Issue Details

Issue	#137
Published	December 1960-January 1961
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	?
Notes	Last 10 cent issue.

Cover Details

Characters	Lone Ranger (Clayton Moore)
Synopsis	The Lone Ranger uses a hammerlock to subdue a knife-wielding thug.
Genre	western
Pencils	? (photo)
Inks	? (photo)
Colors	? (photo)
Letters	typeset

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Christmas shopping a puzzle?"

Letters	typeset
Notes	inside front cover; black and white; promo for subscriptions to Dell comics.

10 page The Lone Ranger story "The Assassination"

Characters	Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis	Gun smugglers hope to assassinate an important Mexican official to prevent the opening of a Texas Ranger station close to the border.
Genre	western
Pencils	Tom Gill
Inks	Tom Gill

4 page The Lone Ranger story "The Murdered Cousin"

Characters	Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis	The Lone Ranger must decide if a man killed his cousin to get an inheritance.
Genre	western
Pencils	Tom Gill
Inks	Tom Gill

10 page The Lone Ranger story "Intruders in Wild Horse Valley"

Characters	Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis	Tonto has to bring a doctor to Wild Horse Valley after the Lone Ranger is wounded in a fight with a grizzly bear.
Genre	western
Pencils	Tom Gill
Inks	Tom Gill
Notes	Silver's origin referred to.

1 page text story "Buzzard Bait"

Synopsis	A bank robber trails a sheriff across a desert.
Genre	western
Letters	typeset
Notes	text story with 1/4 page illustration

6 page Young Hawk story "Repels Boarders"

Characters	Young Hawk; Little Buck
Synopsis	Having rescued the Haida captives, Young Hawk and crew fight off the pursuing Tlinglet canoes and return to what remains of their original village.
Genre	western
Notes	part of a continuing storyline

Half page Grit advertisement "Boys Here's a Swell Way to Make $1 to $5 weekly."

Pencils	? (photos)
Inks	? (photos)
Letters	typeset
Notes	ad for Grit newspaper

1 page story "Arizona Landmarks"

Synopsis	geographical facts about Arizona.
Genre	western; fact
Notes	inside back cover; black and white.

1 page advertisement "Nichols Blue Steels are True-Blue Guns of the Old West"

Letters	typeset
Notes	back cover; color ad for Nichols Industries toy cap pistols and rifles.