; color ad for Scotch Cellophane Tape with Snap-Pets premium.