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Issue Details

Issue #81
Published March 1955
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Lone Ranger
Synopsis The Lone Ranger puts a choke hold from behind on an armed outlaw.
Genre western
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)

1 page filler "The Arikara Indians"

Synopsis Facts about Arikara Indians.
Genre western; fact
Pencils Randy Steffen (signed)
Inks Randy Steffen (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Half text-half art.

12 page The Lone Ranger story "The Railroad Robberies"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis A railroad beset by robbers uses an armored rail car to foil the thieves.
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.

9 page The Lone Ranger story "The Thunder Rod"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis Two outlaws enter a shooting contest to win a rifle called "The Thunder Rod," which has a secret known only to them.
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 "Defeating a Devil"

Characters Modunk
Synopsis Telling of a Sioux legend, of how Modunk chased the evil spirits out of Devil's Canyon.
Genre western
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with three illustrations.

8 page Young Hawk story "Lame Eagle Becomes Strong Eagle"

Characters Young Hawk; Little Buck; Strong Eagle
Synopsis Young Hawk, Little Buck, and Lame Eagle, who has a bad arm, travel eastward. Young Hawk makes a support for Lame Eagle's arm out of a buffalo horn. Using the aid he kills a bear and regains his original name, Strong Eagle.
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 "Eyes of the Cavalry"

Synopsis Facts about Crow Indian cavalry scouts.
Genre western; fact
Pencils Randy Steffen
Inks Randy Steffen
Notes Half text-half art.

1 page filler "The Bannock Indians"

Synopsis Facts about Bannock Indians.
Genre western; fact
Pencils Randy Steffen
Inks Randy Steffen
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Half text-half art.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Save 80ยข by Subscribing to Lone Ranger Comics Now!"

Characters Lone Ranger (cameo); Silver (cameo)
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover; color. Promo for subscriptions to Dell Lone Ranger comics.