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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)
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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 ?
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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)
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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)
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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
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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!"

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