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Issue Details

Issue #87
Published September 1955
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Lone Ranger
Synopsis The Lone Ranger hangs from the branch of a dead tree on the side of a ledge as he fires at outlaws.
Genre western
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "A Pledge to Parents"

Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover. Full page of Dell's "A Pledge to Parents" box with some color.

12 page The Lone Ranger story "Incident on the River"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis When government secrets are delivered to an foreign ambassador with diplomatic immunity, the Lone Ranger pretends to be a bandit to stop the stage and get the documents back.
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) #4

10 page The Lone Ranger story "The Herd Stealers"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis Cattle rustlers disguise themselves as Indians. The Lone Ranger and Tonto, with the aid of Chief Red Eagle and his braves, hunt them down.
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.

1 page text story "Jed's Boss"

Characters Billy Butler
Synopsis Thirteen-year-old Billy Butler accidentally sees the face of a bank robber.
Genre western
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Notes Text story with small illustration.

8 page Young Hawk story "Trapped by a Forest Fire"

Characters Young Hawk; Little Buck; Strong Eagle
Synopsis Traveling in the north woods, Young Hawk, Little Buck, and Strong Eagle stop to hunt. Young Hawk is attacked by an Algonquin brave, but is rescued by Strong Eagle. A forest fire closes in on the group, but the Algonquin leads them to safety in a cave.
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 Animals of the West filler "The Elk"

Synopsis Facts about great elk.
Genre animals; fact
Letters typeset
Notes Half text-half art.

1 page Stuart Greetings advertisement "Need Extra Spending Money?"

Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; color. Illustrated ad for selling greeting cards for Stuart Greetings, Inc., Chicago, Ill.

1 page Post; Grape-Nuts Flakes advertisement "1955 Ford Scale Models Free"

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Notes Back cover; color. Illustrated ad for Post Grape-Nuts Flakes breakfast cereal promoting in-box premium of 1955 Ford scale model plastic cars.