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Issue Details

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