Issue Details

Issue	#68
Published	February 1954
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	?

Cover Details

Characters	Lone Ranger
Synopsis	The Lone Ranger, guns drawn, kneels over a fallen robber.
Genre	western
Pencils	? (painting)
Inks	? (painting)
Colors	? (painting)

1 page Hormel advertisement "Collect College Pennants"

Notes

Inside front cover; color. Illustrated ad for Hormel canned foods (Spam, Dinty Moore stew, Mary Kitchen hash, etc.) featuring college pennant premiums.

11 page The Lone Ranger story "Apache Pass"

Characters	Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis	Crazy Wolf and his Apache braves take Colonel Meredith's daughter captive.
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.

12 page The Lone Ranger story "The Fugitive"

Characters	Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis	Clay Trowbridge, unjustly accused of murder, hides out on Risco Island, an outlaws' refuge between Mexico and the United States.
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.

12 page The Lone Ranger story "Zanzibar"

Characters	Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis	Mrs. Trotter comes to Powder Bend to claim an inheritance, but finds her life in danger after witnessing the killing of the manager of an express office.
Genre	western
Pencils	Tom Gill
Inks	Tom Gill

2 page text story "The Water of Vengeance"

Characters	Jerry Parrin; Rev. Walter Parrin
Synopsis	A young boy and his mule track down men who stole horses from a wagon train.
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 "Wolf Attack on Ice"

Characters	Young Hawk; Little Buck
Synopsis	Desperate for food in February, a pack of wolves attacks Young Hawk and Little Buck while they are ice-fishing.
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 "The Iron Horse"

Synopsis	Railroads and how they changed the West.
Genre	western; fact
Letters	typeset
Notes	Half text, half art.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Save Money and Get This Handsome Wallet"

Characters	Lone Ranger (cameo); Silver (horse) (cameo)
Pencils	Tom Gill
Inks	Tom Gill
Letters	typeset
Notes	Inside back cover; color. Promo for subscriptions to Dell’s Lone Ranger comic. Premium is vinyl plastic wallet.

1 page Wheaties advertisement "Foreign License Plates"

Letters	typeset
Notes	Back cover; color. Illustrated ad for Wheaties breakfast cereal featuring Foreign License Plates premium.