Issue Details

Issue	#84
Published	June 1955
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	?

Cover Details

Characters	Lone Ranger; Silver (horse)
Synopsis	The Lone Ranger aims a rifle while at full gallop on Silver.
Genre	western
Pencils	Sam Savitt (painting)
Inks	Sam Savitt (painting)
Colors	Sam Savitt (painting)
Notes	Art credit from "Sam Savitt Checklist" in Illustration Magazine Vol 1, #4, August 2002.
Reprinted	in Lone Ranger, The (Gold Key, 1964 series) #5 (with different logo)

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) Play "KE"

Characters	Lone Ranger (cameo)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Inside front cover; black and white. Promo for subscriptions to Dell Lone Ranger comics. Premium is “KE” puzzle game.
Reprinted	from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #71 (minus color)

12 page The Lone Ranger story "The Ghost Riders"

Characters	Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis	Outlaws discover a "luminous phosphorus-like salt" in a cave and use it on their clothes to become "Ghost Riders."
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) #16

9 page The Lone Ranger story "The Impostor"

Characters	Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis	Outlaw Mac James takes discharged Army soldier Ben Thorpe's calvary cape and hat and discharge papers and leaves him unconscious on the railroad tracks.
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 "Maverick King"

Characters	Tuck Strong; Burt Strong; Slash Doran
Synopsis	A maverick bull stops rustlers from stealing a herd of cattle.
Genre	western
Pencils	Tom Gill ?
Inks	Tom Gill ?
Letters	typeset
Notes	Text story with three illustrations.

8 page Young Hawk story "The Giant Turtle"

Characters	Young Hawk; Little Buck; Strong Eagle
Synopsis	A wolverine chases a bear away from Young Hawk's deer meat. Strong Eagle then kills the wolverine. Later, Young Hawk rescues their dog Tumbleweed from a giant snapping turtle.
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.

Half page filler "The Gourd Lamp of the Rappahannock Indians"

Synopsis	Facts about Indian gourd lamps.
Genre	western; fact
Script	Chief Red Thunder Cloud of the Catawba Nation (signed)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Half text-half art. Red Thunder Cloud (1920-1996) is an actual person, not a pseudonym.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Lone Ranger Fans!"

Characters	Silver (cameo)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Color promo for Dell’s Hi-Yo Silver comic. Line drawing of the painted cover of Hi-Yo Silver #14 depicted.

1 page filler "The Black Hills"

Synopsis	Facts about the Black Hills of South Dakota.
Genre	western; fact
Letters	typeset
Notes	Inside back cover; black and white; Half text-half art. Bottom of page contains Dell’s "A Pledge to Parents.”

1 page Schwinn Bicycles advertisement "Yippee! Ride it Cowboy!"

Letters	typeset
Notes	Back cover; color. Illustrated ad for Schwinn bicycles. Schwinn Corvette depicted. Arnold, Schwinn & Co., Chicago, Ill.