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Issue Details

Issue #66
Published December 1953
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis The Lone Ranger fires a rifle and Tonto aims a sixgun.
Genre western
Pencils Hank Hartman (signed) (painting)
Inks Hank Hartman (signed) (painting)
Colors Hank Hartman (signed) (painting)
Reprinted in Lone Ranger, The (Gold Key, 1964 series) #1 (with different logo)

1 page Playskool; Lincoln Logs advertisement "Davy and the Indian Attack"

Genre western
Notes Inside front cover; color. Ad in comic form for Lincoln Logs (toy building logs).

19 page The Lone Ranger story "The Bounty Hunters"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis Renegade Apaches cross the border into Mexico, where their raids lead to a bounty of $200 for Apache scalps.
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.

14 page The Lone Ranger story "Jailbreak"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis Two outlaws take a deputy hostage after springing their friend from jail.
Genre western
Script Paul S. Newman
Pencils Tom Gill
Notes Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman’s personal records.

2 page text story "Strong Bow's Vision"

Characters Strong Bow
Synopsis Strong Bow follows an antelope into a remote valley with only one narrow entrance.
Genre western
Script Gaylord DuBois
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with three illustrations. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord DuBois" personal records.

10 page Young Hawk story "Rescue from Blackfeet"

Characters Young Hawk; Little Buck
Synopsis After killing the wolverine, Young Hawk returns to his cabin to find it burned and Little Buck and his adopted family taken away as slaves by Blackfeet raiders. He rescues Little Buck; but the two must leave the others with the Blackfeet.
Genre western
Script Gaylord DuBois
Pencils Jon Small
Inks Jon Small
Notes Part of a continuing storyline. Last mention of Nekootah. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord DuBois' personal records.

2 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Do Your Christmas Shopping Early!"

Characters Lone Ranger (cameo)
Letters typeset
Notes Promo for subscriptions to various Dell Comics. Rate is five one-year subscriptions for $4.50 plus Lucky Penny Pocketpiece premium.

1 page filler "Indian Drums"

Synopsis Descriptions of various types of Indian drums.
Genre western; fact
Letters typeset
Notes Half text, half art.

1 page Daisy Air Rifles advertisement "A New Daisy Training B-B Riffle for Christmas, Pardner!"

Characters Red Ryder
Pencils Fred Harman (signed)
Inks Fred Harman (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; color. Illustrated ad for Daisy Air Rifles. Daisy Pump Gun No. 25, Daisy Defender Repeater No. 142, and Daisy 1000-shot Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine No. 111 models depicted.

1 page Wheaties advertisement "Foreign License Plate"

Letters typeset
Notes Back cover. Illustrated ad for Wheaties breakfast cereal featuring Foreign License Plate premiums.