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Issue Details

Issue #138
Published February-March 1961
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Notes photo cover; first 15 cent issue

Cover Details

Characters Lone Ranger (Clayton Moore); Silver
Synopsis The Lone Ranger (Clayton Moore) rests guns on ledge; Silver in background.
Genre western
Pencils photo
Inks photo
Colors photo
Letters typeset
Notes photo cover; first 15 cent issue

1 page advertisement "Draw Lincoln"

Letters typeset
Notes inside front cover; black and white; ad for Art Instruction, Inc., (Minneapolis, Minn.) art course.

10 page Lone Ranger, The story "Hostile Territory"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis Beaver poachers in Indian territory threaten to spark a war.
Genre western
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill

4 page Lone Ranger, The story "The Telltale Brand"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis The Lone Ranger finds a crew of bogus cattle branders.
Genre western
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill

10 page Lone Ranger, The story "The Land Dealer"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis A land dealer tries to swindle townspeople into believing a railroad is coming through land he is selling.
Genre western
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill

1 page text story "Outlaws Outwitted"

Synopsis A sheriff has to outwit three men trying to free a murderer who is his prisoner.
Genre western
Letters typeset
Notes text story with 1/4 page illustration

6 page Young Hawk story "Fugitive From the Deep"

Characters Young Hawk; Little Buck
Synopsis Young Hawk , Little Buck, and the Haida warrior Sea Eagle leave the village and sail north. A killer whale damages the canoe, but the dolphin they had saved guides them to land.
Genre western
Pencils Jon Small
Inks Jon Small
Notes part of a continuing storyline; bottom 1/3 of last page is Statement of Ownership for Oct. 1, 1960. Average paid mail subscriptions are 408,711. (only figure given)

Half page Statement of Ownership filler

Letters typeset
Notes Statement of Ownership for Oct. 1, 1960. Average paid mail subscriptions are 408,711. (only figure given)

1 page story "Sweat Lodges"

Characters Tonto (cameo)
Synopsis facts about Indian sweat lodges “narrated” by Tonto.
Genre western; fact
Letters typeset
Notes inside back cover; black and white.

1 page advertisement "This is a Beaverbear"

Genre funny animal
Notes back cover; color ad for Kraft caramels candy featuring a fanciful hybrid animal.