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Issue Details

Issue #127
Published April-May 1959
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Trail Drive Issue

Cover Details

Characters Lone Ranger (Clayton Moore); Silver
Synopsis The Lone Ranger mounted on Silver.
Genre western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Travel-O"

Letters typeset
Notes inside front cover; black and white; promo for subscriptions to Dell comics; also Dell’s Pledge to Parents.

1 page advertisement "Kraft Candies"

Pencils Whitney Darrow, Jr. (signed)
Inks Whitney Darrow, Jr.
Letters typeset
Notes back cover; color ad for Kraft Fudgies candy with art and photos

10 page The Lone Ranger story "The Red River Rustlers"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis The Lone Ranger (in disguise) and Tonto join a cattle drive to solve a rash of cattle rustling.
Genre western
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill

9 page The Lone Ranger story "The Open Town"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis The Lone Ranger and Tonto bring law and order to the wide-open cattle town of Elville.
Genre western
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill

4 page The Lone Ranger story "The Brand Changers"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis The Lone Ranger must prove a gang of cattle rustlers is changing brands
Genre western
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Notes A "Solve the Mystery" story; though not billed as such.

1 page text story "The Selfish One"

Synopsis Two men are imprisoned in a mountain cabin by a blizzard.
Genre western
Letters typeset
Notes text story with 1/4 page illustration

7 page Young Hawk story "Good Fishing"

Characters Young Hawk; Little Buck
Synopsis Young Hawk helps his host in the Louisiana bayou catch a huge catfish and a large snapping turtle.
Genre western
Pencils Jon Small
Inks Jon Small
Notes part of a continuing storyline

Half page story "Stampede"

Synopsis three panel strip about cattle stampedes.
Genre western; fact
Notes last panel is Dell's Pledge to Parents

Half page advertisement "Ready...Get Set...Go-Man!"

Letters typeset
Notes 1/2 page illustrated ad for Jumping-Jacks shoes.

1 page story "Cattle Trails"

Synopsis facts about cattle drives with map
Genre western; fact
Notes inside back cover; black and white