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Issue Details

Issue #59
Published May 1953
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis The Lone Ranger and Tonto sneak up on a pair of outlaws waiting in ambush on the trail below.
Genre western
Pencils Ernest Nordli (signed) (painting)
Inks Ernest Nordli (signed) (painting)
Colors Ernest Nordli (signed) (painting)

1 page Whitman advertisement "These Whitman Books are Just for Fun!"

Characters Howdy Doody (cameo)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; color. Illustrated ad for Whitman activity books.

20 page The Lone Ranger story "Homer With A High Hat"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis In an attempt to get Homer Potts, her eastern lawyer uncle, to stay and help her father save his ranch, Cindy Potts has the sheriff put him in jail. But Homer Potts is mistaken for a counterfeiter and is taken by the Billy-Be-Hung gang to their hideout.
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.

15 page The Lone Ranger story "Summer Dawn"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis Summer Dawn, daughter of Chief Storm Cloud, rides with the Lone Ranger and Tonto to Fort Clark to warn them of an Indian attack, but they are too late.
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.

2 page text story "The Lost Gold Mine"

Characters Jacumba; Seri
Synopsis A young boy, Jacumba, searches for the lost gold of the Santa Clara Mission.
Genre western
Script Gaylord DuBois
Pencils Jon Small?
Inks Jon Small?
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with three illustrations. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord DuBois’ personal records.

10 page Young Hawk story "Eastward Journey"

Characters Young Hawk; Little Buck
Synopsis After recovering the Sea People's canoes from the Waikish, Young Hawk and Little Buck's canoe becomes separated from the others during a storm. They paddle up the Rogue River in Oregon where they abandon their canoe and start eastward up the valley.
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.

1 page filler "Cattle Rustlers"

Synopsis Facts about modern cattle rustling.
Genre western; fact
Letters typeset
Notes Half-art, half-text.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Free! A Dell Comics Club Lucky Penny Piece"

Characters Lone Ranger
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; color. Promo for subscriptions to Dell Lone Ranger Comics. Premium is Lucky Penny Piece.

1 page Wheaties advertisement "Get 'em at your Grocer's Now!"

Letters typest
Notes Back cover. Illustrated color ad for Wheaties breakfast cereal featuring miniature 1953 United States license plates.