| Issue | #79 |
| Published | January 1955 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | ? |
| Characters | Lone Ranger |
| Synopsis | The Lone Ranger drives a stagecoach hauling presents and a Christmas tree. |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | Don Spaulding (painting) |
| Inks | Don Spaulding (painting) |
| Colors | Don Spaulding (painting) |
| Notes | Christmas cover. Per Alan Hutchinson, a preliminary character study painted for the cover was offered for auction by Heritage Auctions in early 2010. Heritage identified that oil painting study was signed by Don Spaulding (02 March 2010). |
| Characters | Santa Claus (cameo) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover; color. Promo for subscriptions for various Dell comics. |
| Reprinted | from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #78 (with color added) |
| Characters | Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse) |
| Synopsis | The Russ Carson gang joins up with renegade Mexican army officer Carlos Cortez. Cortez impersonates a Mexican official to get gold for his personal army. |
| 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. |
| Characters | Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse) |
| Synopsis | A doctor's son is wounded in a robbery and is told to lure the Lone Ranger and Tonto into an ambush at the doctor's office. |
| 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) #9 |
| Characters | Larry Moran; Pawnee Sam; Jed Slocum |
| Synopsis | Nineteen-year-old Larry Moran must have an armed showdown with land grabber Jed Slocum. |
| Genre | western |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Text story with two illustrations. |
| Characters | Young Hawk; Little Buck; Wolf Jaw (Young Hawk's father); Moon Woman (Young Hawk's mother) |
| Synopsis | After months of wandering; Young Hawk and Little Buck return to their home Mandan village, only to find that some do not believe their tales of their journey. |
| Genre | western |
| Script | Gaylord DuBois |
| Inks | Jon Small ? |
| Notes | Part of a continuing storyline. Short recap of trip. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord DuBois' personal records. |
| 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 | typeset |
| Notes | Half text-half art. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1954. No circulation figures given. |
| Characters | Red Ryder (cameo); Little Beaver (cameo) |
| Pencils | Fred Harman (signed) |
| Inks | Fred Harman (signed) |
| Notes | Inside back cover; color. Illustrated ad for Daisy Air Rifles. Daisy Pump Gun No. 25 and Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine No. 94 are depicted. |
| Characters | Mary Hartline (cameo); Cliffy the Clown (cameo) |
| Notes | Back cover; color. Illustrated ad for Snickers candy bars featuring Mary Hartline and Cliffy the Clown (both from the ABC TV show "Super Circus") dancing puppets premium. |