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Issue Details

Issue #125
Published November 1946
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "THE LONE RANGER, No. 125." Code number is L.R.O.S. #125-4611. Copyright 1939, 1940, by The Lone Ranger, Inc. Fourth of seven Lone Ranger Four Colors.

Cover Details

Characters Lone Ranger
Genre western
Pencils Morris Gollub
Inks Morris Gollub
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

15 page The Lone Ranger story "The Lone Ranger and the Apache Ambush"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis The Lone Ranger and Tonto find a soldier who has been ambushed by Apache Indians. He gives the Lone Ranger a note to take to Captain Carslake warning him of an ambush by Apache warriors. The Lone Ranger loses the note in a fight with Apaches. He and Tonto arrive with a verbal message, but Carslake does not believe them.
Genre western
Script Fran Striker
Pencils Charles Flanders
Inks Charles Flanders
Notes Reprint dates verified from original newspaper strips. Story title in the newspaper strips was "The Lone Ranger and the Renegade."
Reprinted from The Lone Ranger (King Features Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1939.10.16 to 1939.11.18

15 page The Lone Ranger story "The Lone Ranger and the Outlaws of Red Rock"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis The Lone Ranger and Tonto come to Red Rock, which is under the control of a thug named Butch, who is partners with Thorndyke, a crooked lawyer. One of Butch's men is in jail and the Lone Ranger convinces him that Butch is helping him to escape in order to kill him.
Genre western
Script Fran Striker
Pencils Charles Flanders
Inks Charles Flanders
Reprinted from The Lone Ranger (King Features Syndicate) newspaper strips (1940?)

21 page The Lone Ranger story "The Lone Ranger and the Water Problem"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis The Lone Ranger and Tonto find themselves in the middle of a range war between cattlemen and sheep herders over access to water for their stock.
Genre western
Script Fran Striker
Pencils Charles Flanders
Inks Charles Flanders
Notes Story continues on inside back cover in black, red, and white and concludes on the back cover in color. Reprint dates verified from original newspaper strips. Original title in the newspaper strips was "The Lone Ranger and the Big Dam."
Reprinted from The Lone Ranger (King Features Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1939.11.20 to 1940.01.27.