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Issue Details

Issue #74
Published August 1954
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?
Notes Last 52 page issue.

Cover Details

Characters Lone Ranger
Synopsis The Lone Ranger waits in a tree with a rope as a bandit approaches.
Genre western
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)

1 page Whitman advertisement "Always Look for Whitman Books"

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Notes Inside front cover; black and white with yellow added. Text ad listing Whitman Books; no art.

13 page The Lone Ranger story "The Wide Missouri"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis By threatening his daughter, bandits force a Missouri Riverboat captain to land at Pine Cove so they can steal a load of gold .
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) #17; in Lone Ranger, The (Gold Key, 1964 series) #18

10 page The Lone Ranger story "Stolen Taxes"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis Tax Collector John Thompson frames convict Jed Leach by pocketing the money Leach collects for taxes.
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 Carrier Pigeon"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis Black Owl's braves are raiding villages along the Pecos for money to buy information about the Army forts in the area.
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) #11

2 page text story "A Day in Tombstone"

Characters Jigger Rogers; George Carp
Synopsis A chance encounter with a gunfighter causes wild orphan Jigger Rogers to reconsider his way of life.
Genre western
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Notes Text story with three illustrations.

10 page Young Hawk story "Escape on the River"

Characters Young Hawk; Little Buck
Synopsis Young Hawk and Little Buck leave the Shoshone village but are pursued by Black Heel and Canuga, who were disgraced for plotting against the boys.
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) "Save Money! Save Time!"

Characters Lone Ranger (cameo)
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Notes Promo for subscriptions to Dell Lone Ranger comics. Premium is a lucky rabbit's foot.

1 page Colonial Studios advertisement "Do You Need Money?"

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Notes Inside back cover; color. Illustrated ad for for selling greeting cards for Colonial Studios, Inc., White Plains, N.Y.

1 page Post; Sugar Crisp advertisement "Official Railroad Emblems"

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Notes Back cover. Illustrated ad for Post Sugar Crisp breakfast cereal featuring railroad emblem premiums.