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Issue Details

Issue #71
Published May 1954
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Lone Ranger
Synopsis Aroused from sleep, the Lone Ranger reaches for his gun as an Indian approaches with a knife.
Genre western
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)

2 page filler "Blank Pages"

Notes Both the inside front and inside back covers are blank.

13 page The Lone Ranger story "The Lone Ranger and The Peace Powwow"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis Apache Chief Big Eagle uses a meeting to discuss peace as a ruse to capture Army officers.
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.

10 page The Lone Ranger story "Change of Plans"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis Hotel keeper Avery wants the Sheriff and his deputies lured out of Houston in order for his gang to rob a train carrying cash to Houston.
Genre western
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill

12 page The Lone Ranger story "The Unexpected"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis Scarface Bleeker is the "King of Crime" because each of the members of his gang is a specialist at a line of crime.
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.
Reprinted in Lone Ranger, The (Gold Key, 1964 series) #15

2 page text story "The Haunted Canyon"

Characters Little Raven; Tall Pine
Synopsis A Pueblo family takes refuge in "Haunted Canyon" to elude Apache raiders.
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 "Sioux Attack by Night"

Characters Young Hawk; Little Buck
Synopsis After saving a Shoshone girl from a bear, Young Hawk and Little Buck go to her village, where they help fight off an attack by Sioux warriors.
Genre western
Script Gaylord DuBois
Pencils Jon Small
Inks Jon Small
Notes Part of a continuing storyline. Short recap of previous adventures included in story. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord DuBois' personal records.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) Play "KE"

Characters Lone Ranger (cameo)
Letters typeset
Notes Promo for subscriptions to Dell Lone Ranger comics. Premium is “KE” Puzzle game.
Reprinted in Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #76 [in black and white]; in Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #84 [in black and white]

1 page Wheaties; Spark Up with Wheaties! advertisement "Spark Up...To Pick Off a Base-runner!" Says Roy Campanella

Characters Roy Campanella
Genre sports
Notes Back cover; color. Ad in comic form for Wheaties breakfast cereal featuring Brooklyn Dodger catcher Roy Campanella. Ad includes photo of Campanella with facsimile autograph. Part of "Spark Up With Wheaties!" series.