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Issue Details

Issue #78
Published December 1954
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Lone Ranger
Synopsis The Lone Ranger and an outlaw wrestle on a high mountain ledge.
Genre western
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Attention All Children and Moms and Dads Too!"

Characters Santa Claus (cameo)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Promo for subscriptions for various Dell comics.
Reprinted in Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #79 [with color added]

12 page The Lone Ranger story "Adventure at Rockpoint"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis A bank employee is head of a gang that plans to rob a stagecoach of $10,000 in bank money.
Genre western
Script Paul S. Newman ?
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Notes Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's records; Newman was uncertain if he had written this story.

9 page The Lone Ranger story "Moose Miller's Fall"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis An old man's tall tale of helping the Lone Ranger comes true when killer "Moose" Miller breaks out of jail.
Genre western
Script Paul S. Newman ?
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Notes Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's records; Newman was uncertain if he had written this story.

2 page text story "Raw Courage"

Characters Hap Harper; Shad Kirk; Gil Kirk
Synopsis Trapper Hap Harper tracks down two men who robbed him of his furs.
Genre western
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with two illustrations.

8 page Young Hawk story "Bearskin Sail"

Characters Young Hawk; Little Buck
Synopsis After tanning the skin of a bear Young Hawk killed, the two boys use it for a sail for their canoe. They sail down the river and at night their sail is taken for a Spirit Bear by enemy Sioux.
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 Indian Canoeist"

Synopsis Facts about Indian paddling techniques in a canoe.
Genre western; fact
Pencils August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)
Inks August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)
Letters August Lenox ?
Notes Half text-half art.

1 page filler "Indian Foods"

Synopsis Facts about Indian foods.
Genre western; fact
Pencils August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)
Inks August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black and white; half text-half art.

1 page Tri-State Toys; Block City advertisement Alan Ladd Says: "No Wonder Building With Block City Is Such Fun!"

Characters Alan Ladd
Notes Back cover; color. Ad in comic form for Block City and Brick Town building block sets by Tri-State Toys.