Issue Details

Issue	#96
Published	June 1956
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	?

Cover Details

Characters	Lone Ranger
Synopsis	Lone Ranger kicks open a door
Genre	western
Pencils	Hank Hartman (painting)
Inks	Hank Hartman (painting)
Colors	Hank Hartman (painting)
Reprinted	in Lone Ranger, The (Gold Key, 1964 series) #17

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "3 Pens! 3 Colors!"

Characters	Lone Ranger
Letters	typeset
Notes	inside front cover; black and white; promo for subscriptions to Dell’s Lone Ranger comic.

12 page Lone Ranger, The story "Gunshy"

Characters	Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis	Marshall Peters becomes gunshy after a close call with bank robbers.
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.

10 page Lone Ranger, The story "Revenge"

Characters	Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis	Jeff Rainer wants revenge on three cattle rustlers that killed his brother.
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 "Bonanza"

Synopsis	“Bonanza” Bolton has to decide whether to continue his fruitless prospecting or join a gang of cattle rustlers.
Genre	western
Letters	typeset
Notes	text story with small illustration

8 page Young Hawk story "A Chief's Cruise"

Characters	Young Hawk; Little Buck
Synopsis	Young Hawk and Little Buck land their sailing canoe on the shores of Georgian Bay, where they meet and befriend a group of Iroquois led by Chief Wolf Slayer.
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 text article "The Pony Express Rider"

Synopsis	Facts about the Pony Express
Genre	fact; western; fact
Letters	typeset
Notes	article with illustration; bottom 1/3 is color promo for Dell’s Tonto comic. Line drawing of the painted cover of Tonto #19 depicted.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "It took more than Tonto’ skil..."

Characters	Tonto (cameo)
Genre	fact;
Letters	typeset
Notes	color promo for Dell’s Tonto comic. Line drawing of the painted cover of Tonto #24 depicted.

1 page Trees of America text article "The Joshua Tree"

Synopsis	facts about the Joshua tree
Genre	western; fact
Pencils	[signed D.L.]
Letters	typeset
Notes	inside back cover; black and white; article with large illustration.

1 page advertisement "The 3-Speed Schwinn Corvette"

Notes

back cover; illustrated ad for Schwinn bicycles. Schwinn Corvette depicted.