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Issue Details

Issue #73
Published July 1954
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis The Lone Ranger prepares to throw a lariat, while in the background Tonto carries a rifle .
Genre western
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)

1 page Mars; Milky Way advertisement "Big League"

Pencils Ludwig Bemelmans [as Bemelmans] (signed)
Inks Ludwig Bemelmans [as Bemelmans] (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; color. Illustrated ad for Milky Way candy bars.

13 page The Lone Ranger story "The Overplay"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis Coy Harper uses a Mexican bandit to lure the Sheriff into an ambush so that he can run the town of Bovorado.
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 "The Rich Tenderfoot"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis A rich easterner sends his spoiled son to work on Silas Kilby's ranch.
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 "Trader's Cargo"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis Pedro the Mexican pretends to sleep in the plaza so that he can spy for a gang of robbers.
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.

2 page text story "The Outlaws"

Synopsis A young stranger helps a posse capture bank robbers, but he's not who he seems to be.
Genre western
Notes Text story with three illustrations.

10 page Young Hawk story "The Tainted Meal"

Characters Young Hawk; Little Buck
Synopsis Canuga, a jealous Shoshone brave, pays village sorcerer Black Heel to frame Young Hawk and Little Buck with some tainted meat.
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 promo (ad from the publisher) "An American Flag Ring Can Be Yours Free!"

Characters Lone Ranger (cameo)
Letters typeset
Notes Promo for subscriptions to Dell Lone Ranger comics. Premium is an American flag ring.

1 page Daisy Manufacturing advertisement "For Real Summer Fun"

Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; color. Illustrated ad for Daisy Air Rifles. Daisy Pump Gun No. 25 is depicted.

1 page Wheaties; Spark Up with Wheaties! advertisement "Spark Up You're Swinging Late!" Said Home Run King Al Rosen

Characters Al Rosen
Genre sports
Notes Back cover; color. Ad in comic form for Wheaties breakfast cereal featuring Cleveland Indians baseball player Al Rosen. Ad includes photo of Rosen with facsimile autograph. Part of "Spark Up With Wheaties" series.