Issue Details

Issue	#98
Published	August 1956
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	?

Cover Details

Characters	Lone Ranger
Genre	western
Pencils	Hank Hartman (painting)
Inks	Hank Hartman (painting)
Colors	Hank Hartman (painting)

1 page advertisement "Do you need extra money?"

Notes

inside front cover; color ad for Cheerful Card Company, White Plains, NY. Make money selling boxes of Christmas cards.

12 page The Lone Ranger story "The Hollow Hero"

Characters	Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis	Freddy, a young boy, idolizes gunfighter King Canton.
Genre	western
Pencils	Tom Gill
Inks	Tom Gill

10 page The Lone Ranger story "The Mysterious Herd"

Characters	Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis	Lone Ranger and Tonto help with a trail drive of cattle, but find the cowboys they're helping aren't who they are supposed to be.
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) #21

1 page text story "Smoke Signal"

Synopsis	Farmer John Knox has an uneasy friendship with Indian Red Bear.
Genre	western
Letters	typeset
Notes	text story with small illustration.

7 page Young Hawk story "The Gauntlet"

Characters	Young Hawk; Little Buck
Synopsis	Young Hawk and Little Buck are captured by Erie tribesmen and forced to run the gauntlet.
Genre	western
Script	Gaylord DuBois
Pencils	Jon Small
Inks	Jon Small
Notes	part of a continuing storyline; bottom third of last page is color promo for Dell's Tonto comic. Line drawing of the painted cover of Tonto #19 depicted Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord DuBois' personal records.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) Tonto teaches a young "Hero Worshipper"...

Characters	Tonto (cameo)
Letters	typeset
Notes	color promo for Dell's Tonto comic. Line drawing of the painted cover of Tonto #24 depicted.
Reprinted	in Lone Ranger 99

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "A Lucky Penny Pocketpiece All Your Own..."

Characters	Lone Ranger
Notes	promo for subscription to Lone Ranger comics with drawing of Lone Ranger.

1 page Dopey Dan and Safety Sam advertisement

Notes

inside back cover; illustrated ad for Juicy Fruit gum featuring bicycle safety rules.

1 page advertisement "New Foil Wrapped Cracker Jack"

Notes

back cover; color ad for Cracker Jack with illustrations of box and 32 different in-box premiums.